Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Three-dimensional (3D) and/or four-dimensional (4D) ultrasound imaging
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Application No.: US15318206Application Date: 2014-06-13
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Publication No.: US10649083B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: Ole Moller Sorensen
- Applicant: B-K Medical Aps
- Applicant Address: DK Herlev
- Assignee: B-K Medical ApS
- Current Assignee: B-K Medical ApS
- Current Assignee Address: DK Herlev
- Agency: Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., LPA
- Agent Anthony M. Del Zoppo, III
- International Application: PCT/IB2014/062221 WO 20140613
- International Announcement: WO2015/189663 WO 20151217
- Main IPC: G01S15/89
- IPC: G01S15/89 ; G01S7/52

Abstract:
An ultrasound imaging system (100) includes at least first and second arrays (108) of transducer elements, which are angularly offset from each other in a same plane. Transmit circuitry (112) excites the first and second arrays to concurrently transmit over a plurality of angles. Receive circuitry (114) controls the first and second arrays to concurrently receive echo signals over the plurality of angles. An echo processor (116) processes the received signals, producing a first data stream for the first array and a second data stream for the second array. The first and second data streams include digitized representations of the received echo signals. A sample matcher (118) compares samples of the first and second data streams and determines a cross-correlation there between. A correlation factor generator (120) that generates a correlation factor signal based on the determined cross-correlation. A scan converter (122) generates a 3D image for display based on the correlation factor signal and the first and second data streams.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170115390A1 Three-Dimensional (3D) and/or Four-Dimensional (4D) Ultrasound Imaging Public/Granted day:2017-04-27
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