METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING USING DIFFERENT IMAGE FORMATS

    公开(公告)号:WO2020086815A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-04-30

    申请号:PCT/US2019/057813

    申请日:2019-10-24

    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein include ultrasound data collection using different image formats. Some embodiments include causing, within a single imaging preset, an ultrasound device having a single transducer array to switch from a configuration to collect ultrasound data for producing ultrasound images having a first format to a configuration to collect ultrasound data for producing ultrasound images having a second format. Some embodiments include modulating, within a single imaging preset and as a function of imaging depth, a virtual apex location and/or an instantaneous transmit aperture size used for ultrasound data collection by an ultrasound device having a single transducer array.

    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COHERENCE IMAGING IN OBTAINING ULTRASOUND IMAGES

    公开(公告)号:WO2022225844A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-27

    申请号:PCT/US2022/025207

    申请日:2022-04-18

    Abstract: A system for coherence imaging may receive ultrasound signals each having a respective delay associated with a respective ultrasonic transducer element in an ultrasonic transducer array. The system may obtain an approximation of the auto-correlation of ultrasound signals without any auto-correlation calculation, and determine the output image based on the approximation. In approximating the auto-correlation, the system may group the ultrasound signals into multiple portions, each corresponding to a respective sub-aperture of a plurality of sub-apertures of the ultrasonic transducer array. The system may determine a coherent sum of signals for each sub-aperture, perform a square operation or magnitude square operation over the coherent sum to obtain resulting data, normalize the resulting data, and sum the resulting data for all of the sub-apertures to generate the output image. A sub-aperture in the plurality of sub-apertures may overlap with another sub-aperture.

    METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING OF LUNGS

    公开(公告)号:WO2020033376A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-13

    申请号:PCT/US2019/045256

    申请日:2019-08-06

    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to ultrasound imaging of lungs. An ultrasound device may be configured with a set of parameter values associated with a shallow lung imaging mode. A selection of a change in imaging depth may be received. If the selected imaging depth is greater than or equal to a threshold imaging depth, the ultrasound device may be configured with a set of parameter values associated with a deep lung imaging mode. The set of parameter values associated with the shallow lung imaging mode may be optimized for imaging lung sliding and the set of parameter values associated with the deep lung imaging mode may be optimized for imaging A lines and B lines.

    METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING AN ULTRASOUND DEVICE WITH IMAGING PARAMETER VALUES

    公开(公告)号:WO2019099652A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-23

    申请号:PCT/US2018/061256

    申请日:2018-11-15

    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to configuring an ultrasound device with ultrasound imaging presets. Some embodiments include configuring an ultrasound device with different sets of imaging parameter values without receiving user input regarding configuration of the ultrasound device between configuration of the ultrasound device with one set of imaging parameter values and configuration of the ultrasound device with another set of imaging parameter values. Some embodiments include automatically configuring an ultrasound device with a set of imaging parameter values based on automatically determining an anatomical location being imaged by the ultrasound device. Some embodiments include automatically configuring an ultrasound device with a cardiac preset when a cardiac region is being imaged and automatically configuring the ultrasound device with an abdominal preset when an abdominal region is being imaged during a FAST or eFAST exam.

    METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING AN ULTRASOUND SYSTEM WITH IMAGING PARAMETER VALUES

    公开(公告)号:WO2019199781A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-17

    申请号:PCT/US2019/026528

    申请日:2019-04-09

    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to configuring an ultrasound system with imaging parameter values. In particular, certain aspects relate to configuring an ultrasound system to produce a plurality of sets of ultrasound images, each respective set of the plurality of sets of ultrasound images being produced with a different respective set of a plurality of sets of imaging parameter values; obtaining, from the ultrasound system, the plurality of sets of ultrasound images; determining a set of ultrasound images from among the plurality of sets of ultrasound images that has a highest quality; and based on determining the set of ultrasound images from among the plurality of sets of ultrasound images that has the highest quality, automatically configuring the ultrasound system to produce ultrasound images using a set of imaging parameter values with which the set of ultrasound images that has the highest quality was produced.

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