Abstract
Disclosed is a method for producing compounded ultrasound images by beamforming a first and a second low-resolution image using data from a first ultrasound emission, beamforming a third and a fourth low-resolution image using data from a second ultrasound emission, summing said first and said third low-resolution image creating a first high-resolution image and said second and said fourth low-resolution image creating a second high-resolution image, wherein the method further comprises computing a first envelope image for said first high-resolution image and a second envelope image for said second high-resolution image, and processing said first envelope image and said second envelope image creating in a first compounded high-resolution image.
Original language | English |
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IPC | A61B8/14; G01N29/06; G01S15/89; G01S7/52; G10K11/34 |
Patent number | WO2012049124 |
Filing date | 19/04/2012 |
Country/Territory | International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) |
Priority date | 10/10/2011 |
Priority number | WO2011EP67648 |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |