Ultrasound image enhancement and speckle mitigation method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7961929
APP PUB NO 20110096965A1
SERIAL NO

12953302

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A method for enhancing an ultrasound image is provided, wherein the ultrasound image is segmented into a feature region and a non-feature region, while sufficiently utilizing features contained in the ultrasound image, in particular including some inconspicuous features. the enhanced image according to present invention is not susceptive of the image segmentation and avoid dependence of the enhancement effect on the segmentation template, so as not to produce an evident artificial boundary between the feature region and the non-feature region but to highlight some special information in the image and to remove or mitigate invalid information. Thus the enhanced ultrasound image is particularly suitable for the visual system of the human beings.

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  • SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Feng, Helin Shenzhen, CN 5 40
Hu, Qinjun Shenzhen, CN 23 252
Ni, Dong Shenzhen, CN 14 74
Zhu, Lei Shenzhen, CN 347 2153

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