Method and system for estimating motion between images, particularly in ultrasound spatial compounding

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PATENT NO 10679349
APP PUB NO 20170358085A1
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15596615

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Methods are provided for estimating motion between images associated with a common region of interest, the method comprising:

    providing frames including a reference frame and a target frame;determining a global motion vector based on a comparison of the reference and target frames;for a plurality of local blocks, determining local motion vectors between the reference and target frames based on the global motion vector to form globally adjusted local motion vectors;considering the globally adjusted local motion vectors as motion estimator.

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ESAOTE S P AVIALE BIANCA MARIA 25 MILANO I-20100

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Nicolardi, Paolo Arenzano, IT 1 2
Semplici, Paolo Monsummano Terme, IT 1 2

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