Systems and methods for improving ultrasound image quality by applying weighting factors

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11172911
APP PUB NO 20170224312A1
SERIAL NO

15495591

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Systems and methods for improving the quality of ultrasound images made up of a combination of multiple sub-images include giving more weight to sub-image information that is more likely to improve a combined image quality. Weighting factor information may be determined from the geometry (e.g., angle or path length) of a location of one or more specific transducer elements relative to a specific point within a region of interest or a region of an image. In some embodiments, any given pixel (or other discrete region of an image) may be formed by combining received echo data in a manner that gives more weight to data that is likely to improve image quality, and/or discounting or ignoring data that is likely to detract from image quality (e.g., by introducing noise or by increasing point spread).

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  • MAUI IMAGING, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brewer, Kenneth D Santa Clara, US 37 1054
Call, Josef R Campbell, US 29 395
Specht, Donald F Los Altos, US 57 1689

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