General Electric Company

Ge Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC

Peter Falkensammer

Daniel John Buckton

Armin Schoisswohl

Christian Fritz Perrey

Erwin Fosodeder

Thomas Huepf

Manfred Aichhorn

Various embodiments include a system and method that provide support for acquiring secondary ultrasound image snapshots with primary real-time ultrasound image data. The method can include acquiring first image data at an ultrasound system in a primary acquisition mode based on primary acquisition mode imaging parameters. The method may include receiving a trigger to switch from the primary acquisition mode to a secondary acquisition mode. The method can include acquiring second image data at the ultrasound system in a secondary acquisition mode based on secondary acquisition mode imaging parameters in response to the trigger. The method may include displaying a replay cine sequence that includes the first image data and the second image data. The replay cine sequence can include a tag identifying the second image data in the replay cine sequence.

Method and system for snapshot support for real-time ultrasound

An ultrasound imaging system and method includes acquiring motion data for a region-of-interest (ROI). The system and method includes calculating a quality parameter based on the motion data, wherein the quality parameter represents an amount of unwanted motion in the ROI. The system and method includes performing an action based on the quality parameter.

Ultrasound imaging system and method

A method for correcting motion artifacts within a volumetric data set is provided. The method includes obtaining a volumetric data set containing spatial and temporal information regarding an object. The volumetric data set is organized into data slices such that at least two adjacent data slices are representative of a common physical slice within the object at different points in time. The relative motion between adjacent data slices in determined for the slices of the volumetric data set and used to correct for the relative motion between said adjacent slices.

Methods and systems for motion correction in an ultrasound volumetric data set

Method and apparatus for acquiring and processing a volumetric scan of a periodically moving object. A volumetric scan is performed of the periodically moving object which repeats a cycle of movement over time. A time interval of the periodic movement of the object is identified within the volumetric scan, and the volumetric scan is rearranged based on the time interval.

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