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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
May. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
Tomy Varghese, Madison, WI (US);
Atul Nishikant Ingle, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01H 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01H 17/00 (2013.01); A61B 8/085 (2013.01); A61B 8/466 (2013.01); A61B 8/485 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); A61B 18/1482 (2013.01); A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 8/4461 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00994 (2013.01);
Abstract
Interpolation of ultrasound data at regular grid locations is provided by simultaneously optimizing interpolated data according to fidelity of interpolation of the voxel data to actual measured spatial data and according to a gradient of the interpolated data. This process is made amenable to real-time processing by limiting the range of interpolation to produce a sparse interpolated matrix that may be readily inverted. Artifacts and inefficiencies from successive stages of interpolation and data smoothing are thereby avoided.