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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Inventors:
Liang Zhai, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Rickard C. Loftman, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/52095 (2013.01); G01S 7/5209 (2013.01); G01S 7/52049 (2013.01);
Abstract
Coherent combination of ultrasound data for collinear receive beams adapts to the ultrasound data. Beam-to-beam coherence metrics, such as correlation coefficient and/or phase change or functions of these parameters, are used to adapt weighting of the ultrasound data for the receive beams prior to combination or to adapt the results of the combination.