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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Helmut Brandl, Zipf, AT;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for adjusting a field of view of a medical imaging system, such as for an ultrasound imaging system. A system (e.g., an ultrasound imaging system) is provided herein that includes a matrix array probe. The matrix array probe includes a plurality of transducer elements arranged in an array with an elevation direction and an azimuth direction. The system includes a controller circuit that is configured to control the matrix array probe to acquire ultrasound data from a sector field of view (FOV) with a subset of the plurality of transducer elements. The sector FOV having a virtual apex. The controller circuit is further configured to shift the virtual apex and the corresponding sector FOV from a first sector FOV that has at least one ultrasound obstructed region to a second sector FOV that encompasses the ultrasound obstructed region.