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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2018
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Maxence Borot, Nice, FR;
Alan Tai, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Edouard dacruz, Nice, FR;
Flavien Daloz, Antibes, FR;
Fan Zheng, Tempe, AZ (US);
Jeremie Barrel, Opio, FR;
Frederic Lanteri, Le Cannet, FR;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for maintaining polarization of an ultrasound probe and increasing image quality of an image generated during an imaging procedure. As one example, a method for an ultrasound imaging system may include executing one or more imaging sequences with an ultrasound transducer; and applying a repolarization sequence to the ultrasound transducer one or more of before, after, and interleaved between the one or more imaging sequences, where the repolarization sequence is separate from the one or more imaging sequences.