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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2018
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Jun Seob Shin, Medford, MA (US);
Seungsoo Kim, Andover, MA (US);
Francois Guy Gerard Marie Vignon, Andover, MA (US);
Sheng-Wen Huang, Ossining, NY (US);
Jean-Luc Francois-Marie Robert, Cambridge, MA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention provides a method for generating an ultrasound image. The method includes obtaining ultrasound data from an ultrasonic transducer array, the ultrasonic transducer array having M transducer elements. The method further includes generating N sets of image data from the ultrasound data using N random apodization functions. A minimizing function is then applied to a collection of image data, wherein the collection of image data comprises the N sets of image data. An ultrasound image is then generated based on the minimized image data.