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Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2018
Applicant:

Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Jun Soeb 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);

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 42/06 (2021.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/52047 (2013.01); G01S 15/8915 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention provides a method for generating a filtered ultrasound image. The method begins by obtaining channel data. First and second apodization functions are applied to the channel data to generate first () and second () image data, respectively. A minimization function is then applied to the first () and second () image data, which may then be used to generate third () image data. The filtered ultrasound image may then be generated based on the first () and third () image data.


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