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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2018
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Heinz Schmied, Zipf, AT;
Helmut Brandl, Zipf, AT;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for increasing effective line density of volume compound ultrasound images while maintaining the frame rate, penetration depth, and other image characteristics are provided. The method includes acquiring a first lateral plane at a first elevational position. The first lateral plane includes a first set of receive lines at a first set of lateral positions. The method includes acquiring a second lateral plane at a second elevational position adjacent the first elevational position. The second lateral plane includes a second set of receive lines at a second set of lateral positions laterally offset from the first set of lateral positions. The method includes combining the first lateral plane and the second lateral plane to generate a compound image and presenting the compound image at a display system. The compound image may be a volume compound image in an A-plane generated based on volume compound imaging rendering algorithms.