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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Heriot-watt University, Edinburgh, GB;
Inventors:
Vassilis Sboros, Edinburgh, GB;
Paul Allan Dalgarno, Fife, GB;
Konstantinos Diamantis, Edinburgh, GB;
Alan Greenaway, Yorkshire, GB;
Assignee:
HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY, Edinburgh, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); G06T 7/77 (2017.01); G06T 7/571 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/481 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01); A61B 8/58 (2013.01); A61B 8/587 (2013.01); G01S 7/5205 (2013.01); G01S 7/52036 (2013.01); G01S 15/8915 (2013.01); G06T 7/571 (2017.01); G06T 7/77 (2017.01); A61B 8/0891 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of determining a position of a target using a metric comprises receiving a plurality of ultrasound signals representative of ultrasound energy received from the target and, for each of a plurality of different foci, adjusting the ultrasound signals in dependence on the focus and determining a value of the metric using the adjusted ultrasound signals. The method further comprises using the determined values for the metric for the different foci to determine a position of the target.