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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2017
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Xiaofang Gan, Shanghai, CN;
Wei Tan, Shanghai, CN;
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/8995 (2013.01); A61B 8/4461 (2013.01); A61B 8/5253 (2013.01); A61B 8/5276 (2013.01); G01S 7/52077 (2013.01); G01S 7/52085 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasound imaging method and system. The method comprises: for each of a plurality of steer angles, including a reference steer angle, transmitting acoustic energy to a target region at the particular steer angle, receiving acoustic reflections, and converting the acoustic reflections to an image, with the image being associated with the particular steer angle; computing motion information based on the image associated with the reference steer angle; and generating a compounded ultrasound image based on the image associated with each of the plurality of steer angles and based on the motion information.