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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2022
Systems, devices, and methods for reducing reverberation signals in intravascular ultrasound imaging
Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Yiqun Yang, Sacramento, CA (US);
Andrew Hancock, Sacramento, CA (US);
David Hope Simpson, Bothell, WA (US);
PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging system includes an IVUS imaging device positionable within a blood vessel. The IVUS imaging device includes a circumferential array of acoustic elements. The system includes a processor circuit. The processor circuit controls the circumferential array to emit ultrasound pulses. The ultrasound pulses include a first pulse emitted by a first subset of the circumferential array and a second pulse emitted by a second subset of the circumferential array. The second pulse occurs immediately after the first pulse. The first subset and the second subset are circumferentially spaced from one another around the circumferential array. The second subset is outside of a line of sight of first ultrasound echoes associated with the first ultrasound pulse. The processor circuit generates an IVUS image based on the ultrasound pulses and outputs the IVUS image to a display.