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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2021
Applicant:
Maui Imaging, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Elias M. Atmeh, San Jose, CA (US);
Bruce R. Ritzi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David J. Specht, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Maui Imaging, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2024.01); G06T 5/70 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/5269 (2013.01); A61B 8/4477 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); G06T 5/70 (2024.01); G06T 2207/10136 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for improving ultrasound image quality. In some embodiments, data sets can be formed from received echoes at each of a plurality of receive elements. The data between the data sets can be masked to include or exclude data. The masked data sets can then be beamformed to form ultrasound images.