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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Juin-Jet Hwang, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Brent Stephen Robinson, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
ATL Ultrasound, Bothell, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ;
Abstract
An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system and method are provided for producing r.f. interpolated image lines with reduced susceptibility to motion artifacts. A multiline beamformer receives multiple scanlines in response to each transmitted beam. Image lines are produced by r.f. interpolation of these multiline scanlines in a temporally consistent manner. In an illustrated embodiment, each image line is produced by tle interpolation of scanlines produced in response to at least two transmitted beams. In a preferred embodiment the interpolated image lines are produced by a [1 2 1] lateral filter.