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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
David J. Muzilla, Mukwonago, WI (US);
Gary E. MacLeod, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Assignee:
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ;
Abstract
An ultrasound color flow imaging system is programmed to optimize display images on a display monitor ( ) by automatically adjusting a threshold. B-mode data corresponding to valid color data is subjected to statistical analysis including mean and standard deviation (S ). The threshold is computed according to mean plus k (standard deviation), where k preferably is based on a linear regression equation.