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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1999
Dean W. Brouwer, Muskego, WI (US);
Larry Y. L. Mo, Waukesha, WI (US);
Steven C. Miller, Pewaukee, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for optimizing operating parameters in an ultrasound imaging system in response to the occurrence of predetermined changes in the pixel intensity histogram of successive image frames. In the method, changes in the pixel intensity histogram of successive image frames are monitored and when the detected changes indicate probe movement, re-optimization of the operating parameters is automatically triggered. In the course of re-optimization, mapping, compression, scaling or beamforming parameters can be adjusted based on pixel intensity histogram characteristics determined by the system computer.