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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Danhua Zhao, Milpitas, CA (US);
Constantine Simopoulos, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Acuson Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
Abstract
An SNR-adaptive method for processing a plurality of post-detection medical diagnostic ultrasonic images determines a cross-correlation parameter from corresponding multi-dimensional regions of first and second post-detection ultrasonic images, and then uses the cross-correlation parameter to suppress electronic noise in ultrasonic image processing. In some cases the multi-dimensional region of the first and second images are registered prior to cross-correlation to compensate for relative movement between the transducer and the imaged tissue between the first and second images.