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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2005
Filed:
May. 09, 2003
Applicants:
Emad S. Ebbini, Edina, MN (US);
Pornchai Phukpattaranont, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Emad S. Ebbini, Edina, MN (US);
Pornchai Phukpattaranont, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B008/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and/or methods provide for ultrasound imaging through the use of a dynamic non-linear post-beamforming filter (e.g., based on a pth-order Volterra model) capable of separating the linear and non-linear components of image data. A coefficient identification algorithm for deriving coefficients for filter is also provided.