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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2006
Feng Lin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Christopher Robert Hazard, Niskayuna, NY (US);
David Thomas Dubberstein, Waukesha, WI (US);
Steven Charles Miller, Waukesha, WI (US);
Feng Lin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Christopher Robert Hazard, Niskayuna, NY (US);
David Thomas Dubberstein, Waukesha, WI (US);
Steven Charles Miller, Waukesha, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of performing a scanning sequence for an ultrasound scan includes establishing a number of ultrasound beams to be transmitted during an ultrasound scan, establishing a pulse repetition interval to be used for performing the ultrasound scan, and establishing a number of firings of each of the ultrasound beams to be performed during the ultrasound scan. The method further includes performing a scanning sequence based on a processing of one or more parameters selected from the group consisting of the number of ultrasound beams, the pulse repetition interval, and the number of firings of the ultrasound beams, wherein the processing of the one or more parameters is configured to provide a continuous interleaving in the transmitted beams thereby avoiding a generation of beam interleaving discontinuities and a formation of artifacts in a resulting image.