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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2007
Xu Wen, Vancouver, CA;
Septimiu E. Salcudean, Vancouver, CA;
Peter D. Lawrence, Vancouver, CA;
Reza Zahiri-azar, Vancouver, CA;
Xu Wen, Vancouver, CA;
Septimiu E. Salcudean, Vancouver, CA;
Peter D. Lawrence, Vancouver, CA;
Reza Zahiri-Azar, Vancouver, CA;
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for processing ultrasonic image signals is disclosed. The method involves receiving a plurality of input sample values representing reflected sound waves in a ultrasonic system, exponentiating each input sample to produce a plurality of respective exponentiated sample values, conditioning the exponentiated sample values to produce conditioned exponentiated sample values for receipt by an imageformer, and causing the imageformer to produce an image representing the ultrasonic sound waves in response to the conditioned exponentiated sample values.