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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2009
Seshadri Srinivasan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Patric Ljung, Princeton, NJ (US);
Bruce A. Mcdermott, Bellevue, WA (US);
Merv Mencias Smith-casem, Renton, WA (US);
Seshadri Srinivasan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Patric Ljung, Princeton, NJ (US);
Bruce A. McDermott, Bellevue, WA (US);
Merv Mencias Smith-Casem, Renton, WA (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
Adaptive volume rendering is provided for medical diagnostic ultrasound. The opacity of B-mode data is set relative to the opacity of Doppler data. The opacities for the different types of data are set as a function of ray depth. For example, the opacity of B-mode data near a tissue border is set to be more opaque than for tissue away from the border, and the opacity for flow data near a flow border is set to be less opaque than for flow away from the border. An image is rendered using a rendering parameter set as a function of ray depth, B-mode information and Doppler information. Other processes for enhancing and/or using rendering may be used.