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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Lei Sui, Newcastle, WA (US);
Rushabh Modi, Issaquah, WA (US);
Inventors:
Lei Sui, Newcastle, WA (US);
Rushabh Modi, Issaquah, WA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Dynamic steered spatial compounding is provided in ultrasound imaging. The compounding adjusts for variance. The compounding dynamically reacts to variance due to motion and/or view direction. For each location, the weights are set based on the motion or signal variance for the respective location. The weighting used for compounding or the results of the compounding adapt to maintain or increase signal fidelity.