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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2010
Applicant:
James Hamilton, Brighton, MI (US);
Inventor:
James Hamilton, Brighton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ultrasound Medical Devices, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/20 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/2033 (2013.01); A61B 8/08 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for measuring motion from biological imaging data including collecting non-carrier data images; patterning the non-carrier data images with synthetic carrier properties; and processing the patterned non-carrier data images with a carrier based motion tracking technique to generate images representing motion measurements. The method preferably converts images lacking a carrier signal to ones with a synthetic carrier signal such that highly accurate and robust speckle tracking can be achieved.