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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Seungsoo Kim, Kirkland, WA (US);
Liexiang Fan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Nikolas M. Ivancevich, Seattle, WA (US);
David P. Duncan, Renton, WA (US);
Seungsoo Kim, Kirkland, WA (US);
Liexiang Fan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Nikolas M. Ivancevich, Seattle, WA (US);
David P. Duncan, Renton, WA (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
In ARFI imaging, a cost function is used to identify a time of displacement that best or sufficiently indicates the desired information. For example, the displacements associated with a combination of contrast and signal-to-noise ratio are identified. The time at which the desired displacements occur may be other than the time of the maximum. Since the time is common to displacements for one or more scan lines, the displacement image may be assembled line-by-line or by groups of lines.