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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Gerald Schroecker, Salzburg, AT;
Eduard Gröller, Vienna, AT;
Alexey Karimov, Vienna, AT;
Stefan Bruckner, Bergen, NO;
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/08 (2011.01); G06T 11/20 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G06T 13/80 (2011.01); G06T 15/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/20 (2013.01); A61B 8/0866 (2013.01); A61B 8/4405 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/467 (2013.01); G06T 13/80 (2013.01); G06T 15/00 (2013.01); G06T 15/08 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30044 (2013.01);
Abstract
Rendering a time sequence of 2-D images includes obtaining ultrasound image data, applying time variant noise, and raytracing the ultrasound image data to render pixels of a 2-D image for each of a plurality of time steps.