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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2014
Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Nikolaos Pagoulatos, Kirkland, WA (US);
Qinglin Ma, Kirkland, WA (US);
Andrew K. Lundberg, Woodinville, WA (US);
Richard Hippe, Snohomish, WA (US);
Clinton T. Siedenburg, Everett, WA (US);
FUJIFILM SonoSite, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods which implement a plurality of different imaging signatures in generating an image frame are shown. A first imaging signature may be configured for providing relatively high quality images with respect to subsurface regions of living tissue, for example, whereas a second imaging signature may be configured for providing relatively high quality images with respect to interventional instruments inserted into living tissue at a steep angle. Image sub-frames generated using each such different imaging signature are blended to form a frame of the final image providing a relatively high quality image of various objects within the volume being imaged.