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Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018

Filed:

May. 29, 2013
Applicant:

B-k Medical Aps, Herlev, DK;

Inventor:

Bo Martins, Rodovre, DK;

Assignee:

B-K Medical Aps, Herlev, DK;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/5269 (2013.01); A61B 8/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

An ultrasound imaging system includes an ultrasound transducer array that receives a set of echo signals produced in response to an ultrasound signal traversing flowing structure in a portion of a tubular structure of an object or subject in an imaging field of view. An image processor processes the set of echo signals and generates a structure image. A color flow processor processes the set of echo signals and generates a color flow image indicative of a flow of the flowing structure in the portion of the tubular structure, including a flow direction and a flow magnitude of the flowing structure. A color flow corrector corrects the color flow image for at least one of color noise artifact or color flash artifact, producing a corrected color flow image. A video processor displays the structure image and the corrected color flow image superimposed over the structure image.


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