Method and system for providing enhanced ultrasound images simulating acquisition at high acoustic power by processing ultrasound images acquired at low acoustic power
AssigneeGE Precision Healthcare LLC
InventorsMichael J. Washburn, Yelena V. Tsymbalenko, Heng Zhao
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Abstract
A system and method for enhancing ultrasound images acquired at a low acoustic power to simulate an acquisition at a high acoustic power is provided. The method may include acquiring, by an ultrasound system, a first ultrasound image at a first acoustic power. The method may include processing, by at least one processor, the first ultrasound image to generate a second ultrasound image simulating a second acoustic power that is greater than the first acoustic power. The method may include presenting the second ultrasound image simulating the second acoustic power at a display system.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- acquiring, by an ultrasound system, a first ultrasound image at a first acoustic power, the first ultrasound image having a plurality of a first contrast resolution, a first spatial resolution, and/or a first amount of noise, wherein the first ultrasound image comprises a plurality of pixels;
- processing, by at least one processor, the plurality of pixels of the first ultrasound image to generate a second ultrasound image simulating a second acoustic power that is greater than the first acoustic power, the second ultrasound image having a plurality of a second contrast resolution greater than the first contrast resolution, a second spatial resolution greater than the first spatial resolution, and/or a second amount of noise less than the first amount of noise;
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- presenting, at a display system, the second ultrasound image simulating the second acoustic power.
A system comprising:
- an ultrasound system configured to acquire a first ultrasound image at a first acoustic power, the first ultrasound image having a plurality of a first contrast resolution, a first spatial resolution, and/or a first amount of noise, wherein the first ultrasound image comprises a plurality of pixels;
- at least one processor configured to process the plurality of pixels of the first ultrasound image to generate a second ultrasound image simulating a second acoustic power that is greater than the first acoustic power, the second ultrasound image having a plurality of a second contrast resolution greater than the first contrast resolution, a second spatial resolution greater than the first spatial resolution, and/or a second amount of noise less than the first amount of noise;
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- a display system configured to present the second ultrasound image simulating the second acoustic power.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon, a computer program having at least one code section, the at least one code section being executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform steps comprising:
- receiving a first ultrasound image acquired at a first acoustic power, the first ultrasound image having a plurality of a first contrast resolution, a first spatial resolution, and/or a first amount of noise, wherein the first ultrasound image comprises a plurality of pixels;
- processing the plurality of pixels of the first ultrasound image to generate a second ultrasound image simulating a second acoustic power that is greater than the first acoustic power the second ultrasound image having a plurality of a second contrast resolution greater than the first contrast resolution, a second spatial resolution greater than the first spatial resolution, and/or a second amount of noise less than the first amount of noise;
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- presenting the second ultrasound image simulating the second acoustic power at a display system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.