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US 12,653,506 B2Granted
Ultrasound beamforming method and device
AssigneeShenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsChongchong Guo, Jing Liu, Bo Yang, Lei Li, Xuedong Liu, Muqing Lin, Qiang Liu
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Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure provide an ultrasound beamforming method and device. The method includes: obtaining channel data of a target tissue; and processing the channel data using at least two different ultrasound beamforming methods to obtain image data of the target tissue corresponding to the different ultrasound beamforming methods, where the at least two different ultrasound beamforming methods are different in at least one of principle, step, and parameter.
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An ultrasound beamforming method, comprising:
- obtaining channel data from echoes returned from a target tissue;
- obtaining a type of the target tissue and determining at least two different ultrasound beamforming methods according to the type of the target tissue and a pre-established mapping relationship between a type of tissue and an ultrasound beamforming method;
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- performing at least two beamforming processes on the channel data using the at least two different ultrasound beamforming methods to obtain at least two image data frames of the target tissue corresponding to the at least two different ultrasound beamforming methods, wherein the at least two beamforming processes are performed on same channel data, and each of the at least two different ultrasound beamforming methods correspondingly obtains one image data frame, and the at least two different ultrasound beamforming methods are different in at least one of a principle, a step, and a parameter.
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An ultrasound beamforming method, comprising:
- obtaining channel data from echoes returned from a target tissue;
- obtaining a type of the target tissue and determining the at least two different ultrasound beamforming methods according to the type of the target tissue and a pre-established mapping relationship between a type of tissue and an ultrasound beamforming method;
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- performing at least two beamforming processes on the channel data using the at least two different ultrasound beamforming methods to obtain at least two groups of beamformed data of the target tissue corresponding to the at least two different ultrasound beamforming methods, wherein the at least two different ultrasound beamforming methods are different in at least one of a principle, a step, and a parameter;
- fusing the at least two groups of beamformed data corresponding to the at least two different ultrasound beamforming methods to obtain fused beamformed data of the target tissue;
- and generating an ultrasound image of the target tissue according to the fused beamformed data.
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An ultrasound imaging device, comprising:
- an ultrasonic probe;
- a transmitter circuit configured to control the ultrasonic probe to transmit an ultrasound wave to a target tissue;
- a receiver circuit configured to control the ultrasonic probe to receive echoes of the transmitted ultrasound wave to obtain channel data of the target tissue;
- a display configured to output visual information;
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- a processor configured to perform:
- obtaining the channel data of the target tissue;
- obtaining a type of the target tissue and determining at least two different ultrasound beamforming methods according to the type of the target tissue and a pre-established mapping relationship between a type of tissue and an ultrasound beamforming method;
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- performing at least two beamforming processes on the channel data using the at least two different ultrasound beamforming methods to obtain at least two image data frames of the target tissue corresponding to the at least two different ultrasound beamforming methods, wherein, the at least two beamforming processes are performed on same channel data and each of the at least two different ultrasound beamforming methods correspondingly obtains one image data frame, and the at least two different ultrasound beamforming methods are different in at least one of a principle, a step, and a parameter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.