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US 2018/0322628 A1Published application
Methods and system for shading a two-dimensional ultrasound image
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsGerald Schroecker, Daniel John Buckton
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Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for shading a 2D ultrasound image, generated from ultrasound data, using a gradient determined from scalar values of the ultrasound image data. As one example, a method includes correlating image values of a dataset acquired with an ultrasound imaging system to height values; determining a gradient of the height values; applying shading to a 2D image generated from the dataset using the determined gradient; and displaying the shaded 2D image.
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A method, comprising:
- correlating image values of a dataset acquired with an ultrasound imaging system to height values;
- determining a gradient of the height values;
- applying shading to a 2D image generated from the dataset using the determined gradient;
- and
- displaying the shaded 2D image.
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A method, comprising:
- accessing a dataset acquired with an ultrasound imaging system, the dataset including a power component for each pixel of a 2D image generated from the dataset;
- interpreting the 2D image as a relief image by converting the power component for each pixel to a height value;
- determining a gradient of each height value;
- shading the 2D image using a surface normal of each determined gradient;
- and
- displaying the shaded 2D image.
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An ultrasound imaging system, comprising:
- an ultrasound probe;
- a display device;
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- a processor communicatively connected to the ultrasound probe and display device and including instructions stored in memory for:
- accessing a dataset acquired with the ultrasound probe from the memory;
- generating a 2D image from the dataset, where each pixel of the 2D image includes a power component;
- converting the power component of each pixel to a height value;
- determining a gradient surface normal for each height value;
- shading the 2D image using the gradient surface normal;
- and
- displaying the shaded 2D image via the display device.
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