System and method for ultrasound perfusion imaging
AssigneeExact Imaging Inc.
InventorBrian C. WODLINGER
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Abstract
A perfusion imaging processing method comprising collecting a plurality of digital images comprising sequential B-Mode micro-ultrasound reflectivity data, calculating decorrelation trends of autocorrelated data to determine blood flow and perfusion level, reducing the noise content in the data using the decorrelation trends, and/or forming a visual representation based on the decorrelation trends. The present system and method provides an ultrasonic imaging system and method which provides perfusion data without requiring the use of an injected contrast agent.
Claims21
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An imaging processing method comprising:
- processing a plurality of digital images comprising sequential B-Mode ultrasound reflectivity data;
- calculating decorrelation trends of autocorrelated data to determine flow and perfusion level.
A perfusion imaging system comprising:
- a high frequency ultrasound transducer for capturing collecting a plurality of digital images comprising sequential B-Mode ultrasound reflectivity data;
- a signal processing unit, operatively connected to the transducer, the signal processing unit configured to calculate decorrelation trends of autocorrelated data to determine flow and perfusion level.
A computer readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that when executed by a process cause the processor to:
- process a plurality of digital images comprising sequential B-Mode ultrasound reflectivity data obtained using a micro-ultrasound;
- calculate decorrelation trends of autocorrelated data to determine flow and perfusion level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.