Method and system for enhanced visualization of blood flow ultrasound imaging with glyphs

An ultrasound system comprising:

• an ultrasound probe configured to:
• transmit ultrasound beams into a region of interest;
• and
• convert received echoes to generate ultrasound signals corresponding to the ultrasound beams;
• a receive beamformer configured to process the ultrasound signals to generate beamformed signals;
• at least one processor configured to:
• process the beamformed signals to generate an ultrasound image;
• and
• process the beamformed signals to generate velocity information of the region of interest;
• and
• a display system configured to present the ultrasound image overlaid with glyphs generated from the velocity information of the region of interest, wherein the glyphs are presented in a hexagonal packing arrangement.

An ultrasound system comprising:

• an ultrasound probe comprising a transducer configured to transmit ultrasound beams into a region of interest comprising blood flow and convert received echoes to generate ultrasound signals corresponding to the ultrasound beams, wherein the transducer comprises:
• a matching layer configured to have an acoustic impedance between the blood flow of the region of interest and a material of the transducer;
• and
• a damping block configured to absorb ultrasound energy;
• a receive beamformer configured to process the ultrasound signals to generate beamformed signals;
• at least one processor configured to:
• process the beamformed signals to generate an ultrasound image;
• and
• process the beamformed signals to generate velocity information of the blood flow, wherein the velocity information comprises a velocity magnitude and a flow direction of the blood flow;
• and
• a display system configured to present the ultrasound image overlaid with glyphs generated from the velocity information of the region of interest, wherein:
• the glyphs are presented in a hexagonal packing arrangement,
• a size of each of the glyphs represent the velocity magnitude,
• an orientation of each of the glyphs represent the flow direction, and
• the size of each of the glyphs is determined by a non-linear function of the velocity magnitude.