Acoustic power control technique
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorThomas L. Deitrich
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Abstract
An acoustic power control technique computes relevant system transmit parameters in real-time by optimally combining a current system imaging configuration with an empirically derived measurement database. The database contains measurement information that is used by the acoustic power control technique to determine optimal transmit parameters for a given imaging situation. The optimal parameters are determined by adjusting the measured database parameters through the use of the current scanning parameters to maximize system performance. Utilizing system constraints, the acoustic power control technique computes the optimal transmit parameters to maximize system performance.
Claims8
An acoustic power control method for optimizing acoustic power levels in an ultrasound imaging system having an operator control panel, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a measurement database containing measured database parameters;
- optimally combining a current system imaging configuration with the measured database parameters to provide an optimal combination;
- computing relevant system transmit parameters using the optimal combination to achieve optimization of transmit parameters;
- using a scan sequencer to collect and process mode and operator control information to produce frame rate and pulse repetition intervals data;
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- adjusting the measured database parameters through the use of current scanning parameters to maximize system performance.
An acoustic power control method for optimizing acoustic power levels in an ultrasound imaging system having an operator control panel, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a measurement database containing measured database parameters;
- optimally combining a current system imaging configuration with the measured database parameters to provide an optimal combination;
- computing relevant system transmit parameters using the optimal combination to achieve optimization of transmit parameters;
- providing accurate estimates of physical output data for computing output display indices;
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- adjusting the measured database parameters through the use of current scanning parameters to maximize system performance.
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