Method and system of controlling ultrasound systems
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsQian Zhang Adams, Richard Marion Kulakowski, Michael Joseph Washburn
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Abstract
A method and system for controlling an ultrasound system are provided. The method includes processing image data received from an ultrasound system to obtain a time gain compensation correction curve, wherein the image data is internally time gain compensated. The method further includes processing the image data using the time gain compensation correction curve and user inputs parameters. The user input parameters include at least one of a user defined time gain compensation parameter and a user defined dynamic range parameter.
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A method for controlling an ultrasound system, said method comprising:
- processing image data received from an ultrasound system to obtain a time gain compensation correction curve, wherein the image data is internally time gain compensated;
- storing the internally time gain compensated image data;
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- processing the internally time gain compensated image data using the time gain compensation correction curve and user input parameters, the user input parameters including at least one of a user defined time gain compensation parameter and a user defined dynamic range parameter, and wherein the stored image data comprises the internally time gain compensated image data before the internally time gain compensated image data has been processed with the user input parameters.
A method for controlling an ultrasound system, said method comprising:
- performing internal time gain compensation on image data received from the ultrasound system;
- performing amplitude detection on the image data after performing internal time gain compensation;
- processing at least one frame of the image data after performing amplitude detection to determine a time gain compensation correction curve;
- applying time gain compensation correction on the image data using the time compensation correction curve after performing amplitude detection;
- applying at least one of (i) a user defined time gain compensation parameter and (ii) a user defined dynamic range to the corrected image data after amplitude detection;
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- storing the image data before applying the at least one of (i) the user defined time gain compensation parameter and (ii) the user defined dynamic range.
An ultrasound system comprising:
- a probe for performing a scan to acquire image data including echoes;
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- one or more processors configured to:
- process the echoes received by the probe to obtain internally time gain compensated image data;
- perform amplitude detection on the internally time gain compensated image data;
- process the internally time gain compensated image data after amplitude detection to obtain a time gain compensation correction curve;
- apply the time gain compensation correction curve to the received image data after amplitude detection;
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- after amplitude detection, perform time gain compensation using user input parameters on the image data that has had the time gain compensation curve applied thereto, the user input parameters including at least one of a user defined time gain compensation parameter and a user defined dynamic range parameter.
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