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Methods and system for shading a two-dimensional ultrasound image

  • US 10,453,193 B2
  • Filed: 05/05/2017
  • Issued: 10/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • generating a flat, 2D image from a 2D dataset including scalar image values without height values, the 2D dataset acquired with an ultrasound imaging system;

    determining a gradient of height values from the scalar image values;

    applying shading to the flat, 2D image using the determined gradient; and

    displaying the shaded flat, 2D image, having a 3D appearance, via a display screen of the ultrasound imaging system, wherein the 2D dataset is a color Doppler dataset and the scalar image values are only a power component from the color Doppler dataset, wherein determining the gradient includes, for each pixel of the flat, 2D image generated from the 2D dataset including the scalar image values, converting a first scalar image value of the scalar image values included in the 2D dataset to a corresponding height value using a relationship between the first scalar image value and the height value, where the relationship is one of a linear relationship or a monotonic function, and where the height value represents a height value of the first scalar image value but does not include height data.

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