Display for subtraction imaging techniques
First Claim
1. A method for displaying ultrasound images, comprising:
- transmitting at least first and second broadband pulses to a common transmit focal position;
receiving at least first and second ultrasound reflections associated with said at least first and second broadband pulses;
forming a flow/contrast agent signal component based on said at least first and second ultrasound reflections;
forming a B-mode background signal component based on independent processing of at least one of said at least first and second ultrasound reflections; and
displaying an ultrasound image including a flow image component in a first image portion of a display and a B-mode reference image component based on said at least one of said at least first and second ultrasound reflections, said B-mode reference image component displayed in a second image portion of said display.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for displaying reference background and flow ultrasound images. The method comprises: transmitting at least first and second broadband pulses to a common transmit focal position; receiving at least first and second ultrasound reflections associated with the at least first and second broadband pulses; forming a flow/contrast agent signal component based on the at least first and second ultrasound reflections; forming a B-mode background signal component based on independent processing of at least one of the at least first and second ultrasound reflections; and displaying an ultrasound image including a flow image component in a first image portion of a display and a B-mode reference image component based on at least one of the at least first and second ultrasound reflections, said B-mode reference image component displayed in a second image portion of said display.
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40 Claims
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1. A method for displaying ultrasound images, comprising:
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transmitting at least first and second broadband pulses to a common transmit focal position;
receiving at least first and second ultrasound reflections associated with said at least first and second broadband pulses;
forming a flow/contrast agent signal component based on said at least first and second ultrasound reflections;
forming a B-mode background signal component based on independent processing of at least one of said at least first and second ultrasound reflections; and
displaying an ultrasound image including a flow image component in a first image portion of a display and a B-mode reference image component based on said at least one of said at least first and second ultrasound reflections, said B-mode reference image component displayed in a second image portion of said display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method to visualize tissue background and low amplitude signals simultaneously, without restricting visualization of the low amplitude signals, the method comprising:
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creating a first image from a plurality of firings at a target to form corresponding waveforms;
processing said waveforms to form said first image, wherein said first image is indicative of the low amplitude signal;
displaying said first image on a display device;
creating a second image from a subset of said plurality of firings to form a subset of said corresponding waveforms;
processing said subset of said corresponding waveforms, wherein said second image is a B-mode image indicative of the tissue background proximate the flow signal; and
displaying said second image on said display device. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A method of operating an imaging system comprising a multiplicity of transducer elements for transmitting wave energy in response to electrical activation and transducing returned wave energy into electrical signals, and a display monitor for displaying a image having a first image portion which is a function of a flow image signal and having a second image portion which is a function of a reference image signal, said method comprising:
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(a) activating transducer elements of said array to transmit focused wave energy encoded with a transmit code during first and second transmit events;
(b) forming first and second receive signals from electrical signals produced by said transducer elements subsequent to said first and second transmit events respectively;
(c) forming a reference image signal derived at least in part from independent processing of at least one of said first and second receive signals;
(d) compressing, bandpassing and wall filtering first and second fundamental signal components of said first and second receive signals respectively to form a flow signal;
(e) forming a flow image signal derived at least in part from said flow signal; and
(f) applying said flow image signal and said reference image signal to the display monitor, wherein said reference image is adjustable without affect to said flow image. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A method of operating an imaging system comprising a multiplicity of transducer elements for transmitting wave energy in response to electrical activation and transducing returned wave energy into electrical signals, and a display monitor for displaying an image having an image portion which is a function of a flow image signal, said method comprising of:
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(a) activating transducer elements of said array to transmit focused wave energy encoded with a first Golay code of a Golay code pair during first and third transmit events and to transmit focused wave energy encoded with a second Golay code of said Golay code pair during second and fourth transmit events;
(b) forming first through fourth receive signals from electrical signals produced by said transducer elements subsequent to said first through fourth transmit events respectively;
(c) forming a reference image signal derived at least in part from independent processing of two of first through fourth receive signals;
(d) decoding, bandpassing and wall filtering first through fourth fundamental signal components of said first through fourth receive signals respectively to form a flow signal;
(e) forming a flow image signal derived at least in part from said flow signal; and
(f) applying said flow image signal and said reference image signal to the display monitor, wherein said reference image is adjustable without affect to said flow image.
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26. An ultrasound medical diagnostic system for imaging stationary and moving reflectors for an area of interest in a patient, comprising:
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a transmitter for transmitting a sequence of at least two pulses to a transmit focal position;
a receiver for receiving at least two echo signals associated with said sequence of at least two pulses, said echo signals containing a fundamental frequency component;
a first display processor configured to receive and process said at least two echo signals and having a filter for supplying a filtered signal containing flow image information for moving reflectors based on said at least two echo signals, a second display processor configured to receive and independently process at least one of said at least two echo signals containing B-mode information for stationary reflectors based on said at least two echo signals, said B-mode information for stationary reflectors including said fundamental frequency component; and
a display for displaying a flow image of moving reflectors based on said filtered signal and a B-mode reference image of stationary reflectors based on said at least one of said at least two echo signals supplied by said second display processor. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An imaging system comprising:
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a transducer array having a multiplicity of transducer elements for transmitting wave energy centered at a fundamental frequency in response to electrical activation and for transducing returned wave energy into electrical signals;
a display monitor for displaying an image having a first image portion which is a function of a flow image signal and a second image portion which is a function of a B-mode reference image signal; and
a computer programmed to perform;
(a) activating transducer elements of said array to transmit focused wave energy encoded with a transmit code during first and second transmit events;
(b) forming first and second receive signals from electrical signals produced by said transducer elements subsequent to said first and second transmit events respectively;
(c) processing at least one of said first and second receive signals to form a B-mode signal;
(d) compressing, bandpassing and wall filtering first and second fundamental signal components of said first and second receive signals respectively to form a flow signal;
(e) forming a B-mode reference image signal derived at least in part from said B-mode signal;
(f) forming a flow image signal derived at least in part from said flow signal; and
(g) applying said B-mode image signal and said flow image signal to said display monitor. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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