Ultrasound system with iterative high pass filter selection
First Claim
1. An ultrasound system comprising:
- an imaging unit configured to gather ultrasound color flow imaging data; and
a processing and display unit comprising a plurality of high pass filters, the processing and display unit configured to iteratively select one of the plurality of high pass filters for progressive, ordered filtering of the ultrasound color flow imaging data.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is the iterative selection of an optimal high pass filter for progressive, ordered filtering of clutter from ultrasound color flow imaging data wherein a criterion for selecting the optimal high pass filter is if a mean frequency of filtered signal data is less than a clutter frequency threshold wherein if the mean frequency is less than the clutter frequency threshold is determined by whether an absolute value of an imaginary part of a first order autocorrelation of the filtered signal data is less than a constant times a real part of the autocorrelation, where the constant is determined by the clutter frequency threshold, wherein a high pass filter input for each iterative selection is the original ultrasound color flow imaging data.
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13 Claims
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1. An ultrasound system comprising:
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an imaging unit configured to gather ultrasound color flow imaging data; and
a processing and display unit comprising a plurality of high pass filters, the processing and display unit configured to iteratively select one of the plurality of high pass filters for progressive, ordered filtering of the ultrasound color flow imaging data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable by a processor in an ultrasound device, the instructions comprising:
iteratively selecting an optimal high pass filter for progressive, ordered filtering of clutter from ultrasound color flow imaging data wherein a criterion for selecting the optimal high pass filter is if a mean frequency of filtered signal data is less than a clutter frequency threshold wherein if the mean frequency is less than the clutter frequency threshold is determined by whether an absolute value of an imaginary part of a first order autocorrelation of the filtered signal data is less than a constant times a real part of the autocorrelation, where the constant is determined by the clutter frequency threshold, wherein a high pass filter input for each iterative selection is the original ultrasound color flow imaging data. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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