ENHANCING QUALITY OF ULTRASOUND SPATIAL COMPOUND IMAGE BASED ON BEAM PROFILE IN ULTRASOUND SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An ultrasound system, comprising:
- an ultrasound data acquisition unit configured to acquire ultrasound data for obtaining a plurality of ultrasound images corresponding to a plurality of steering angles;
a storage unit for storing at least one beam profile indicating a spreading degree of an ultrasound beam according to depth based on at least one focusing point; and
a processing unit configured to set an amount of blurring corresponding to spreading of the ultrasound beam according to the depth based on the at least one beam profile, the processing unit being further configured to perform a filtering process for compensating the blurring by the spreading of the ultrasound beam based on the ultrasound data and the amount of blurring to form an ultrasound spatial compound image.
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Abstract
There are provided embodiments for enhancing the quality of an ultrasound spatial compound image based on a beam profile in an ultrasound system. In one embodiment, an ultrasound system comprises: an ultrasound data acquisition unit configured to acquire ultrasound data for obtaining a plurality of ultrasound images corresponding to a plurality of steering angles; a storage unit for storing at least one beam profile indicating a spreading degree of an ultrasound beam according to depth based on at least one focusing point; and a processing unit configured to set an amount of blurring corresponding to spreading of the ultrasound beam according to the depth based on the at least one beam profile, and perform a filtering process for compensating the blurring by the spreading of the ultrasound beam based on the ultrasound data and the amount of blurring to form an ultrasound spatial compound image.
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18 Claims
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1. An ultrasound system, comprising:
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an ultrasound data acquisition unit configured to acquire ultrasound data for obtaining a plurality of ultrasound images corresponding to a plurality of steering angles; a storage unit for storing at least one beam profile indicating a spreading degree of an ultrasound beam according to depth based on at least one focusing point; and a processing unit configured to set an amount of blurring corresponding to spreading of the ultrasound beam according to the depth based on the at least one beam profile, the processing unit being further configured to perform a filtering process for compensating the blurring by the spreading of the ultrasound beam based on the ultrasound data and the amount of blurring to form an ultrasound spatial compound image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of enhancing a quality of an ultrasound spatial compound image, comprising:
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a) acquiring ultrasound data for obtaining a plurality of ultrasound images corresponding to a plurality of steering angles; b) setting an amount of blurring corresponding to spreading of the ultrasound beam by using at least one beam profile indicating a spreading degree of an ultrasound beam according to the depth based on at least one focusing point; and c) performing a filtering process for compensating the blurring by the spreading of the ultrasound beam based on the ultrasound data and the amount of blurring to form an ultrasound spatial compound image. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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