Sarah E Kuehl

US Patent:

20140371587, Dec 18, 2014

Filed:

Jun 12, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/916171

Inventors:

- Madison WI, US
Joseph Karls - Fitchburg WI, US
Sarah Kuehl - Madison WI, US
William A. Sethares - Madison WI, US

International Classification:

A61B 8/08
A61B 8/14
A61B 8/00

US Classification:

600438, 600443

Abstract:

An ultrasound imaging system combines successive images of a time series to produce high-resolution ultrasound. A piecewise registration process and deemphasizing of high-frequency spatial components may be used to aid in the combination process. A high-definition image may be obtained with or separately from this process by combining different images obtained with different ultrasound frequencies. The images are weighted to accentuate the contribution of high-frequency ultrasound data at the leading edge of imaged structure.