- 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.