Method of transforming a multi-beam ultrasonic image

Details Method of transforming a multi-beam ultrasonic image Method of transforming a multi-beam ultrasonic image

1990-08-15

1992-04-21

Jaworski, Frank S.

Surgery

Truss

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12866001, 12866101, 73626, A61B 800

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051058146

ABSTRACT:
A method of transforming a multi-beam ultrasonic image in which a plurality of ultrasonic beams are simultaneously transmitted into an object along a plurality of lines and across a plurality of arcs. The reflected signals are sensed along each line and sampled thereby creating an image matrix of sampled values taken from the intersection of each line and arc. For each image value, a linear combination of surrounding values is formed to create a transformed image value which reduces the effect of interbeam interference.

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