Image analysis – Image transformation or preprocessing – Fourier transform
Reexamination Certificate
2011-06-07
2011-06-07
Couso, Yon (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Image transformation or preprocessing
Fourier transform
C345S643000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07957609
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a method and a system for producing an image using an imaging system by weighting: i) the signals transmitted from at least one element of a transducer array to form limited diffraction transmitted beams or the transmitted beams are steered with linear time delay over transducer aperture; and, ii) weighting the echo signals received at the separate elements to form limited diffraction receive beams or doing Fourier transformations of the echo signals over the transducer aperture. Fourier transformations of the weighted or Fourier transformed signals form multi-dimensional k-space data sets which are used to interpolate into a rectilinear k-space of the object to be imaged. Inverse Fourier transformation along each dimension of the rectilinear k-space to produce an image.
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Cheng Jiqi
Lu Jian-yu
Couso Yon
MacMillan Sobanski & Todd LLC
The University of Toledo
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