SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING ULTRASOUND IMAGE QUALITY BY APPLYING WEIGHTING FACTORS

摘要

Systems and methods for improving the quality of ultrasound images consisting of a combination of multiple sub-images include providing more weight to sub-image information that is likely to improve the combined image quality. Weighting factor information may be obtained from the geometry (eg, angle or path length) of the location of one or more specific transducer elements relative to a particular point in the region of interest or image region. In some embodiments, any given pixel (or other individual area of the image) combines the received echo data in a manner that provides more weighted data that is likely to improve the quality of the image, and / or It can be formed by discounting or ignoring data that is likely to reduce image quality (eg, by introducing noise or by increasing the point intensity distribution).