Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Echogenicity quantification method and calibration method for ultrasonic device using echogenicity index
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Application No.: US14557013Application Date: 2014-12-01
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Publication No.: US10249037B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: King-Jen Chang , Chiung-Nein Chen , Ming-Hsun Wu , Argon Chen , Yu-Hsin Wang , Kuo-Chen Huang
- Applicant: AmCad BioMed Corporation
- Applicant Address: TW Taipei
- Assignee: AMCAD BIOMED CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: AMCAD BIOMED CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: TW Taipei
- Agency: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06T7/00
- IPC: G06T7/00 ; G06T7/41

Abstract:
An echogenicity quantification method and a calibration method for ultrasonic device using echogenicity index are disclosed. The method includes: receiving an ultrasound image which comprises a plurality of grayscale pixels; choosing a region of interest (ROI); calculating the values of the grayscale pixels in ROI to obtain average value and standard deviation; excluding pixels in ROI with the grayscale value smaller than the sum of the minimum value in the grayscale image and the product of a first scaling factor and the standard deviation, and larger than the sum of the average value and the product of a second scaling factor and the standard deviation; averaging the values of the remaining grayscale pixels in ROI to obtain an average value of interest; choosing a reference region; averaging the values of the remaining grayscale pixels in the reference region to obtain an average value of reference; and calculating the difference between the average value of interest and the average value of reference to obtain an echogenicity index.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150086094A1 ECHOGENICITY QUANTIFICATION METHOD AND CALIBRATION METHOD FOR ULTRASONIC DEVICE USING ECHOGENICITY INDEX Public/Granted day:2015-03-26
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