Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High-contrast minimum variance imaging method based on deep learning
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Application No.: US17626503Application Date: 2019-10-25
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Publication No.: US12159378B2Publication Date: 2024-12-03
- Inventor: Junying Chen , Renxin Zhuang
- Applicant: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
- Applicant Address: CN Guangdong
- Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee Address: CN Guangdong
- Agency: JCIPRNET
- Priority: CN201910631984.6 20190712
- International Application: PCT/CN2019/113196 WO 20191025
- International Announcement: WO2021/007989 WO 20210121
- Main IPC: G06T5/70
- IPC: G06T5/70 ; G06N3/04 ; G06N3/08

Abstract:
Disclosed is a high-contrast minimum variance imaging method based on deep learning. For the problem of the poor performance of a traditional minimum variance imaging method in terms of ultrasonic image contrast, a deep neural network is applied in order to suppress an off-axis scattering signal in channel data received by an ultrasonic transducer, and after the deep neural network is combined with a minimum variance beamforming method, an ultrasonic image with a higher contrast can be obtained while the resolution performance of the minimum variance imaging method is maintained. In the present method, compared with the traditional minimum variance imaging method, after an apodization weight is calculated, channel data is first processed by using a deep neural network, and weighted stacking of the channel data is then carried out, so that the pixel value of a target imaging point is obtained, thereby forming a complete ultrasonic image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220343466A1 HIGH-CONTRAST MINIMUM VARIANCE IMAGING METHOD BASED ON DEEP LEARNING Public/Granted day:2022-10-27
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