Patent ID: 11903768
Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 15:
16. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon, a computer program having at least one code section, the at least one code section being executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform steps comprising:
receiving an ultrasound image;
segmenting the ultrasound image to identify at least one obstructing anatomical structure and/or at least one image artifact in the ultrasound image;
detecting a location of each of the identified at least one obstructing anatomical structure and/or the at least one image artifact;
automatically adjusting at least one beamformer parameter based on the detected location of one or more of the identified at least one obstructing anatomical structure and/or the at least one image artifact, wherein the automatically adjusting the at least one beamformer parameter comprises deactivating select transducer elements of an ultrasound probe;
receiving an enhanced ultrasound image acquired based on the automatically adjusted at least one beamformer parameter; and
presenting the enhanced ultrasound image at a display system.