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

Claim 8:
9. A system comprising:
an ultrasound system configured to:
acquire an ultrasound image, and
acquire an enhanced ultrasound image based on an automatically adjusted at least one beamformer parameter;

at least one processor configured to:
automatically segment the ultrasound image to identify at least one obstructing anatomical structure and/or at least one image artifact in the ultrasound image;
detect a location of each of the identified at least one obstructing anatomical structure and/or the at least one image artifact; and
automatically adjust the 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 adjust the at least one beamformer parameter comprises deactivating select transducer elements of an ultrasound probe of the ultrasound system; and

a display system configured to present the enhanced ultrasound image.