Patent ID: 11953591
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 1:
2. An ultrasound imaging system which produces extrapolated images comprising:
a transducer array probe;
a signal separator, adapted to separate signals received by the transducer array probe into two imaging signal paths of different imaging characteristics;
a beamformer coupled to the signal separator in each imaging signal path which is adapted to beamform signals for images of different imaging characteristics;
an image processor coupled to the beamformer in each imaging signal path and configured to produce ultrasound images of different imaging characteristics;
an extrapolator coupled to the image processor and adapted to predict an extrapolated image by extrapolation of the ultrasound images;
an artifact filter coupled to the extrapolator and adapted to remove non-speckle artifacts resulting from extrapolation from the extrapolated image;
a speckle filter coupled to the artifact filter and adapted to perform smoothing of the speckle of the extrapolated image; and
a display, coupled to the speckle filter, and adapted to display a final image predicted by the extrapolation.