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

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
acquiring, by an ultrasound system, an ultrasound image;
automatically segmenting, by at least one processor, the ultrasound image to identify at least one obstructing anatomical structure and/or at least one image artifact in the ultrasound image;
detecting, by the at least one processor, a location of each of the identified at least one obstructing anatomical structure and/or the at least one image artifact;
automatically adjusting, by the at least one processor, 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 of the ultrasound system;
acquiring, by the ultrasound system, an enhanced ultrasound image based on the automatically adjusted at least one beamformer parameter; and
presenting, at a display system, the enhanced ultrasound image.