Patent ID: 9239373
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: A61B,G01S

Claim Text:
1. A method for adaptive image optimization in induced wave ultrasound imaging, the method comprising: transmitting, from a transducer of an ultrasound system, acoustic energy into a patient; generating a wave in response to the transmitting; scanning, with a beamformer of the ultrasound system, a region of the patient with ultrasound; detecting, from the scanning, displacement of tissue caused by the wave; and changing a transmit setting of the ultrasound system for transmit operation subsequent to the transmitting, the transmit setting being for a transmit frequency, line spacing, F-number, pulse repetition frequency, line sampling count, acoustic energy amplitude, acoustic energy pulse length, or combinations thereof and the transmit setting changing to a value that is a function of the displacement.