Patent ID: 9453908
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: A61B,G01S

Claim Text:
1. A method for forming an image of a region of interest using a pulse-echo imaging device, the method comprising: (a) generating a stabilized pulse using the pulse-echo imaging device, the stabilized pulse having a stabilization applied thereto; (b) causing the stabilized pulse to be incident on the region of interest to generate a reflected echo; (c) receiving the reflected echo in the pulse-echo imaging device; (d) applying an inverse filter to the reflected echo, the inverse filter corresponding to the stabilization, to form inverse-filtered echo data; and (e) forming an image from the inverse-filtered echo data; wherein step (a) comprises generating the stabilized pulse such that all of the zeroes of a Z transform of the stabilized pulse lie within a unit circle.