Patent ID: 8475380
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: A61B,G01S

Abstract:
1. A method for multiline ultrasound imaging comprising: transmitting, using at least one transducer, a first ensemble of ultrasound beams at a first spatial position, wherein transmission of each beam in the first ensemble results in a plurality of parallel receive beams that are located between the first spatial position and a second spatial position; transmitting, using the at least one transducer, a second ensemble of ultrasound beams at the second spatial position, wherein transmission of each beam in the second ensemble results in a plurality of parallel receive beams that are located between the first spatial position and the second spatial position; calculating, using at least one processing device, a first auto-correlation estimate based on at least two receive beams from said first ensemble of beams; calculating, using the at least one processing device, a second auto-correlation estimate based on at least two receive beams from said second ensemble of beams; and combining, using the at least one processing device, the first auto-correlation estimate and the second auto-correlation estimate.