Patent ID: 8348848
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: A61B,G01S

Abstract:
1. A method of creating an ultrasound image, comprising: determining a region of interest; determining a first beam steering angle of a first ultrasound beam transmitted from an ultrasound transducer array that results in a maximum representative signal value received from the region of interest; determining a second beam steering angle based on the first beam steering angle, the second beam steering angle being closer to perpendicular with the ultrasound transducer array than the first beam steering angle; acquiring an ultrasound image using a beam transmitted from the ultrasound transducer array at the second beam steering angle; acquiring a second ultrasound image using a beam transmitted from the ultrasound transducer array at a third beam steering angle, the third beam steering angle being closer to perpendicular with the ultrasound transducer array than the second beam steering angle; and combining the ultrasound image and the second ultrasound image to generate a third ultrasound image.