Patent ID: 9125586
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying ultrasound color flow image data in a plurality of output color frames, each output color frame including a plurality of scan lines that collectively represent a field of view for an ultrasound image, the method comprising: sequentially transmitting a plurality of ultrasound beams; for each of the transmitted ultrasound beams, forming a plurality of receive beams along respective parallel scan lines, wherein sets of co-linear receive beams are formed at a predetermined rate within a first color frame which is equal to the rate at which sets of co-linear receive beams are formed between first and second color frames and equal to the rate at which sets of co-linear receive beams are formed within a second frame; processing the sets of co-linear receive beams along each of the respective scan lines to generate color flow image data corresponding to the respective scan lines; and displaying a color flow image representing the generated color flow image data.