An apparatus for reducing reverberation artifacts in an ultrasound image, comprising: a processor circuit in communication with an ultrasound transducer, wherein the processor circuit is configured to: control the ultrasound transducer to obtain a plurality of ultrasound images using a respective plurality of pulse repetition intervals; calculate an amount of reverberation artifacts in each of the plurality of ultrasound images; select a pulse repetition interval based on the amounts of reverberation artifacts in each of the plurality of ultrasound images; in response to selecting the pulse repetition interval, control the ultrasound transducer to obtain a reduced-reverberation ultrasound image at the selected pulse repetition interval; and output the reduced-reverberation ultrasound image to a display in communication with the processor circuit, wherein the processor circuit is further configured to: identify a tissue portion and a non-tissue portion of each of the plurality of ultrasound images; calculate an intensity value for the non-tissue portion of each of the plurality of ultrasound images; and determine the amount of reverberation artifacts in each of the plurality of ultrasound images based on the calculated intensity values of the non-tissue portions of the plurality of ultrasound images. a processor circuit in communication with an ultrasound transducer, wherein the processor circuit is configured to: control the ultrasound transducer to obtain a plurality of ultrasound images using a respective plurality of pulse repetition intervals; calculate an amount of reverberation artifacts in each of the plurality of ultrasound images; select a pulse repetition interval based on the amounts of reverberation artifacts in each of the plurality of ultrasound images; in response to selecting the pulse repetition interval, control the ultrasound transducer to obtain a reduced-reverberation ultrasound image at the selected pulse repetition interval; and output the reduced-reverberation ultrasound image to a display in communication with the processor circuit, control the ultrasound transducer to obtain a plurality of ultrasound images using a respective plurality of pulse repetition intervals; calculate an amount of reverberation artifacts in each of the plurality of ultrasound images; select a pulse repetition interval based on the amounts of reverberation artifacts in each of the plurality of ultrasound images; in response to selecting the pulse repetition interval, control the ultrasound transducer to obtain a reduced-reverberation ultrasound image at the selected pulse repetition interval; and output the reduced-reverberation ultrasound image to a display in communication with the processor circuit, wherein the processor circuit is further configured to: identify a tissue portion and a non-tissue portion of each of the plurality of ultrasound images; calculate an intensity value for the non-tissue portion of each of the plurality of ultrasound images; and determine the amount of reverberation artifacts in each of the plurality of ultrasound images based on the calculated intensity values of the non-tissue portions of the plurality of ultrasound images. identify a tissue portion and a non-tissue portion of each of the plurality of ultrasound images; calculate an intensity value for the non-tissue portion of each of the plurality of ultrasound images; and determine the amount of reverberation artifacts in each of the plurality of ultrasound images based on the calculated intensity values of the non-tissue portions of the plurality of ultrasound images. <EOS>