Patent Document ID: 9693754
Application ID: 13894927
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An imaging system comprising: an ultrasound transducer configured to rotate and acquire a plurality of data vectors in a single rotation of the ultrasound transducer by emitting acoustic energy and receiving a backscatter of the acoustic energy, each data vector comprising ultrasound data, the plurality of data vectors acquired in the single rotation making up a single frame; an imaging engine comprising at least one processor, the imaging engine configured to: receive the plurality of data vectors of the single frame from the ultrasound transducer; form a first set of data vectors of the single frame and a second set of data vectors of the single frame from the plurality of data vectors, wherein a first data vector of the first set of data vectors differs from a second data vector of the second set of data vectors in that the first data vector is acquired at a first radial location that is different from a second radial location at which the second data vector is acquired during the single rotation of the ultrasound transducer; generate, using the at least one processor, a first combination of data based on the first set of data vectors and a second combination of data based on the second set of data vectors; generate, using the at least one processor, a first envelope based on the first combination of data and a second envelope based on the second combination of data; generate, using the at least one processor, a combined envelope based on the first envelope and the second envelope, wherein the combined envelope is generated using only data of the single frame, and wherein the combined envelope represents data from the different radial locations; and generate, using the at least one processor, an image based on the combined envelope.