Patent Document ID: 20080300486
Application ID: 11699681
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for spatial and temporal alignment for volume rendering, the method comprising: acquiring a first plurality of frames of ultrasound data for a first scan plane; acquiring, after the first plurality, a second plurality of frames of ultrasound data for a second scan plane different than the first scan plane; identifying a first cycle as a function of time from the ultrasound data for the first scan plane; identifying a second cycle as a function of time from the ultrasound data for the second scan plane; determining a phase shift between the first and second cycles; forming first and second volumes from the first and second pluralities of frames, the forming being a function of the phase shift and the first and second cycles, the first volume formed from ultrasound data representing a first cyclic phase and the second volume formed from ultrasound data representing a second cyclic phase.