Patent Document ID: 9918700
Application ID: 13928763
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for tuning ultrasound acquisition parameters, the method comprising: acquiring by scanning a patient with ultrasound using a transducer of an ultrasound system, first ultrasound data with a first set of acquisition parameters of a plurality of sets of acquisition parameters; calculating, with a processor, a first quality score for the first ultrasound data; projecting, with the processor, the first set of acquisition parameters to first coordinates in a manifold space, wherein the manifold space comprises a plurality of coordinates for each of the plurality of sets of acquisition parameters, wherein the manifold space describes a relationship between each of the plurality of sets of acquisition parameters, wherein the dimensionality of the coordinates of the manifold space is lower than a number of acquisition parameters in each of the sets of acquisitions parameters; selecting second coordinates adjacent on the manifold space to the first coordinates; the second coordinates corresponding to a second set of acquisition parameters of the plurality of sets of acquisition parameters; acquiring, by the ultrasound system using the transducer to scan the patient with ultrasound, second ultrasound data with the second set of acquisition parameters calculating, with the processor, a second quality score for the second ultrasound data; comparing the first and second quality scores; comparing the second quality score to a quality threshold level; imaging the patient by the ultrasound system using the second set of acquisition parameters when the second quality score is equal to or above the quality threshold level; selecting, when the second quality score is lower than the quality threshold level, third coordinates adjacent on the manifold space to the second coordinates or first coordinates, the third coordinates adjacent to the first coordinates when, based on the comparison of the first and second quality scores, the first quality score is determined to be higher than the second quality score, and the third coordinates adjacent to the second coordinates when the second quality score is determined to be higher than the first quality score; the third coordinates corresponding to a third set of acquisition parameters of the plurality of sets of acquisition parameters; acquiring, by the ultrasound system using the transducer to scan the patient with ultrasound, third ultrasound data with the third set of acquisition parameters; calculating, with the processor, a third quality score for the third ultrasound data determining, by the processor, that the third quality score is equal to or higher than the quality threshold level; and when the third quality score is equal or above the quality threshold level, imaging the patient, by the ultrasound system, using the third set of acquisition parameters when the third quality score is lower than the quality threshold level, repeating the steps of: selecting next corresponding coordinates adjacent on the manifold space to the current coordinates or previous coordinates, the next corresponding coordinates corresponding to a next set of acquisition parameters of the sets of acquisition parameters and the next corresponding coordinates adjacent to the previous coordinates when the previous quality score is higher than the current quality score, and the next corresponding coordinates adjacent to the current coordinates when the current quality score is higher than the previous quality score; acquiring, by the ultrasound system using the transducer to scan the patient with ultrasound, next corresponding ultrasound data with the next corresponding set of acquisition parameters; calculating, with the processor, a next corresponding quality score; determining, by the processor, that the next corresponding quality score to the threshold level; and comparing the next corresponding quality score to the current quality score; until a respective next corresponding quality score is equal or above the quality threshold level; and scanning, by an ultrasound system, the patient using the set of acquisition parameters that corresponds to the quality score that is equal or above the threshold quality score.