Patent Document ID: 20140221832
Application ID: 13928763
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for tuning ultrasound acquisition parameters, the method comprising: acquiring first ultrasound data with first values of a respective plurality of acquisition parameters; projecting, with a processor, the first values to a second value of at least one virtual parameter with a manifold relationship, the plurality of acquisition parameters being greater than a number of virtual parameters; calculating, with the processor, a first quality score for the first ultrasound data; altering the second value to a third value of the virtual parameter, the altering being independent of the first quality score; projecting, with the processor, the third value to fourth values of the respective acquisition parameters; acquiring second ultrasound data with the fourth values of the respective plurality of acquisition parameters; calculating, with the processor, a second quality score for the second ultrasound data; and comparing the first and second quality scores.