CPC G06T 9/00 (2013.01) [G06T 5/00 (2013.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10072 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A method of imaging a cylindrical fluid conduit, comprising:
deploying and moving an ultrasound imaging device through the conduit, the device comprising a radial array of ultrasound transducers;
capturing cross-sectional slices of the conduit using the radial array to create frames having plural scan lines;
determining a speed of sound of a fluid in the conduit;
applying a demodulation process and spatial conversion process to the scan lines; wherein the spatial conversion process creates a spatial pixel from one or more samples in the scan line using the determined speed of sound;
creating an uncompressed ultrasound image comprising the demodulated, spatially converted scan lines; and
applying video compression to the ultrasound image to return compressed images.
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