| CPC A61B 8/5207 (2013.01) [A61B 6/5247 (2013.01); A61B 8/0875 (2013.01); A61B 8/4416 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); A61B 8/5238 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); G06T 7/33 (2017.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 8/58 (2013.01); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |

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1. An ultrasound imaging system comprising:
an ultrasound imaging device comprising a transducer configured to generate ultrasound imaging of a bone region by propagation of ultrasound waves to the bone region; and
one or more controllers coupled to the ultrasound imaging device and being configured to:
generate, with the ultrasound imaging device, a first steered frame and a second steered frame, wherein the first steered frame and the second steered frame are directed towards the bone region at different angles from one another and are superimposed with one another, and wherein each of the first steered frame and the second steered frame include pixel intensities of the bone region;
apply the pixel intensities of each of the first steered frame and the second steered frame to a cost function that is configured to: minimize differences in the pixel intensities between the first steered frame and the second steered frame, using propagation speed as an input parameter; and output an estimated propagation speed of ultrasound waves to the bone region that optimizes an appearance of the first steered frame and the second steered frame; and
calibrate the ultrasound imaging device based on the estimated propagation speed.
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