US 12,229,922 B1
Method and apparatus for a software enabled high resolution ultrasound imaging device
Masoud Vaziri, Richardson, TX (US)
Assigned to OPTICS INNOVATION LLC, Portland, ME (US)
Filed by OPTICS INNOVATION LLC, Portland, ME (US)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/722,347.
Application 17/722,347 is a continuation of application No. 16/507,910, filed on Jul. 10, 2019, granted, now 11,308,591.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/696,346, filed on Jul. 11, 2018.
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06F 18/25 (2023.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 5/50 (2013.01) [G06F 18/251 (2023.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10088 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10136 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging method for capturing an image of a slice of a volume, the method comprising:
acquiring, via an ultrasound imager, a first image corresponding to a first slice of the volume, the first image having a first resolution;
receiving, from a memory unit, a training image corresponding to a second slice of the volume, the training image having a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution, at least a portion of the second slice of the volume corresponding to at least a portion of the first slice of the volume; and
executing an image resolution enhancement procedure to increase the image resolution of a subset of the first image based at least in part on the training image.