US 11,908,110 B2
Ultrasound imaging system with improved dynamic range control
Francois Guy Gerard Marie Vignon, Andover, MA (US); David Wesley Clark, Derry, NH (US); Darwin Philip Adams, Lexington, MA (US); David Prater, Andover, MA (US); Aditya Periyapatna Nagendra, Bangalore (IN); Kirthi Radhakrishnan, Cambridge, MA (US); and Roy Allan Sivley, Waltham, MA (US)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/262,921
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Jul. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/069467
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/020761, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/702,682, filed on Jul. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0248724 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); G06T 5/20 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 5/009 (2013.01) [G01S 7/52071 (2013.01); G01S 7/52077 (2013.01); G01S 7/52084 (2013.01); G01S 15/8906 (2013.01); G06T 5/002 (2013.01); G06T 5/20 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20092 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30048 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultrasound imaging system with image dynamic range control comprising:
a transducer array probe;
a beamformer coupled to the probe;
an image processor coupled to the beamformer and configured to produce ultrasound images;
a dynamic range processor, coupled to the image processor, and adapted produce an approximation image in response to an input image, to apply dynamic range compression to the approximation image, and to add image detail to the dynamic range compressed approximation image; and
a display, coupled to the dynamic range processor, and adapted to display a dynamic range compressed approximation image with added image detail.