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Title: Time reversal and phase coherent music techniques for super-resolution ultrasound imaging

Abstract

Systems and methods for super-resolution ultrasound imaging using a windowed and generalized TR-MUSIC algorithm that divides the imaging region into overlapping sub-regions and applies the TR-MUSIC algorithm to the windowed backscattered ultrasound signals corresponding to each sub-region. The algorithm is also structured to account for the ultrasound attenuation in the medium and the finite-size effects of ultrasound transducer elements. A modified TR-MUSIC imaging algorithm is used to account for ultrasound scattering from both density and compressibility contrasts. The phase response of ultrasound transducer elements is accounted for in a PC-MUSIC system.

Inventors:
;
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1439586
Patent Number(s):
9955944
Application Number:
14/339,791
Assignee:
Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01S - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING
A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61B - DIAGNOSIS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2014 Jul 24
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
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Citation Formats

Huang, Lianjie, and Labyed, Yassin. Time reversal and phase coherent music techniques for super-resolution ultrasound imaging. United States: N. p., 2018. Web.
Huang, Lianjie, & Labyed, Yassin. Time reversal and phase coherent music techniques for super-resolution ultrasound imaging. United States.
Huang, Lianjie, and Labyed, Yassin. Tue . "Time reversal and phase coherent music techniques for super-resolution ultrasound imaging". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1439586.
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