Method and system for adaptive beamforming of ultrasound signals

Ben Luijten (Uitvinder), Ruud J.G. van Sloun (Uitvinder), F.J. de Bruijn (Uitvinder), Harold A.W. Schmeitz (Uitvinder)

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The invention relates to a method for adaptive beamforming of ultrasound signals, the method comprising the steps of (a) Receiving time-aligned RF signals acquired by multiple ultrasound transducer elements in response to an ultrasound transmission; (b) Determining content-adaptive apodization weights for beamforming the time-aligned RF signals by applying a trained artificial neural network (16) to the time-aligned RF signals; and (c) Applying the content-adaptive apodization weights to the time-aligned RF signals to calculate a beamformed output signal. The invention also relates to a method for training an artificial neural network (16) useful in adaptive beamforming of ultrasound signals, and a related computer program and system.
Originele taal-2Engels
OctrooinummerWO2020083918
Prioriteitsdatum25/10/19
Indieningsdatum22/10/19
StatusGepubliceerd - 30 apr. 2020

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