SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC TIME-GAIN COMPENSATION IN AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM

摘要

The systems and methods described herein provide for automatic time-gain
compensation of an ultrasound image with an image processing algorithm. A
method of automatic time-gain compensation is provided where ultrasound image
data is obtained comprising a plurality of echogenic data sets, a plurality of
time-gain compensation functions are determined for the plurality of echogenic
data sets, wherein each time-gain compensation function is determined from a
separate echogenic data set and the time-gain compensation functions are
applied to the plurality of echogenic data sets automatically without user
intervention. Also provided is an ultrasound imaging system having an
ultrasound imaging device configured to collect ultrasound image data and an
image processing system configured to automatically time-gain compensate the
collected image data.