Abstract: The current disclosure provides systems and methods for reducing clutter artifacts in medical images. In one example, a method for an image processing system comprises receiving a sequence of medical images including an amount of clutter artifacts; reducing the amount of clutter artifacts present in the sequence of medical images using a trained data-driven model, the data-driven trained on image sequence pairs including a first, lower-clutter image sequence as a target image, and a second, higher-clutter image sequence as an input image, the higher-clutter image sequence generated by superimposing an artifact overlay on the lower-clutter image sequence, the lower-clutter image sequence generated by an imaging device during a medical exam of a subject; and displaying an artifact-reduced version of the sequence of medical images on a display device of the image processing system, the artifact-reduced version outputted by the data-driven model.

Abstract: A deployable ultrasound imaging device is operably connected to an ultrasound imaging system including a processing unit configured to operate the transducer and the individual segments in order to emit ultrasound signals from the segments and to receive ultrasound signals from the structures surrounding the segments. The ultrasound imaging system/processing unit can process the transmitted and received signals by beamforming to direct the ultrasound signals emitted from the segments in order to provide data for an ultrasound image of the desired structure(s). The ultrasound imaging system/processing unit mechanically or acoustically determines the position of the individual segments with regard to one another to determine the angular position of the segments with regard to one another.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for removing visual artifacts from a medical image acquired during a scan of an object, such as a patient. In one example, a method for an image processing system comprises receiving a medical image; performing a wavelet decomposition on image data of the medical image; performing one or more 2-D Fourier transforms on wavelet coefficients resulting from the wavelet decomposition; removing image artifacts from the Fourier coefficients determined from the 2-D Fourier transforms using a filter; reconstructing the medical image using the filtered Fourier coefficients; and displaying the reconstructed medical image on a display device of the image processing system.

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system and method includes acquiring low-resolution volume data with an ultrasound probe during the process of acquiring high-resolution slice data of a plane with the ultrasound probe. The ultrasound imaging system and method includes displaying an ultrasound image on a display device based on the high-resolution slice data, generating a low-resolution volume based on the low-resolution volume data, and implementing, with a processor, a neural network to calculate guidance information based on the low-resolution volume. The ultrasound imaging system and method includes automatically performing an action with the processor based on the guidance information.

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system and method includes acquiring low-resolution volume data with an ultrasound probe during the process of acquiring high-resolution slice data of a plane with the ultrasound probe. The ultrasound imaging system and method includes displaying an ultrasound image on a display device based on the high-resolution slice data, generating a low-resolution volume based on the low-resolution volume data, and implementing, with a processor, a neural network to calculate guidance information based on the low-resolution volume. The ultrasound imaging system and method includes automatically performing an action with the processor based on the guidance information.

Abstract: A deployable ultrasound imaging device is operably connected to an ultrasound imaging system including a processing unit configured to operate the transducer and the individual segments in order to emit ultrasound signals from the segments and to receive ultrasound signals from the structures surrounding the segments. The ultrasound imaging system/processing unit can process the transmitted and received signals by beamforming to direct the ultrasound signals emitted from the segments in order to provide data for an ultrasound image of the desired structure(s). The ultrasound imaging system/processing unit mechanically or acoustically determines the position of the individual segments with regard to one another to determine the angular position of the segments with regard to one another.