Abstract: A contrast enhanced imaging method and system, under a first mode, include: transmitting ultrasonic waves at a first frame rate to a tissue containing micro-bubbles and receiving echo signals thereof to generate a first contrast enhanced image; transmitting ultrasonic waves at a second frame rate greater than the first frame rate and receiving echo signals thereof to generate a second contrast enhanced image; and generating a super-resolution image; and may, under a second mode, include: transmitting ultrasonic waves at a third frame rate greater than the first frame rate to the target tissue containing the contrast micro-bubbles and receiving echo signals thereof to generate a third contrast enhanced image; freezing the third contrast enhanced image; and generating a super-resolution image based on the echo signals of the third ultrasonic waves for a period of time before freezing. With the present disclosure, users can easily collect the data for super-resolution imaging.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present application is an ultrasound contrast enhanced imaging method, comprising: transmitting unfocused waves in a plurality of angles to a target region containing microbubbles; receiving echo signals of the unfocused waves; selecting echo signals corresponding to at least some of the plurality of angles from the echo signals; generating contrast enhanced image according to the selected echo signals, performing color-coding on the contrast enhanced image, and displaying same. Also disclosed in the present application is an ultrasound imaging system.

Abstract: An ultrasonic imaging method includes: generating and displaying a first contrast enhanced image in real time under a normal contrast enhanced mode; switching from the normal contrast enhanced mode to a super-resolution contrast enhanced imaging mode, obtaining second ultrasonic echo signals to generate and display a second contrast enhanced image, and performing super-resolution data processing on the second ultrasonic echo signals to obtain a super-resolution image when displaying the second contrast enhanced image; and displaying the super-resolution image. The present disclosure can generate and display the second contrast enhanced image when collecting the ultrasonic echo signals used for super-resolution data processing, so that it is convenient for users to observe the current state of microbubble perfusion to enable the users to observe and compare the super-resolution image and the second contrast enhanced image, obtaining more diagnostic information.

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging device and system, and an image enhancement method for ultrasound radiography and imaging. Image enhancement coefficients of location points in a examined biological tissue are computed first according to radiography channel data, and then, weighted processing is performed on the image enhancement coefficients and beam forming data.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a contrast enhanced ultrasound imaging method and an ultrasound imaging device. The method may include: determining a target imaging mode from preset imaging modes in response to the first instruction, where the preset imaging modes comprise a first contrast enhanced imaging mode and a second contrast enhanced imaging mode which have different frame rate; transmitting ultrasound waves to a target object and receiving ultrasound echoes returned from the target object according to the determined target imaging mode to obtain ultrasound echo signals; and generating a contrast enhanced image according to the ultrasound echo signals. An ultrasound imaging device is also be provided.

Abstract: Provided are a CEUS imaging method, an ultrasound imaging apparatus and a storage medium. The method includes: controlling an ultrasonic probe to transmit an ultrasonic wave to a target tissue containing a contrast agent, receive an echo of the ultrasonic wave, and acquire a first contrast data and a first tissue data in real time based on the echo of the ultrasonic wave, the first contrast data and the first tissue data being volumetric data; rendering a second contrast data and a second tissue data in real time to acquire a hybrid rendered image of the second contrast data and the second tissue data, the second contrast data containing all or part data of the first contrast data, and the second tissue data containing all or part data of the first tissue data; and displaying the hybrid rendered image in real time.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a contrast enhanced ultrasound imaging method and an ultrasound imaging device. The method may include: determining a target imaging mode from preset imaging modes in response to the first instruction, where the preset imaging modes comprise a first contrast enhanced imaging mode and a second contrast enhanced imaging mode which have different frame rate; transmitting ultrasound waves to a target object and receiving ultrasound echoes returned from the target object according to the determined target imaging mode to obtain ultrasound echo signals; and generating a contrast enhanced image according to the ultrasound echo signals. An ultrasound imaging device is also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for viewing a contrast-enhanced ultrasound image and a dynamic data. The method comprises: receiving a first operation, for setting a first viewing range by a first browsing step length that is multiple frames; in response to the first operation, positioning the image data to a viewing neighborhood containing the first viewing range; receiving a second operation, on the view neighborhood by a second browsing step length that is a single frame; in response to the second operation, determining a current image frame corresponding to when the second operation is performed in the viewing neighborhood, and further positioning the image data to an adjacent frame of the current image frame to the user to view frame by frame. As such, doctors are helped to accurately locate desired image frames to significantly improve browsing efficiency with convenient operation and high user-friendliness to save time and reduce workload.

Abstract: Disclosed are 3D/4D contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging (CEUS) apparatus, 3D/4D CEUS imaging methods and media. The method comprises: receiving an input for selecting a 3D/4D contrast-enhanced imaging mode; receiving an input for setting an imaging velocity including a first imaging velocity and a higher second imaging velocity; controlling the apparatus with an imaging parameter associated with the selected imaging mode and the set imaging velocity to achieve imaging with the selected imaging mode in the set imaging velocity, wherein an association between the imaging parameter and the imaging velocity allows that an amount of data required to generate images per volume using the first imaging velocity is greater than that using the second imaging velocity. In this way, a desired imaging mode and imaging velocity can be chosen freely and an imaging parameter can be selected pointedly, meeting real-time observation needed by doctors with limited data processing capability and various probes.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for playing a CEUS movie file, an ultrasound movie file, and ultrasound apparatus. The method comprises: receiving a playing instruction for the movie file which is a dynamic data of generated by ultrasound echoes returned from a target tissue to which ultrasound waves are transmitted by a probe of an ultrasound apparatus; determining an imaging frame rate of the ultrasound images; determining a playback frame rate of the movie file according to the imaging frame rate negatively correlated with the playback frame rate; and playing the movie file with the playback frame rate. By using the playback frame rate which is negatively correlated with the imaging frame rate to play movie files, the movie files with low frame rate can be played more smoothly and the movie files with high frame rate can be played in line with the look and feel of the human eye.

Abstract: An ultrasound system and method for planning ablation are provided. The method includes: obtaining spatial orientation information of a positioning device by means of the positioning device fixed on an ultrasound probe; and associating and recording the spatial orientation information and the ultrasound image obtained by means of real-time scanning by the ultrasound probe so as to performing the ablation planning, thereby improving the planning accuracy.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a contrast enhanced ultrasound imaging method and an ultrasound imaging device. The method may include: determining a target imaging mode from preset imaging modes in response to the first instruction, where the preset imaging modes comprise a first contrast enhanced imaging mode and a second contrast enhanced imaging mode which have different frame rate; transmitting ultrasound waves to a target object and receiving ultrasound echoes returned from the target object according to the determined target imaging mode to obtain ultrasound echo signals; and generating a contrast enhanced image according to the ultrasound echo signals. An ultrasound imaging device is also be provided.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present application is an ultrasound contrast enhanced imaging method, comprising: transmitting unfocused waves in a plurality of angles to a target region containing microbubbles; receiving echo signals of the unfocused waves; selecting echo signals corresponding to at least some of the plurality of angles from the echo signals; generating contrast enhanced image according to the selected echo signals, performing color-coding on the contrast enhanced image, and displaying same. Also disclosed in the present application is an ultrasound imaging system.

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging device and system, and an image enhancement method for ultrasound radiography and imaging. Image enhancement coefficients of location points in a examined biological tissue are computed first according to radiography channel data, and then, weighted processing is performed on the image enhancement coefficients and beam forming data.

Abstract: Method and device for performing ultrasonic imaging on a region of interest are disclosed. The method comprises: emitting a first ultrasonic pulse and receiving a first ultrasonic echo signal; emitting a second ultrasonic pulse and receiving a second ultrasonic echo signal; emitting a third ultrasonic pulse and receiving a third ultrasonic echo signal; extracting echo signal components from the first ultrasonic echo signal, the second ultrasonic echo signal and the third ultrasonic echo signal; and producing an ultrasonic image of the region of interest according to the echo signal component; wherein, amplitude weighting of the third ultrasonic pulse is equal to the sum of amplitude weightings of the first ultrasonic pulse and the second ultrasonic pulse in magnitude. The method processes and modulates the plurality of ultrasonic echo signals, so as to separate nonlinear components and linear components in the ultrasonic echo signals.

Abstract: Methods for optimizing gain of an ultrasound image may include: acquiring a tissue image and a first noise image under a same imaging condition; de-noising the tissue image by the first noise image to obtain a de-noised tissue image; identifying a tissue region in the de-noised tissue image; determining whether a percentage of the tissue region in the de-noised tissue image exceeds a preset threshold condition; selecting, according to the determination result, a corresponding calculation method to calculate a first master gain and a first time gain compensation (TGC) curve for the tissue image; and applying the first TGC curve and the first master gain obtained through calculation to the tissue image acquired before.

Abstract: An ultrasonic contrast imaging method and apparatus thereof. The method includes acquiring N frames of contrast image in an imaging period; projecting the N frames of contrast image to obtain a projection result image of the N frames of contrast image, wherein an nth group of original contrast image is projected in a projection template to obtain a projection result image of an nth frame of original contrast image, wherein the projection template is one frame of the nth group of original contrast image, and n is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to N, wherein the nth group of original contrast images is within a projection period and includes the nth original contrast image, and the projection period is a fixed value less than the imaging period; and displaying or storing the projection result image.

Abstract: Disclosed is an ultrasonic contrast imaging method and an apparatus thereof.

Abstract: Methods for optimizing gain of an ultrasound image may include: acquiring a tissue image and a first noise image under a same imaging condition; de-noising the tissue image by the first noise image to obtain a de-noised tissue image; identifying a tissue region in the de-noised tissue image; determining whether a percentage of the tissue region in the de-noised tissue image exceeds a preset threshold condition; selecting, according to the determination result, a corresponding calculation method to calculate a first master gain and a first time gain compensation (TGC) curve for the tissue image; and applying the first TGC curve and the first master gain obtained through calculation to the tissue image acquired before.

Abstract: Method and device for performing ultrasonic imaging on a region of interest are disclosed. The method comprises: emitting a first ultrasonic pulse and receiving a first ultrasonic echo signal; emitting a second ultrasonic pulse and receiving a second ultrasonic echo signal; emitting a third ultrasonic pulse and receiving a third ultrasonic echo signal; extracting echo signal components from the first ultrasonic echo signal, the second ultrasonic echo signal and the third ultrasonic echo signal; and producing an ultrasonic image of the region of interest according to the echo signal component; wherein, amplitude weighting of the third ultrasonic pulse is equal to the sum of amplitude weightings of the first ultrasonic pulse and the second ultrasonic pulse in magnitude. The method processes and modulates the plurality of ultrasonic echo signals, so as to separate nonlinear components and linear components in the ultrasonic echo signals.