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US09439625B2 Delta delay approach for ultrasound beamforming on an ASIC
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用于ASIC上的超声波波束成形的Delta延迟方法
- Patent Title: Delta delay approach for ultrasound beamforming on an ASIC
- Patent Title (中): 用于ASIC上的超声波波束成形的Delta延迟方法
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Application No.: US13781301Application Date: 2013-02-28
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Publication No.: US09439625B2Publication Date: 2016-09-13
- Inventor: Scott D. Cogan , Lukas Bauer
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Niskayuna
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Niskayuna
- Agency: Fletcher Yoder, P.C.
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00 ; G10K11/34

Abstract:
Systems are disclosed for ultrasound beamforming on an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC). In certain embodiments, the system includes an ultrasound probe that includes a plurality of transducer elements electrically coupled to an ASIC. The ASIC includes a plurality of waveform generators electrically coupled to a plurality of delay units. Each delay unit receives a waveform from a waveform generator or an adjacent delay unit, applies a delay to the waveform, and outputs the waveform to adjacent delay units, one or more of the plurality of transducer elements, or both. The delays that are provided to waveforms before being output to a transducer element determine the beamforming characteristics of the ultrasonic pulses generated by the ultrasound probe.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140243676A1 DELTA DELAY APPROACH FOR ULTRASOUND BEAMFORMING ON AN ASIC Public/Granted day:2014-08-28
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