公开(公告)号：EP2246127B1

公开(公告)日：2012-11-28

申请号：EP09425170.9

申请日：2009-04-30

申请人： Esaote S.p.A.

发明人： Cerofolini, Marino

IPC分类号： B06B1/06

CPC分类号： B06B1/0622

公开(公告)号：EP2399522B1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-12

申请号：EP11169885.8

申请日：2011-06-14

申请人： Esaote S.p.A.

发明人： Cerofolini, Marino

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

公开(公告)号：EP1681020B1

公开(公告)日：2008-06-04

申请号：EP05100286.3

申请日：2005-01-18

申请人： Esaote S.p.A.

发明人： Cerofolini, Marino

IPC分类号： A61B8/14 ,  A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/12

CPC分类号： A61B8/14 ,  A61B8/4461 ,  A61B8/483 ,  G01S15/8918 ,  G01S15/892 ,  G01S15/894 ,  G01S15/8993

公开(公告)号：EP1515158A2

公开(公告)日：2005-03-16

申请号：EP03425581.0

申请日：2003-09-09

申请人： Esaote S.p.A.

发明人： Cerofolini, Marino

IPC分类号： G01S7/52 ,  A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/481 ,  G01S7/52038 ,  G01S7/52039

摘要： Ultrasound imaging method combined with the presence of contrast agents in the body under examination, comprising the steps of: transmitting at least one beam of acoustic waves into a body under examination carrying contrast agents, and which acoustic waves are transmitted at a first fundamental transmission frequency and are focused on at least one scan line; receiving the acoustic beam reflected from the body under examination and the contrast agents along said at least one scan line; separating, in said received signal, the at least one harmonic or subharmonic components from the fundamental frequency component; generating one image from at least one of the fundamental, harmonic and/or subharmonic components of the received signal. According to the invention, the components of the received signal are separated according to their being at the first fundamental frequency, at the harmonic frequency and at the subharmonic frequency; whereas the amplitudes of the received signals are stored for each of the fundamental, harmonic or subharmonic frequency components at each reflected point; depending on the amplitudes of the signal components, the reflector nature is determined, said nature being assumed as a contrast agent, when the subharmonic component of the received signal has an amplitude above a predetermined minimum amplitude.

摘要翻译： 超声成像方法结合在检查体内存在造影剂，包括以下步骤：将至少一束声波传输到携带造影剂的检查体内，并以哪种声波以第一基本传播频率 并且集中在至少一条扫描线上; 接收从所检查的身体反射的声波束和沿着所述至少一条扫描线的造影剂; 在所述接收信号中，从所述基频分量中分离出所述至少一个谐波或次谐波分量; 从接收信号的基本，谐波和/或次谐波分量中的至少一个产生一个图像。 根据本发明，接收信号的分量根据谐波频率和次谐波频率处于第一基频， 而对于每个反射点处的基波，谐波或次谐波频率分量中的每一个存储接收信号的振幅; 取决于信号分量的幅度，当接收信号的次谐波分量具有高于预定最小幅度的幅度时，确定反射器性质，所述性质被假定为造影剂。

公开(公告)号：EP1391875A1

公开(公告)日：2004-02-25

申请号：EP03102432.6

申请日：2003-08-05

申请人： Esaote S.p.A.

发明人： Cerofolini, Marino

IPC分类号： G10K11/34 ,  G01S7/52 ,  G01S15/89

CPC分类号： G01S15/8963 ,  G01S7/52038 ,  G01S7/52046 ,  G01S15/8927 ,  G01S15/8959 ,  G01S15/8961 ,  G10K11/346

摘要： An ultrasonic imaging method and apparatus wherein the ultrasonic energy transmitted to a subject under examination is generated by a plurality of electroacoustic transducers, which are actuated for transmission with predetermined delays according to a predetermined focusing rule; the ultrasonic energy reflected by the subject under examination is received by an array of electroacoustic transducers. The latter are actuated or the received signals are read with predetermined delays according to a received signal focusing rule. The focused received signals are turned into image data for ultrasonic image display. The transmitting transducers are actuated with such delays as to generate a homogeneous acoustic field over all or part of the region of the subject under examination, which may be covered by the geometry of the whole array of transducers.

摘要翻译： 一种超声波成像方法和装置，其中传输到被检查对象的超声能量由多个电声换能器产生，所述多个电声换能器根据预定的聚焦规则以预定的延迟被致动以进行传输; 由检查对象反射的超声能量由电声换能器阵列接收。 根据接收到的信号聚焦规则，后者被启动或者以预定的延迟读取接收到的信号。 聚焦的接收信号变成用于超声图像显示的图像数据。 发射换能器以这样的延迟致动，以便在受检对象的所有或部分区域上产生均匀的声场，这可以被整个换能器阵列的几何形状覆盖。

公开(公告)号：EP2404551A1

公开(公告)日：2012-01-11

申请号：EP11172273.2

申请日：2011-06-30

申请人： Esaote S.p.A.

发明人： Cerofolini, Marino ,  Greppi, Barbara

IPC分类号： A61B5/055 ,  A61B6/03 ,  A61B8/08 ,  G06T7/00

摘要： A method for operating an imaging device for the monitoring of an anatomical region during insertion of metallic objects or objects made at leat partly of metal inside the said region, which metallic objects disturb standard tracking systems. The method is based on acquisition of image data by two different imaging systems, one of which is capable of high resolution and the other of real time imaging, registering the images of the two imaging systems and using the high resolution system for imaging the anataomic district while the real time imging system for imaging the metallic object to be introduced in the said anatomic district.
The invention relates also to an imaging apparatus for performing such method.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在真皮休闲部分地在所述区域中，其中的金属物体干扰标准跟踪系统内的金属制成的金属物体或物体的插入期间在成像设备操作用于解剖区域的监视方法。 该方法是由两个不同的成像系统中，所有这一切是能够进行高分辨率的和其他实时成像的一个，注册两个成像系统的图像，使用高分辨率系统用于成像anataomic区基于图像数据的获取 而用于成像的实时系统，成像金属物体在所述解剖区被引入。 本发明涉及到这样的成像装置，用于执行搜索的方法。

公开(公告)号：EP2399522A1

公开(公告)日：2011-12-28

申请号：EP11169885.8

申请日：2011-06-14

申请人： Esaote S.p.A.

发明人： Cerofolini, Marino

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

摘要： The present invention relates to a portable ultrasound monitoring system comprising a portable ultrasound system which is in turn provided with an array of electroacoustic transducers, each one of which emitting ultrasound waves when powered with an electric excitation signal and generating an electric reception signal when impinged by an ultrasound wave or pulse generated for example by the reflection of ultrasound waves emitted therefrom. There are also provided means for generating said electric excitation signals, as well as means for receiving said electric reception signals and processing and storage units for said electric excitation and reception signals. Moreover there are provided communication means for the transmission and reception of the electric excitation and reception signals between the portable ultrasound system and at least a remote unit for displaying, storing and further processing, as well as power supply means for the whole portable ultrasound system.
Moreover there are provided supporting means in combination with the portable ultrasound system, which are composed of means for temporary fastening to the body.

摘要翻译： 便携式超声波监测系统本发明涉及一种便携式超声波监测系统，其包括便携式超声波系统，该便携式超声波系统又配备有电声换能器阵列，每个电场换能器在用电激励信号供电时发射超声波，并且当被撞击时产生电接收信号 例如通过从其发射的超声波的反射产生的超声波或脉冲。 还提供了用于产生所述电激励信号的装置，以及用于接收所述电接收信号的装置以及用于所述电激励和接收信号的处理和存储单元。 此外还提供了通信装置，用于在便携式超声波系统和用于显示，存储和进一步处理的至少一个远程单元之间发送和接收电激励和接收信号，以及用于整个便携式超声波系统的电源装置。 此外，还提供了与便携式超声波系统相结合的支撑装置，所述便携式超声波系统由临时紧固到身体的装置组成。

公开(公告)号：EP2246127A1

公开(公告)日：2010-11-03

申请号：EP09425170.9

申请日：2009-04-30

申请人： Esaote S.p.A.

发明人： Cerofolini, Marino

IPC分类号： B06B1/06

CPC分类号： B06B1/0622

摘要： Array of electroacoustic transducers for emitting and receiving acoustic radiation beams, which transducer array comprises a predetermined number of individual transducer elements that are arranged side by side along a row the length of said row corresponding to the aperture of the transducer array. According to the invention, with the aperture of the array of transducer elements remaining the same, there is provided a double, triple amount or an amount corresponding to a rational fraction of the number of transducers and having half the pitch, a third of the pitch or a pitch corresponding to said rational fraction respectively, the directly adjacent transducer elements being intended for emitting acoustic pulses and for receiving acoustic pulses respectively such to make two sub-arrays of transducer elements used only for transmitting and only for receiving acoustic pulses respectively, while directly adjacent transducer elements intended for the transmission and for the reception respectively share the same connection line or channel which branches off by means of a buffer into a dedicated connection branch for each one of said two transducer elements.
The invention relates to a three-dimensional imaging ultrasound probe having a small number of channels using said transducer array.

摘要翻译： 用于发射和接收声辐射束的电声换能器阵列，该换能器阵列包括预定数量的单独的换能器元件，沿着所述行的长度与传感器阵列的孔对应的行沿并排排列。 根据本发明，由于传感器元件阵列的孔径保持相同，所以提供了双重，三重量或相应于换能器数量的有理部分并具有一半音调的量，三分之一 或相应于所述有理部分的音调，直接相邻的换能器元件旨在分别发射声学脉冲和接收声学脉冲，以便分别使用仅用于发射和仅用于接收声学脉冲的换能器元件的两个子阵列，同时 用于传输和接收的直接相邻传感器元件分别将通过缓冲器分支的相同连接线或通道共享到用于所述两个换能器元件中的每一个的专用连接支路。 本发明涉及使用所述换能器阵列具有少量通道的三维成像超声探头。

公开(公告)号：EP1681020A1

公开(公告)日：2006-07-19

申请号：EP05100286.3

申请日：2005-01-18

申请人： Esaote S.p.A.

发明人： Cerofolini, Marino

IPC分类号： A61B8/14 ,  A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/12

CPC分类号： A61B8/14 ,  A61B8/4461 ,  A61B8/483 ,  G01S15/8918 ,  G01S15/892 ,  G01S15/894 ,  G01S15/8993

摘要： Ultrasonic imaging method particularly for 3D gynaecologic inspections, which method comprises the following steps: Providing a linear ultrasound probe (2) comprising a certain number of transducers (120) which are placed side by side along a line forming a so called linear array (20); Providing a B-mode imaging scanning unit to which the transducers are connected and which scanning unit alternatively generates electric driving signals for each transducer of the probe for exciting the transducers to emit ultrasound transmission signals and receives the electric signals generated by each transducer due to the excitation of the transducers by the ultrasound signals reflect form a target body against which the ultrasound transmission signals has been emitted; Defining a starting orientation of the direction of propagation of the ultrasound transmission signals and of the ultrasound reflected signals along which a first scanning step is carried out; Carrying out the first scanning step consisting in emitting the ultrasound transmission signals and receiving the ultrasound reflection signals along the said starting direction of propagation; Oscillating the probe in a direction transversal to the longitudinal extension of the linear array of transducers and around an axis coinciding or parallel to the said longitudinal extensions or coinciding or parallel to the central longitudinal axis of the linear array of transducers for modifying the orientation of the said direction of propagation of the ultrasound transmission signals and of the ultrasound reflected signals;
Carrying out a scanning step along each new oriented direction of propagation corresponding to a different oscillation angle of the probe; Providing a 3D scan-converter in which the received signals relating to the ultrasound reflected signals are stored; Providing B-mode image producing means for generating an image from the said received signals relating to the ultrasound reflected signals are stored. According to the invention the following further steps are provided: Steering the ultrasound emitted beams so that the linear array of transducers generates a trapezoidal scanning slice or plane diverging in the direction of propagation of the beam and providing a reflected beam signals focussing rule which generates a trapezoidal image corresponding to the steered ultrasound beams.

摘要翻译： 超声成像方法特别适用于3D妇科检查，该方法包括以下步骤：提供包括一定数量的换能器（120）的线性超声波探头（2），它们沿着形成所谓的线性阵列（20）的线并排放置 ）; 提供连接换能器的B模式成像扫描单元，哪个扫描单元交替产生用于探针的每个换能器的电驱动信号，用于激发换能器以发射超声波传输信号，并接收由于每个换能器产生的电信号 通过超声波信号对换能器的激发反映出已发射超声波传输信号的目标体; 定义超声波传播信号的传播方向和执行第一扫描步骤的超声反射信号的起始方位; 执行第一扫描步骤，其包括发射超声波传输信号并沿着所述起始传播方向接收超声反射信号; 在横向于换能器的线性阵列的纵向延伸的方向上并且围绕与所述纵向延伸部重合或平行的轴线的方向振荡探针，或者重合或平行于线性阵列换能器的中心纵向轴线，以改变 所述超声波传播信号和超声反射信号的传播方向; 沿着与探头的不同振荡角对应的每个新的定向传播方向进行扫描步骤; 提供其中存储与超声反射信号有关的接收信号的3D扫描转换器; 提供用于从与超声波反射信号相关的所述接收信号产生图像的B模式图像产生装置。 根据本发明，提供了以下进一步的步骤：转向超声波发射的光束，使得换能器的线性阵列产生在波束传播方向上发散的梯形扫描切片或平面，并提供反射光束信号聚焦规则， 对应于转向超声波束的梯形图像。

公开(公告)号：EP1293802A3

公开(公告)日：2003-04-23

申请号：EP02017366.2

申请日：2002-08-02

申请人： Esaote S.p.A.

发明人： Cerofolini, Marino

IPC分类号： G01S15/89

CPC分类号： G01S7/5208 ,  G01S7/52038 ,  G01S7/5205 ,  G01S7/52077 ,  G01S15/895

摘要： Method for transmitting ultrasound pulses and receiving echo signals at a harmonic of the transmission frequency including the steps of generating a signal for exciting a transducer to transmit at least one ultrasound pulse at a basic transmission frequency and the steps of receiving the reflection echo of said pulse at a harmonic of the frequency of the transmitted pulse, any contributions to the harmonic frequency being removed or attenuated in the signal for exciting pulse transmission, characterized in that the signal for exciting the transducer/s is filtered or coupled thereto via a resonant circuit which is calibrated to the basic frequency. In combination therewith or alternatively thereto, the method includes a resonant circuit for additional coupling with the receiver (5). The invention also relates to an apparatus for transmitting ultrasound pulses and receiving echo signals at a harmonic of the transmission frequency, particularly an ultrasound imaging probe and an ultrasound imaging machine.