公开(公告)号：US20080125656A1

公开(公告)日：2008-05-29

申请号：US11940089

申请日：2007-11-14

申请人： Bin Yao ,  Yong Jiang ,  Qinjun Hu ,  Bo Yang

发明人： Bin Yao ,  Yong Jiang ,  Qinjun Hu ,  Bo Yang

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： G10K11/345 ,  G01S7/52046 ,  G01S7/52085 ,  G01S7/52095 ,  G01S15/8927 ,  G01S15/8993

摘要： This present application describes a multiple ultrasound beams transmitting and receiving method, comprising: transmitting a first fat beam along a first transmit line with a first transmit aperture; receiving echo of the first fat beam with a first receive aperture and forming data of a first group of receive lines; transmitting a second fat beam along a second transmit line with a second transmit aperture; receiving echo of the second fat beam with a second receive aperture and forming data of a second group of receive lines; constructing a full receive aperture by combining the first receive aperture and the second receive aperture, the full receive aperture centered in the area covering the first group of receive lines and the second group of receive lines; weighting a data of a receive line of the first group and a data of a receive line of the second group collinear with said receive of the first group respectively, and summing two weighted data.

摘要翻译： 本申请描述了一种多重超声波束发射和接收方法，包括：沿着具有第一传输孔径的第一传输线传输第一脂肪束; 用第一接收孔接收第一脂肪束的回波并形成第一组接收线的数据; 沿着具有第二发射孔径的第二传输线传输第二脂肪束; 用第二接收孔接收第二脂肪束的回波并形成第二组接收线的数据; 通过组合第一接收孔径和第二接收孔径来构建全接收孔径，全接收孔径以覆盖第一组接收线路和第二组接收线路的区域为中心; 分别对第一组的接收线的数据和与第一组的所述接收共线的第二组的接收线的数据进行加权，并且对两个加权数据求和。

公开(公告)号：US20090054780A1

公开(公告)日：2009-02-26

申请号：US11967866

申请日：2007-12-31

申请人： Bo Yang ,  Pengfei Yang ,  Qinjun Hu

发明人： Bo Yang ,  Pengfei Yang ,  Qinjun Hu

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： G03B42/06 ,  A61B8/00 ,  G10K11/346

摘要： A method for real-time computation of point-by-point apodization coefficients used for beam-forming includes storing apodization coefficients of receiving focus points in memory, and computing at least one of an included angle between a vector from a transducer element to a receiving point and a normal vector of the transducer element, and a trigonometric function value of the included angle. The method also includes addressing the memory storing the apodization coefficients according to the quantized included angle or trigonometric function value, and reading the apodization coefficients. In one embodiment, the method may include computing in advance apodization coefficients of a receiving focus point as the starting point for the subsequent interpolation operation and another receiving focus point as the ending point, and deriving, for each receiving channel, apodization coefficients of the points situated between these two receiving focus points through an interpolation operation.

摘要翻译： 用于实时计算用于波束成形的逐点变迹系数的方法包括将接收焦点的变迹系数存储在存储器中，以及计算从换能器元件到接收的矢量之间的夹角中的至少一个 点和法向量，以及夹角的三角函数值。 该方法还包括根据量化的夹角或三角函数值寻址存储变迹系数的存储器，以及读取变迹系数。 在一个实施例中，该方法可以包括预先计算接收对焦点的变迹系数作为后续插值操作的起始点和另一接收焦点作为终点，并且为每个接收信道导出点的变迹系数 通过插值操作位于这两个接收对焦点之间。

公开(公告)号：US08088068B2

公开(公告)日：2012-01-03

申请号：US11940089

申请日：2007-11-14

申请人： Bin Yao ,  Yong Jiang ,  Qinjun Hu ,  Bo Yang

发明人： Bin Yao ,  Yong Jiang ,  Qinjun Hu ,  Bo Yang

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： G10K11/345 ,  G01S7/52046 ,  G01S7/52085 ,  G01S7/52095 ,  G01S15/8927 ,  G01S15/8993

摘要： This present application describes a multiple ultrasound beams transmitting and receiving method, comprising: transmitting a first fat beam along a first transmit line with a first transmit aperture; receiving echo of the first fat beam with a first receive aperture and forming data of a first group of receive lines; transmitting a second fat beam along a second transmit line with a second transmit aperture; receiving echo of the second fat beam with a second receive aperture and forming data of a second group of receive lines; constructing a full receive aperture by combining the first receive aperture and the second receive aperture, the full receive aperture centered in the area covering the first group of receive lines and the second group of receive lines; weighting a data of a receive line of the first group and a data of a receive line of the second group collinear with said receive of the first group respectively, and summing two weighted data.

摘要翻译： 本申请描述了一种多重超声波束发射和接收方法，包括：沿着具有第一传输孔径的第一传输线传输第一脂肪束; 用第一接收孔接收第一脂肪束的回波并形成第一组接收线的数据; 沿着具有第二发射孔径的第二传输线传输第二脂肪束; 用第二接收孔接收第二脂肪束的回波并形成第二组接收线的数据; 通过组合第一接收孔径和第二接收孔径来构建全接收孔径，全接收孔径以覆盖第一组接收线路和第二组接收线路的区域为中心; 分别对第一组的接收线的数据和与第一组的所述接收共线的第二组的接收线的数据进行加权，并且对两个加权数据求和。

公开(公告)号：US09022937B2

公开(公告)日：2015-05-05

申请号：US11967866

申请日：2007-12-31

申请人： Bo Yang ,  Pengfei Yang ,  Qinjun Hu

发明人： Bo Yang ,  Pengfei Yang ,  Qinjun Hu

IPC分类号： A61B8/00 ,  G03B42/06 ,  G10K11/34

CPC分类号： G03B42/06 ,  A61B8/00 ,  G10K11/346

摘要： A method for real-time computation of point-by-point apodization coefficients used for beam-forming includes storing apodization coefficients of receiving focus points in memory, and computing at least one of an included angle between a vector from a transducer element to a receiving point and a normal vector of the transducer element, and a trigonometric function value of the included angle. The method also includes addressing the memory storing the apodization coefficients according to the quantized included angle or trigonometric function value, and reading the apodization coefficients. In one embodiment, the method may include computing in advance apodization coefficients of a receiving focus point as the starting point for the subsequent interpolation operation and another receiving focus point as the ending point, and deriving, for each receiving channel, apodization coefficients of the points situated between these two receiving focus points through an interpolation operation.

摘要翻译： 用于实时计算用于波束成形的逐点变迹系数的方法包括将接收焦点的变迹系数存储在存储器中，以及计算从换能器元件到接收的矢量之间的夹角中的至少一个 点和法向量，以及夹角的三角函数值。 该方法还包括根据量化的夹角或三角函数值寻址存储变迹系数的存储器，以及读取变迹系数。 在一个实施例中，该方法可以包括预先计算接收对焦点的变迹系数作为后续插值操作的起始点和另一接收焦点作为终点，并且为每个接收信道导出点的变迹系数 通过插值操作位于这两个接收对焦点之间。

公开(公告)号：US08265893B2

公开(公告)日：2012-09-11

申请号：US12710275

申请日：2010-02-22

申请人： Bo Yang ,  Qinjun Hu ,  Xiaoyong Chen ,  Haitao Huang

发明人： Bo Yang ,  Qinjun Hu ,  Xiaoyong Chen ,  Haitao Huang

IPC分类号： G10K11/00 ,  G10K15/00 ,  H04B11/00

CPC分类号： G01N29/36 ,  G01N29/069 ,  G01N29/262 ,  G01N2291/106 ,  G01S7/52034 ,  G01S15/8909

摘要： A digital reordering unit, an ultrasonic front-end device and operating method thereof are provided. The ultrasonic front-end device may be connected between a probe and a detector of the ultrasonic system and controlled by a primary controller of the ultrasonic system, the ultrasonic front-end device having an ultrasonic transmission part and an ultrasonic reception part, wherein the ultrasonic transmission part includes a transmission beamformer and M transmission driving units, and has M transmission channels; the ultrasonic reception part includes M high-voltage isolation circuits, RC amplifiers, RC ADCs and a beamformer electrically serially connected and has RC reception channels, where RC=[N, 2N, 3N . . . p*N], N being an integer larger than or equal to 1, being characterized in that, M low-voltage analog switches and a network of resistors are serially connected between the M high-voltage isolation circuits and the RC amplifiers.

摘要翻译： 提供数字重排单元，超声波前端装置及其操作方法。 超声波前端装置可以连接在超声波系统的探头和检测器之间，由超声波系统的主控制器，超声波前端装置具有超声波发送部和超声波接收部， 传输部分包括传输波束形成器和M个传输驱动单元，并具有M个传输通道; 超声波接收部分包括M个高压隔离电路，RC放大器，RC ADC和电连接的波束形成器，并具有RC接收通道，其中RC = [N，2N，3N。 。 。 p * N]，N是大于或等于1的整数，其特征在于M个低电压模拟开关和电阻网络串联连接在M个高压隔离电路和RC放大器之间。

公开(公告)号：US08057393B2

公开(公告)日：2011-11-15

申请号：US11855418

申请日：2007-09-14

申请人： Bin Yao ,  Qinjun Hu ,  Bo Yang

发明人： Bin Yao ,  Qinjun Hu ,  Bo Yang

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/06 ,  A61B8/0883 ,  A61B8/145 ,  A61B8/483 ,  A61B8/486 ,  G01S7/5202 ,  G01S7/52095 ,  G01S15/8927 ,  G10K11/341

摘要： A method and device for transmission of wide beam in ultrasonic diagnostic systems is disclosed. The method comprises: dividing an aperture of an ultrasonic probe into N sub-apertures; laterally dividing a focus into N sub-focuses, wherein the N sub-apertures correspond to the N sub-focuses respectively, each sub-aperture has M array elements which all focus on a sub-focus corresponding to said sub-aperture; and N and M are integers larger than 2; exciting the N sub-apertures by a pulse generator, so as to obtain a laterally stretched transmit acoustic filed, wherein the transmit acoustic fields of the N sub-apertures focus on the corresponding sub-focuses respectively; and accumulating the acoustic fields of the sub-apertures to form an acoustic field of a wide beam covering acoustic fields of all receive lines. The present invention makes it possible for the system to transmit wide beams covering all receive lines, by dividing the aperture of the probe into a plurality of sub-apertures and accumulating the acoustic fields of the sub-apertures.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种在超声波诊断系统中传输宽波束的方法和装置。 该方法包括：将超声波探头的孔分成N个子孔; 将焦点横向分割成N个子焦点，其中N个子孔径分别对应于N个子焦点，每个子孔径具有全部聚焦在与所述子孔径对应的子焦点的M个阵列元件; N和M是大于2的整数; 通过脉冲发生器激励N个子孔径，以获得横向拉伸的发射声场，其中N个子孔径的发射声场分别集中在相应的子焦点上; 并且累积子孔的声场以形成覆盖所有接收线的声场的宽波束的声场。 本发明使得系统能够通过将探头的孔径分成多个子孔径并且累积子孔的声场来传输覆盖所有接收线的宽波束。

公开(公告)号：US08001843B2

公开(公告)日：2011-08-23

申请号：US12240650

申请日：2008-09-29

申请人： Bin Yao ,  Qinjun Hu ,  Pengfei Yang ,  Bo Yang

发明人： Bin Yao ,  Qinjun Hu ,  Pengfei Yang ,  Bo Yang

IPC分类号： G01N29/00

CPC分类号： G10K11/346 ,  A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/54 ,  G01S7/52095 ,  G01S15/892

摘要： A circular arc wide beam transmission method includes setting parameters for a focusing circular arc and calculating a transmission delay for each of the array elements in a transmission aperture of a probe based on the parameters for the focusing circular arc. An ultrasonic imaging system controls each array element to transmit ultrasonic waves according to the transmission delay for that array element.

摘要翻译： 圆弧宽波束传输方法包括设置用于聚焦圆弧的参数，并且基于聚焦圆弧的参数来计算探测器的传输孔径中的每个阵列元件的传输延迟。 超声波成像系统根据该阵列元件的传输延迟控制每个阵列元件发射超声波。

公开(公告)号：US20100152581A1

公开(公告)日：2010-06-17

申请号：US12710275

申请日：2010-02-22

申请人： Bo Yang ,  Qinjun Hu ,  Xiaoyong Chen ,  Haitao Huang

发明人： Bo Yang ,  Qinjun Hu ,  Xiaoyong Chen ,  Haitao Huang

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： G01N29/36 ,  G01N29/069 ,  G01N29/262 ,  G01N2291/106 ,  G01S7/52034 ,  G01S15/8909

摘要： A digital reordering unit, an ultrasonic front-end device and operating method thereof are provided. The ultrasonic front-end device for use in an ultrasonic system, compatible with P types of reception channels, where P is an integer larger than or equal to 1; the ultrasonic front-end device being connected between a probe and a detector of the ultrasonic system and controlled by a primary controller of the ultrasonic system; the probe having M array elements, where M is an integer larger than or equal to 1, the ultrasonic front-end device having an ultrasonic transmission part and an ultrasonic reception part, wherein the ultrasonic transmission part comprises a transmission beamformer and M transmission driving units, and has M transmission channels; the ultrasonic reception part comprises M high-voltage isolation circuits, RC amplifiers, RC ADCs and a beamformer electrically connected in said order and has RC reception channels, where RC=[N, 2N, 3N . . . p*N], N being an integer larger than or equal to 1, being characterized in that, M low-voltage analog switches and a network of resistors are serially connected between the M high-voltage isolation circuits and the RC amplifiers, wherein M low-voltage analog switches are configured to electrically connect RC array elements of the M array elements in the probe and the RC respective reception channels in the ultrasonic reception part as the scan lines of the ultrasonic diagnostic system change, and the network of resistors configured to connect the RC reception channels connected by the M low-voltage analog switches with the RC amplifiers, the network of resistors comprising M inputs IN[1, 2, 3, . . . , M] connected to the outputs of the low-voltage analog switches and RC outputs OUT[1, 2, . . . , RC] connected to the inputs of the RC amplifiers; the structure of the network of resistors can be expressed by the following formula: OUT[jj]=IN[jj+kk*RC], indicating that the output OUT[jj] and the input IN[jj+kk*RC] of the network of resistors are connected through resistors, where 1≦jj≦RC, 0≦kk≦INT(M/RC), INT denotes taking the integer part, if jj+kk+RC>M, since such an input does not exist, there is no resistor connecting the input and the output of the network of resistors; and a digital reordering unit included in the reception beamformer comprises a plurality of 2:1 multiplexers and a plurality of DFFs coupled thereto correspondingly eto correspondingly.

公开(公告)号：US07693685B2

公开(公告)日：2010-04-06

申请号：US11506630

申请日：2006-08-18

申请人： Bo Yang ,  Qinjun Hu ,  Xiaoyong Chen ,  Haitao Huang

发明人： Bo Yang ,  Qinjun Hu ,  Xiaoyong Chen ,  Haitao Huang

IPC分类号： G06F11/30 ,  G21C17/00

CPC分类号： G01N29/36 ,  G01N29/069 ,  G01N29/262 ,  G01N2291/106 ,  G01S7/52034 ,  G01S15/8909

摘要： A digital reordering unit, an ultrasonic front-end device and operating method thereof are provided. The ultrasonic front-end device may be connected between a probe and a detector of the ultrasonic system and controlled by a primary controller of the ultrasonic system; the ultrasonic front-end device having an ultrasonic transmission part and an ultrasonic reception part, wherein the ultrasonic transmission part includes a transmission beamformer and M transmission driving units, and has M transmission channels; the ultrasonic reception part includes M high-voltage isolation circuits, RC amplifiers, RC ADCs and a beamformer electrically connected in said order and has RC reception channels, where RC=[N,2N,3N . . . p*N], N being an integer larger than or equal to 1, being characterized in that, M low-voltage analog switches and a network of resistors are serially connected between the M high-voltage isolation circuits and the RC amplifiers.

摘要翻译： 提供数字重排单元，超声波前端装置及其操作方法。 超声波前端装置可以连接在超声波系统的探头和检测器之间，并由超声波系统的主控制器控制; 所述超声波前端装置具有超声波发送部和超声波接收部，所述超声波发送部包括发送波束形成部和M个发送驱动部，并具有M个发送信道; 超声波接收部分包括M个高压隔离电路，RC放大器，RC ADC和以所述顺序电连接的波束形成器，并具有RC接收通道，其中RC = [N，2N，3N。 。 。 p * N]，N是大于或等于1的整数，其特征在于M个低电压模拟开关和电阻网络串联连接在M个高压隔离电路和RC放大器之间。

公开(公告)号：US20070234810A1

公开(公告)日：2007-10-11

申请号：US11506630

申请日：2006-08-18

申请人： Bo Yang ,  Qinjun Hu

发明人： Bo Yang ,  Qinjun Hu

IPC分类号： G01N29/04 ,  G01N29/00

CPC分类号： G01N29/36 ,  G01N29/069 ,  G01N29/262 ,  G01N2291/106 ,  G01S7/52034 ,  G01S15/8909

摘要： A digital reordering unit, an ultrasonic front-end device and operating method thereof are provided. The ultrasonic front-end device for use in an ultrasonic system, compatible with P types of reception channels, where P is an integer larger than or equal to 1; the ultrasonic front-end device being connected between a probe and a detector of the ultrasonic system and controlled by a primary controller of the ultrasonic system; the probe having M array elements, where M is an integer larger than or equal to 1, the ultrasonic front-end device having an ultrasonic transmission part and an ultrasonic reception part, wherein the ultrasonic transmission part comprises a transmission beamformer and M transmission driving units, and has M transmission channels; the ultrasonic reception part comprises M high-voltage isolation circuits, RC amplifiers, RC ADCs and a beamformer electrically connected in said order and has RC reception channels, where RC=[N,2N,3N . . . p*N], N being an integer larger than or equal to 1, being characterized in that, M low-voltage analog switches and a network of resistors are serially connected between the M high-voltage isolation circuits and the RC amplifiers, wherein M low-voltage analog switches are configured to electrically connect RC array elements of the M array elements in the probe and the RC respective reception channels in the ultrasonic reception part as the scan lines of the ultrasonic diagnostic system change, and the network of resistors configured to connect the RC reception channels connected by the M low-voltage analog switches with the RC amplifiers, the network of resistors comprising M inputs IN[1, 2, 3, . . . , M] connected to the outputs of the low-voltage analog switches and RC outputs OUT[1, 2, . . . , RC] connected to the inputs of the RC amplifiers; the structure of the network of resistors can be expressed by the following formula;OUT[jj]=[jj+kk*RC], indicating that the output OUT[jj] and the input IN[jj+kk*RC] of the network of resistors are connected through resistors, where 1≦jj≦RC, 0≦kk≦INT(M/RC), INT denotes taking the integer part, if jj+kk*RC>M, since such an input does not exist, there is no resistor connecting the input and the output of the network of resistors; and a digital reordering unit included in the reception beamformer comprises a plurality of 2:1 multiplexers and a plurality of DFFs coupled thereto correspondingly.eto correspondingly.