Ultrasonographic device and ultrasonographic method

    公开(公告)号:US20060173334A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-08-03

    申请号:US10562465

    申请日:2004-06-09

    IPC分类号: A61B8/06

    摘要: In an ultrasonic imaging device having an image synthesizing unit, correlation between images to be synthesized is computed for balancing between an improvement in contrast resolution and an improvement in spatial resolution, and an amount of displacement between the images is computed. When the amount of displacement is large, the signals after envelop detection are synthesized. When the amount of displacement is small, RF signals are synthesized. Alternatively, the mixing frequency may be variable according to the amount of displacement, and the balance between an improvement in spatial resolution and that in contract resolution is achieved according to a degree of the positional displacement.

    Ultrasonographic device and ultrasonographic method
    2.
    发明授权
    Ultrasonographic device and ultrasonographic method 失效
    超声检查仪和超声检查仪

    公开(公告)号:US08079956B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-12-20

    申请号:US12348135

    申请日:2009-01-02

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00

    摘要: In an ultrasonic imaging device having an image synthesizing unit, correlation between images to be synthesized is computed for balancing between an improvement in contrast resolution and an improvement in spatial resolution, and an amount of displacement between the images is computed. When the amount of displacement is large, the signals after envelop detection are synthesized. When the amount of displacement is small, RF signals are synthesized. Alternatively, the mixing frequency may be variable according to the amount of displacement, and the balance between an improvement in spatial resolution and that in contract resolution is achieved according to a degree of the positional displacement.

    摘要翻译: 在具有图像合成单元的超声波成像装置中,计算要合成的图像之间的相关性,以在对比度分辨率的提高和空间分辨率的改善之间进行平衡,并且计算图像之间的位移量。 当位移量大时,合成包络检测后的信号。 当位移量小时,合成RF信号。 或者,混合频率可以根据位移量而变化,并且根据位置偏移的程度来实现空间分辨率和合同分辨率的改善之间的平衡。

    Ultrasonographic Device And Ultrasonographic Method
    3.
    发明申请
    Ultrasonographic Device And Ultrasonographic Method 失效
    超声仪和超声方法

    公开(公告)号:US20090118617A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-05-07

    申请号:US12348135

    申请日:2009-01-02

    IPC分类号: A61B8/14

    摘要: In an ultrasonic imaging device having an image synthesizing unit, correlation between images to be synthesized is computed for balancing between an improvement in contrast resolution and an improvement in spatial resolution, and an amount of displacement between the images is computed. When the amount of displacement is large, the signals after envelop detection are synthesized. When the amount of displacement is small, RF signals are synthesized. Alternatively, the mixing frequency may be variable according to the amount of displacement, and the balance between an improvement in spatial resolution and that in contract resolution is achieved according to a degree of the positional displacement.

    摘要翻译: 在具有图像合成单元的超声波成像装置中,计算要合成的图像之间的相关性,以在对比度分辨率的提高和空间分辨率的改善之间进行平衡,并且计算图像之间的位移量。 当位移量大时,合成包络检测后的信号。 当位移量小时,合成RF信号。 或者,混合频率可以根据位移量而变化,并且根据位置偏移的程度来实现空间分辨率和合同分辨率的改善之间的平衡。

    Ultrasonographic device and ultrasonographic method
    4.
    发明授权
    Ultrasonographic device and ultrasonographic method 失效
    超声检查仪和超声检查仪

    公开(公告)号:US07473226B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-01-06

    申请号:US10562465

    申请日:2004-06-09

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00

    摘要: In an ultrasonic imaging device having an image synthesizing unit, correlation between images to be synthesized is computed for balancing between an improvement in contrast resolution and an improvement in spatial resolution, and an amount of displacement between the images is computed. When the amount of displacement is large, the signals after envelop detection are synthesized. When the amount of displacement is small, RF signals are synthesized. Alternatively, the mixing frequency may be variable according to the amount of displacement, and the balance between an improvement in spatial resolution and that in contract resolution is achieved according to a degree of the positional displacement.

    摘要翻译: 在具有图像合成单元的超声波成像装置中,计算要合成的图像之间的相关性,以在对比度分辨率的提高和空间分辨率的改善之间进行平衡,并且计算图像之间的位移量。 当位移量大时,合成包络检测后的信号。 当位移量小时,合成RF信号。 或者,混合频率可以根据位移量而变化,并且根据位置偏移的程度来实现空间分辨率和合同分辨率的改善之间的平衡。

    Blood flow measuring and evaluating apparatus
    5.
    发明授权
    Blood flow measuring and evaluating apparatus 有权
    血流量测仪器

    公开(公告)号:US08323197B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-12-04

    申请号:US12039344

    申请日:2008-02-28

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00

    CPC分类号: A61B8/06 A61B8/4472

    摘要: Means for measuring and evaluating a dynamic property of a blood flow in a superficial blood vessel of a living body are constructed.A physical stimulus is given to the blood flow, and an ultrasonic response from the blood flow to the physical stimulus is measured and evaluated, which allows the blood property to be evaluated noninvasively and dynamically. Therefore, a medical check and a lifestyle-related diseases prevention effect are promising.

    摘要翻译: 构建用于测量和评价生物体的浅表血管中的血液流动性的手段。 对血流进行物理刺激,并测量和评估从血流到物理刺激的超声波响应,从而可以非侵入性地和动态地评估血液性质。 因此,医疗检查和与生活方式有关的疾病预防效果是有希望的。

    Doppler velocity detection device and ultrasonographic device using the same
    6.
    发明授权
    Doppler velocity detection device and ultrasonographic device using the same 失效
    多普勒速度检测装置及其使用的超声波装置

    公开(公告)号:US07942821B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-17

    申请号:US10580225

    申请日:2004-07-09

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00

    CPC分类号: G01S15/8981 G01S15/8977

    摘要: The present invention realizes a Doppler velocity detecting technique capable of performing velocity detection and analysis with a suppressed error while excellently distinguishing a clutter signal, and provides an ultrasonographic device using the technique. In a Doppler velocity detection device comprising means for transmitting/receiving pulse waves to/from a subject a plurality of times, and velocity analyzing means for analyzing a velocity of a moving reflector in the subject on the basis of a reception echo signal, the velocity analyzing means obtains a complex expansion coefficient by linearly connecting an expansion coefficient of an even-numbered degree term and an expansion coefficient of an odd-numbered degree term which is different from the even-numbered degree term by one degree, derived when reception echo time-series signals obtained by arranging reception echo signals of equal lapse time from pulse transmission times in order of the transmission times are expanded as components of a Legendre polynomial starting from the 0th degree, by using an imaginary unit as a coefficient, and obtains a signed velocity signal of a moving reflector in the subject on the basis of-the ratio between the magnitude of each complex expansion coefficient and the magnitude of an interval between the complex expansion coefficients.

    摘要翻译: 本发明实现了一种多普勒速度检测技术,其能够在抑制误差的同时进行速度检测和分析,同时优异地区分杂波信号,并提供使用该技术的超声波装置。 在多普勒速度检测装置中,包括用于多次向对象发送/接收脉搏波的装置,以及速度分析装置,用于根据接收回波信号分析被检体内的移动反射器的速度,速度 分析装置通过将偶数度项的展开系数和与偶数度项不同的奇数项的展开系数线性连接一度获得复数展开系数,当接收回波时间 通过使用虚数单位作为系数,将从发送时间的顺序的脉冲发送时间的等待通过时间的接收回波信号作为从第0度开始的勒让德多项式的分量扩展得到的系列信号, 基于每个复合扩张系数的大小之间的比例,对象中的移动反射器的速度信号 有效率和复合扩张系数间隔的大小。

    Electro-acoustic transducer device
    7.
    发明授权
    Electro-acoustic transducer device 有权
    电声换能器装置

    公开(公告)号:US07860258B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-12-28

    申请号:US11491198

    申请日:2006-07-24

    IPC分类号: H04R25/00

    CPC分类号: B06B1/0292 H04R19/005

    摘要: A transducer for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves to a diaphragm-based ultrasonic transducer device using silicon as a base material. An electro-acoustic transducer device which can have a first electrode formed on top of, or inside, a substrate and having a thin film provided on top of the substrate. The device can also have a second electrode formed on top of, or inside, the thin film. A void layer can be provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. A charge-storage layer can be provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. A source electrode and a drain electrode can also be provided for measuring a quantity of electricity stored in the charge-storage layer.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于将超声波发送和接收到使用硅作为基材的基于隔膜的超声波换能器装置的换能器。 一种电声换能器装置,其可以具有形成在基板的顶部或内部并且具有设置在基板顶部上的薄膜的第一电极。 该器件还可以具有形成在薄膜的顶部或内部的第二电极。 可以在第一电极和第二电极之间设置空隙层。 可以在第一电极和第二电极之间设置电荷存储层。 还可以提供源电极和漏电极来测量存储在电荷存储层中的电量。

    Ultrasonic Imaging Device
    8.
    发明申请
    Ultrasonic Imaging Device 有权
    超声波成像装置

    公开(公告)号:US20080228076A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-09-18

    申请号:US10586665

    申请日:2005-01-06

    IPC分类号: A61B8/14

    摘要: This invention provides an ultrasonic imaging system that implements imaging by distinguishing sharply and definitely the echo components generated by scattering in a microbubble contrast medium, from the tissue harmonic components generated by nonlinear propagation of a transmitted pulse. This ultrasonic imaging system, constructed to transmit/receive ultrasonic pulses to/from a living body and form a contrast image of the inside of the living body by using the contrast-imaging microbubbles, repeats the transmitting/receiving operations four times in all, under the same transmitting/receiving focus conditions at different phase angles [(a)=0°, (b)=120°, (c)=−120°, (d)=180°] of the carrier of a transmitted pulse wave including a common envelope signal, sums up three time-series receive echo signals associated with (a), (b), (c), forms the contrast image, sums up two time-series receive echo signals associated with (a), (d), forms an image of the living body having a nonlinear pulse propagation property, and makes a superimposed display of the two kinds of images.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种超声成像系统,其通过从由发射脉冲的非线性传播产生的组织谐波分量中清楚地和明确地区分由微泡造影剂中的散射产生的回波分量来实现成像。 该超声波成像系统被构造成通过使用对比度成像微泡将生物体的超声波脉冲发送/接收生物体内部的对比图像,全部重复发送/接收操作四次 发射脉冲波的载波的不同相位角[(a)= 0°,(b)= 120°,(c)= - 120°,(d)= 180°)的相同发射/接收对焦条件包括 共同的包络信号,与(a),(b),(c)相关联的三个时间序列接收回波信号相加形成对比度图像,将与(a),(d)相关联的两个时间序列接收回波信号相加 ),形成具有非线性脉冲传播特性的活体的图像,并且叠加显示两种图像。

    Ultrasonograph
    9.
    发明申请
    Ultrasonograph 审中-公开
    超声波检查

    公开(公告)号:US20070293764A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-12-20

    申请号:US11882930

    申请日:2007-08-07

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00

    摘要: To provide an ultrasonograph capable of generating a transmission beam comprising a main beam having a uniform width over a wide range in an ultrasonic wave propagation direction by one-time transmission of an ultrasonic pulse. A weighted mean value of a plurality of transmission delay time values corresponding to focal lengths of transmission pulse waves having a plurality of focal points which are set in the ultrasonic wave propagation direction is calculated for each of elements constituting a transmission aperture and used as the delay time. Waves are actually transmitted with the weighted mean value as delay time. As the weight used for obtaining the delay time mean value, first, a transmission effective aperture width according to each transmission focal length is selected, and a weight in the direction of the transmit aperture realizing the width is calculated and is used in a focal length direction. As a result, the curvature of a wave front of a wave transmitted is close to that of the wave front of a short focal length in the center portion of the transmit aperture, and is close to that of the wave front of a long focal length in the peripheral portion. Consequently, a non-cylindrical wave front is formed. Thus, a transmission beam including a relatively narrow main beam with a uniform width over a wide range in the ultrasonic wave propagation direction can be generated by one-time transmission of an ultrasonic pulse.

    摘要翻译: 提供能够通过超声波脉冲的一次传输,在超声波传播方向上产生包括宽范围宽的宽波长的发射束的超声波检查仪。 针对构成传输孔径的每个元素计算与设置在超声波传播方向上的多个焦点的传输脉冲波的焦距相对应的多个传输延迟时间值的加权平均值,并将其用作延迟 时间。 波实际上以加权平均值作为延迟时间发送。 作为用于获得延迟时间平均值的权重,首先,选择根据每个传输焦距的传输有效孔径宽度,并且计算实现宽度的发射孔径的方向上的权重,并将其用于焦距 方向。 结果,传输的波的波前的曲率接近发射孔的中心部分的短焦距的波前的曲率,并且接近于长焦距的波前的曲率 在周边部分。 因此,形成非圆柱形波前。 因此,通过超声脉冲的一次发送,可以生成包括在超声波传播方向上的宽范围内具有均匀宽度的相对窄的主波束的发送波束。

    Electro-acoustic transducer device
    10.
    发明申请
    Electro-acoustic transducer device 有权
    电声换能器装置

    公开(公告)号:US20070057603A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-03-15

    申请号:US11491198

    申请日:2006-07-24

    IPC分类号: H01L41/09

    CPC分类号: B06B1/0292 H04R19/005

    摘要: In a semiconductor diaphragm type electro-acoustic transducer device having no necessity for a DC bias voltage applied as a result of a charge-stored layer being provide between electrodes, electro-mechanical conversion efficiency undergoes a change owing to time-dependent change in a quantity of stored electricity due to leakage of charge, and so forth. As for sensitivity of signal reception, provided by an ultrasonic array-transducer made up of the electro-acoustic transducer devices each as a basic unit, not only a main beam sensitivity undergoes drift as a result of drift in the electromechanical conversion efficiency, but also there result deterioration in an acoustic S/N ratio, and deterioration in directionality of an ultrasonic beam. In order to resolve those problems, there is provided an electro-acoustic transducer device comprising a first electrode formed on top of, or inside a substrate, a thin film using silicon or a silicon compound as a base material thereof, provided on top of the substrate, a second electrode formed on top of, or inside the thin film, a void layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, a charge-stored layer for storing charge given by the first electrode and the second electrode, provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode, for measuring a quantity of electricity stored in the charge-storage layer.

    摘要翻译: 在半导体膜式电声换能器装置中,由于在电极之间提供电荷存储层,所以不需要施加直流偏置电压,电 - 机转换效率由于时间上的变化而发生变化 由于电荷泄漏而导致的储存电力等。 对于由作为基本单元的电声换能器构成的超声波阵列换能器提供的信号接收的灵敏度,由于机电转换效率的漂移,主光束的灵敏度不但会发生漂移, 导致声S / N比的恶化,超声波束的方向性劣化。 为了解决这些问题,提供了一种电声换能器装置,其包括在基板之上或之内形成的第一电极,使用硅或硅化合物作为其基材的薄膜,其设置在 基板,形成在薄膜的上面或内部的第二电极,设置在第一电极和第二电极之间的空隙层,用于存储由第一电极和第二电极给出的电荷的电荷存储层, 第一电极和第二电极以及源电极和漏电极,用于测量存储在电荷存储层中的电量。