Aperture synthesis using cMUTs
    2.
    发明申请
    Aperture synthesis using cMUTs 有权
    使用cMUT进行孔径合成

    公开(公告)号:US20090079299A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-03-26

    申请号:US11904454

    申请日:2007-09-26

    IPC分类号: H01L41/04

    摘要: An ultrasound imaging system may use a capacitive membrane or electrostrictive ultrasound transducer to realize isotropic volumetric imaging with bias-line element selection and a variety of aperture synthesis techniques. Two dimensional beam formation may be performed by using a beamformer to focus along one dimension, and then perform a second round of “off-line” or “retrospective” beam formation along the other direction.

    摘要翻译: 超声成像系统可以使用电容膜或电致伸缩超声换能器来实现具有偏置线元件选择和各种孔合成技术的各向同性体积成像。 可以通过使用波束形成器沿着一个维度聚焦来执行二维波束形成,然后沿着另一个方向执行第二轮“离线”或“回溯”波束形成。

    Aperture synthesis using cMUTs
    3.
    发明授权
    Aperture synthesis using cMUTs 有权
    使用cMUT进行孔径合成

    公开(公告)号:US08641628B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-02-04

    申请号:US11904454

    申请日:2007-09-26

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00

    摘要: An ultrasound imaging system may use a capacitive membrane or electrostrictive ultrasound transducer to realize isotropic volumetric imaging with bias-line element selection and a variety of aperture synthesis techniques. Two dimensional beam formation may be performed by using a beamformer to focus along one dimension, and then perform a second round of “off-line” or “retrospective” beam formation along the other direction.

    摘要翻译: 超声成像系统可以使用电容膜或电致伸缩超声换能器来实现具有偏置线元件选择和各种孔合成技术的各向同性体积成像。 可以通过使用波束形成器沿着一个维度聚焦来执行二维波束形成,然后沿着另一个方向执行第二轮“离线”或“回溯”波束形成。

    Medical diagnostic ultrasound transducer system for harmonics
    4.
    发明授权
    Medical diagnostic ultrasound transducer system for harmonics 有权
    医用诊断超声波传感器系统谐波

    公开(公告)号:US07713199B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-05-11

    申请号:US11192857

    申请日:2005-07-28

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00

    摘要: A medical diagnostic ultrasound transducer system has at least a first and a second set of transducer layers of an element. Each set has one or more transducer layers with independent electrical access. A transmit event through a first set of transducer layers with broadband electrical signals generates acoustic signals containing at least two different frequency bands, and a receive event through a second and different set of transducer layers receives multiple tissue harmonic signals to generate a wide bandwidth response. Fundamental signals can be reduced with a pulse inversion technique through a second transmit event of inverted pulses, a second receive event and superposition of signals from the two receive events.

    摘要翻译: 医疗诊断超声换能器系统具有元件的至少第一和第二组换能器层。 每组具有一个或多个具有独立电接入的换能器层。 通过具有宽带电信号的第一组换能器层的发射事件产生包含至少两个不同频带的声学信号,并且通过第二和不同组的换能器层的接收事件接收多个组织谐波信号以产生宽带宽响应。 可以通过脉冲反转技术通过反向脉冲的第二发送事件,第二接收事件和来自两个接收事件的信号的叠加来减少基本信号。

    Coherent image formation for dynamic transmit beamformation
    6.
    发明授权
    Coherent image formation for dynamic transmit beamformation 有权
    用于动态发射波束形成的相干图像形成

    公开(公告)号:US08241216B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-08-14

    申请号:US12477783

    申请日:2009-06-03

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00

    摘要: Retrospective dynamic transmit beamformation is provided in medical ultrasound imaging. Using parallel receive beamformation, sets of data representing locations in at least a common field of view are obtained, each set in response to a transmit with a spatially distinct phase front. The common field of view receive data are time aligned and amplitude weighted for retrospective transmit focusing and retrospective transmit apodization, respectively. A time offset, such as of a cycle or more in some cases, is applied to the receive data for retrospective transmit focusing. The offset is selected to emulate shifting the transmit delay profile to be tangentially intersecting with the dynamic receive delay profile for each location which is the desired transmit delay profile. A weight is applied to the receive data for retrospective transmit apodization. The weight is selected based on the desired transmit apodization profile. The offset and weighted data representing a same location from different transmit events is coherently combined. The number of sets of data offset, weighted and combined may vary as a function of depth for dynamic transmit beamformation.

    摘要翻译: 在医学超声成像中提供回溯动态发射波束形成。 使用并行接收波束形成,获得在至少公共视场中表示位置的数据集合,每个集合响应于具有空间上不同相位前沿的传输。 对于追溯发射聚焦和追溯发射变迹,共同视野接收数据分别对时间对齐和幅度加权。 在一些情况下,例如周期或更多的时间偏移被应用于用于追溯发射聚焦的接收数据。 选择该偏移以模拟将发射延迟分布移动为与期望的发射延迟分布的每个位置的动态接收延迟分布切线相交。 将加权应用于接收数据用于追溯发射变迹。 基于所需的发射变迹轮廓来选择权重。 表示来自不同发送事件的相同位置的偏移和加权数据被一致地组合。 数据偏移量,加权和组合的数量可以随动态传输波束形成的深度而变化。

    Diagnostic ultrasound imaging method and system with improved frame rate
    8.
    发明授权
    Diagnostic ultrasound imaging method and system with improved frame rate 有权
    诊断超声成像方法和系统,帧率提高

    公开(公告)号:US06436046B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-08-20

    申请号:US09698995

    申请日:2000-10-27

    IPC分类号: A61B800

    摘要: A medical diagnostic ultrasonic imaging system acquires receive beams from spatially distinct transmit beams. The receive beams alternate in type between at least first and second types across the region being imaged. The first and second types of receive beams differ in at least one scan parameter other than transmit and receive line geometry, and can for example differ in transmit phase, transmit or receive aperture, system frequency, transmit focus, complex phase angle, transmit code or transmit gain. Receive beams associated with spatially distinct ones of the transmit beams (including at least one beam of the first type and at least one beam of the second type) are then combined. In this way, many two-pulse techniques, including, for example, phase inversion techniques, synthetic aperture techniques, synthetic frequency techniques, and synthetic focus techniques, can be used while substantially reducing the frame rate penalty normally associated with such techniques.

    摘要翻译: 医疗诊断超声成像系统从空间上不同的发射波束获取接收波束。 接收波束在被成像的区域之间在至少第一和第二类型之间交替类型。 第一和第二类型的接收波束在除发射和接收线几何之外的至少一个扫描参数不同,并且例如可以在发射相位,发射或接收孔径,系统频率,发射焦点,复相位角,发射码或 传输增益。 然后组合与空间上不同的发射波束(包括第一类型的至少一个波束和第二类型的至少一个波束)相关联的接收波束。 以这种方式,可以使用许多双脉冲技术,包括例如相位反转技术,合成孔径技术,合成频率技术和合成焦点技术,同时显着降低通常与这种技术相关联的帧速率损失。

    Coherent Image Formation for Dynamic Transmit Beamformation
    9.
    发明申请
    Coherent Image Formation for Dynamic Transmit Beamformation 有权
    用于动态发射信号的相干图像形成

    公开(公告)号:US20090306512A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-12-10

    申请号:US12477783

    申请日:2009-06-03

    IPC分类号: A61B8/14

    摘要: Retrospective dynamic transmit beamformation is provided in medical ultrasound imaging. Using parallel receive beamformation, sets of data representing locations in at least a common field of view are obtained, each set in response to a transmit with a spatially distinct phase front. The common field of view receive data are time aligned and amplitude weighted for retrospective transmit focusing and retrospective transmit apodization, respectively. A time offset, such as of a cycle or more in some cases, is applied to the receive data for retrospective transmit focusing. The offset is selected to emulate shifting the transmit delay profile to be tangentially intersecting with the dynamic receive delay profile for each location which is the desired transmit delay profile. A weight is applied to the receive data for retrospective transmit apodization. The weight is selected based on the desired transmit apodization profile. The offset and weighted data representing a same location from different transmit events is coherently combined. The number of sets of data offset, weighted and combined may vary as a function of depth for dynamic transmit beamformation.

    摘要翻译: 在医学超声成像中提供回溯动态发射波束形成。 使用并行接收波束形成,获得在至少公共视场中表示位置的数据集合,每个集合响应于具有空间上不同相位前沿的传输。 对于追溯发射聚焦和追溯发射变迹,共同视野接收数据分别对时间对齐和幅度加权。 在一些情况下,例如周期或更多的时间偏移被应用于用于追溯发射聚焦的接收数据。 选择该偏移以模拟将发射延迟分布移动为与期望的发射延迟分布的每个位置的动态接收延迟分布切线相交。 将加权应用于接收数据用于追溯发射变迹。 基于所需的发射变迹轮廓来选择权重。 表示来自不同发送事件的相同位置的偏移和加权数据被一致地组合。 数据偏移量,加权和组合的数量可以随动态传输波束形成的深度而变化。