DE602004011534D1 - Sende-apodisierungsregelung für mikrostrahlformer - Google Patents

Sende-apodisierungsregelung für mikrostrahlformer

Info

Publication number
DE602004011534D1
DE602004011534D1 DE602004011534T DE602004011534T DE602004011534D1 DE 602004011534 D1 DE602004011534 D1 DE 602004011534D1 DE 602004011534 T DE602004011534 T DE 602004011534T DE 602004011534 T DE602004011534 T DE 602004011534T DE 602004011534 D1 DE602004011534 D1 DE 602004011534D1
Authority
DE
Germany
Prior art keywords
microbeamformer
transducer
apodiser
shapers
stroke
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
DE602004011534T
Other languages
English (en)
Other versions
DE602004011534T2 (de
Inventor
Steven Freeman
Bernard Savord
Andrew Robinson
Briarcliff Manor Schmidt
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Koninklijke Philips NV
Original Assignee
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV filed Critical Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV
Publication of DE602004011534D1 publication Critical patent/DE602004011534D1/de
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of DE602004011534T2 publication Critical patent/DE602004011534T2/de
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10K—SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G10K11/00—Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound in general; Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general
    • G10K11/18—Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound
    • G10K11/26—Sound-focusing or directing, e.g. scanning
    • G10K11/34—Sound-focusing or directing, e.g. scanning using electrical steering of transducer arrays, e.g. beam steering
    • G10K11/341—Circuits therefor
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S15/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of acoustic waves, e.g. sonar systems
    • G01S15/88—Sonar systems specially adapted for specific applications
    • G01S15/89—Sonar systems specially adapted for specific applications for mapping or imaging
    • G01S15/8906—Short-range imaging systems; Acoustic microscope systems using pulse-echo techniques
    • G01S15/8909—Short-range imaging systems; Acoustic microscope systems using pulse-echo techniques using a static transducer configuration
    • G01S15/8915—Short-range imaging systems; Acoustic microscope systems using pulse-echo techniques using a static transducer configuration using a transducer array
    • G01S15/8927—Short-range imaging systems; Acoustic microscope systems using pulse-echo techniques using a static transducer configuration using a transducer array using simultaneously or sequentially two or more subarrays or subapertures
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S7/00—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00
    • G01S7/52—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S15/00
    • G01S7/52017—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S15/00 particularly adapted to short-range imaging
    • G01S7/52019—Details of transmitters
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S7/00—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00
    • G01S7/52—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S15/00
    • G01S7/52017—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S15/00 particularly adapted to short-range imaging
    • G01S7/52023—Details of receivers
    • G01S7/52025—Details of receivers for pulse systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S7/00—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00
    • G01S7/52—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S15/00
    • G01S7/52017—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S15/00 particularly adapted to short-range imaging
    • G01S7/52046—Techniques for image enhancement involving transmitter or receiver
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S7/00—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00
    • G01S7/52—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S15/00
    • G01S7/52017—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S15/00 particularly adapted to short-range imaging
    • G01S7/52079—Constructional features
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S7/00—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00
    • G01S7/52—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S15/00
    • G01S7/52017—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S15/00 particularly adapted to short-range imaging
    • G01S7/52079—Constructional features
    • G01S7/5208—Constructional features with integration of processing functions inside probe or scanhead
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S7/00—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00
    • G01S7/52—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S15/00
    • G01S7/52017—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S15/00 particularly adapted to short-range imaging
    • G01S7/52085—Details related to the ultrasound signal acquisition, e.g. scan sequences
    • G01S7/5209—Details related to the ultrasound signal acquisition, e.g. scan sequences using multibeam transmission
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10K—SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G10K11/00—Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound in general; Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general
    • G10K11/18—Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound
    • G10K11/26—Sound-focusing or directing, e.g. scanning
    • G10K11/34—Sound-focusing or directing, e.g. scanning using electrical steering of transducer arrays, e.g. beam steering
    • G10K11/341—Circuits therefor
    • G10K11/346—Circuits therefor using phase variation

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Radar, Positioning & Navigation (AREA)
  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Ultra Sonic Daignosis Equipment (AREA)
  • Transducers For Ultrasonic Waves (AREA)
  • Measurement Of Velocity Or Position Using Acoustic Or Ultrasonic Waves (AREA)
  • Steroid Compounds (AREA)
DE602004011534T 2003-08-25 2004-08-18 Sende-apodisierungsregelung für mikrostrahlformer Expired - Lifetime DE602004011534T2 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US49766403P 2003-08-25 2003-08-25
US497664P 2003-08-25
PCT/IB2004/051486 WO2005019856A1 (en) 2003-08-25 2004-08-18 Transmit apodization control for microbeamformers

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
DE602004011534D1 true DE602004011534D1 (de) 2008-03-13
DE602004011534T2 DE602004011534T2 (de) 2009-01-29

Family

ID=34216144

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
DE602004011534T Expired - Lifetime DE602004011534T2 (de) 2003-08-25 2004-08-18 Sende-apodisierungsregelung für mikrostrahlformer

Country Status (7)

Country Link
US (1) US7859941B2 (de)
EP (1) EP1660907B1 (de)
JP (1) JP2007503242A (de)
CN (1) CN1842724B (de)
AT (1) ATE384958T1 (de)
DE (1) DE602004011534T2 (de)
WO (1) WO2005019856A1 (de)

Families Citing this family (27)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JP2007503242A (ja) * 2003-08-25 2007-02-22 コーニンクレッカ　フィリップス　エレクトロニクス　エヌ　ヴィ マイクロビームフォーマのための送信アポダイゼイション制御
JPWO2006006460A1 (ja) * 2004-07-08 2008-04-24 株式会社日立メディコ 超音波撮像装置
US7639993B1 (en) * 2005-08-26 2009-12-29 Altera Corporation Power supply circuitry for data signal transceivers on integrated circuits
US10183183B2 (en) * 2007-04-13 2019-01-22 Acoustic Medsystems, Inc. Acoustic applicators for controlled thermal modification of tissue
CN102187250B (zh) * 2008-10-20 2013-12-04 皇家飞利浦电子股份有限公司 具有高压换能器的低压超声系统
EP2356484B1 (de) * 2008-11-11 2012-09-05 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Konfigurierbare mikrostrahlformerschaltung für ein diagnostisches ultraschallbildgebungssystem
KR20100084203A (ko) * 2009-01-16 2010-07-26 주식회사 메디슨 다중 펄서를 이용하여 송신펄스신호의 파워를 조절하는 초음파 시스템
JP5484440B2 (ja) * 2009-03-04 2014-05-07 株式会社日立メディコ 超音波診断装置、及び超音波探触子
JP5315153B2 (ja) * 2009-07-21 2013-10-16 日立アロカメディカル株式会社 超音波診断装置
JP5436965B2 (ja) 2009-07-28 2014-03-05 日立アロカメディカル株式会社 超音波診断装置
US8451155B2 (en) * 2011-02-25 2013-05-28 General Electric Company Transmission circuit, ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic image display apparatus
JP5999592B2 (ja) * 2011-09-07 2016-09-28 ローム株式会社 受信回路、半導体装置、センサ装置
JP5963427B2 (ja) * 2011-11-30 2016-08-03 キヤノン株式会社 被検体情報取得装置
EP2790580A4 (de) 2011-12-14 2015-08-12 Univ Pennsylvania Glasfaserfluss- und oxygenierungsüberwachung mit diffuser korrelation und reflexion
EP2874825B1 (de) 2012-07-18 2019-01-16 Koninklijke Philips N.V. Treibervorrichtung und treiberverfahren zum antreiben einer last, insbesondere eines ultraschallwandlers
WO2014028770A1 (en) 2012-08-15 2014-02-20 Burdette Everette C Mri compatible ablation catheter system incorporating directional high-intensity ultrasound for treatment
GB201222882D0 (en) 2012-12-19 2013-01-30 Univ Leeds Ultrasound generation
US10898167B2 (en) * 2013-07-24 2021-01-26 Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. Portable ultrasound systems with fine-grained power management associated devices, systems, and methods
US10799213B2 (en) 2013-12-19 2020-10-13 Hitachi, Ltd. Ultrasound probe, element circuit thereof, and ultrasound diagnostic device using same
US10107645B2 (en) * 2014-05-30 2018-10-23 Fujifilm Dimatix, Inc. Piezoelectric transducer device with flexible substrate
EP3223711B1 (de) * 2014-11-25 2021-09-15 Koninklijke Philips N.V. Multisensor-ultraschallsonde
KR102605151B1 (ko) * 2016-02-16 2023-11-23 삼성메디슨 주식회사 빔포밍을 수행하는 방법 및 빔포머.
US10082565B2 (en) 2016-03-31 2018-09-25 Butterfly Network, Inc. Multilevel bipolar pulser
GB2550963B (en) * 2016-06-03 2021-12-29 Bae Systems Plc Model-based protection algorithms
EP3735594A1 (de) 2018-01-02 2020-11-11 Koninklijke Philips N.V. Mikrostrahlformer-ultraschallwandlersonde mit hoher leistungsaufnahme
JP7467189B2 (ja) * 2020-03-24 2024-04-15 キヤノンメディカルシステムズ株式会社 送信回路及び超音波診断装置
FR3146212A1 (fr) * 2023-02-27 2024-08-30 Supersonic Imagine Procédé et système de pilotage d’un dispositif émetteur d’ondes

Family Cites Families (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN1114050A (zh) * 1994-05-17 1995-12-27 重庆京渝激光生物研究所 微光细胞微束仪
US6013032A (en) * 1998-03-13 2000-01-11 Hewlett-Packard Company Beamforming methods and apparatus for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging using two-dimensional transducer array
US5997479A (en) * 1998-05-28 1999-12-07 Hewlett-Packard Company Phased array acoustic systems with intra-group processors
CN2350006Y (zh) * 1998-12-18 1999-11-24 赵珂 显微外科激光微束仪
CN1287741C (zh) * 2001-07-31 2006-12-06 皇家菲利浦电子有限公司 经食道的以及经鼻、食道的超声成像系统
JP2007503242A (ja) * 2003-08-25 2007-02-22 コーニンクレッカ　フィリップス　エレクトロニクス　エヌ　ヴィ マイクロビームフォーマのための送信アポダイゼイション制御
WO2007099473A1 (en) * 2006-03-01 2007-09-07 Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V. Linear array ultrasound transducer with microbeamformer
JP5371448B2 (ja) * 2006-03-01 2013-12-18 コーニンクレッカ フィリップス エヌ ヴェ 超音波診断用撮像システム及び受信アパーチャを並進させる方法

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
DE602004011534T2 (de) 2009-01-29
JP2007503242A (ja) 2007-02-22
CN1842724B (zh) 2010-04-28
EP1660907A1 (de) 2006-05-31
US20060264747A1 (en) 2006-11-23
ATE384958T1 (de) 2008-02-15
EP1660907B1 (de) 2008-01-23
CN1842724A (zh) 2006-10-04
US7859941B2 (en) 2010-12-28
WO2005019856A1 (en) 2005-03-03

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
DE602004011534D1 (de) Sende-apodisierungsregelung für mikrostrahlformer
GB2436925B (en) System and method for determining positions of towed marine seismic streamers
CN101601594B (zh) 一种医用b超前端激励方法
SG134328A1 (en) Printhead die
TW200730861A (en) Method and apparatus for acoustic system having a transceiver module
EP1972961A3 (de) Optoelektronischer Sensor und Verfahren zur Messung einer Entfernung oder einer Entfernungsänderung
WO2004080111A3 (en) Method and system for acoustic communication
GB2470851A (en) Acoustic anisotrophy and imaging by means of high resolution azimuthal sampling
ATE339038T1 (de) Gruppenempfänger mit subarraysauswahl, verfahren unter verwendung derselben, und empfänger derselben enthaltend
WO2012119100A3 (en) Noise adaptive beamforming for microphone arrays
ATE553603T1 (de) Direkt-digitallautsprechervorrichtung mit einer gewünschten richtcharakteristik
WO2004105431A3 (en) Hearing aid
WO2006091499A3 (en) Method, apparatus and system for power transmitssion
ATE342871T1 (de) Mikrobearbeitete ultraschallwandleranordnung
TW200504335A (en) Multiple-transducer sensor system and method with selective activation and isolation of individual transducers
AU2003269149A1 (en) Underwater location apparatus
WO2006137868A3 (en) Pulse transmitters having multiple outputs in phase relationship and methods of operation
WO2006113030A3 (en) A digital amplitude modulation transmitter with pulse width modulating rf drive
WO2006044661A3 (en) Improved beacon signals facilitating signal detection and timing synchronization
GB2543464A (en) Acoustic transducer aging compensation with life indicator
JP2007535032A5 (de)
WO2003059005A3 (en) Digital loudspeaker system
WO2005117382A3 (en) Multi-channel pulse modulator system
CN201516046U (zh) 一种医用b超前端激励装置
WO2008155947A1 (ja) 受信機及び受信方法

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
8320 Willingness to grant licences declared (paragraph 23)
8381 Inventor (new situation)

Inventor name: SAVORD, BERNARD, BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NY 10510, US

Inventor name: SCHMIDT, SHON PHILIPS IP & STANDARDS, BRIARCLI, US

Inventor name: FREEMAN, STEVEN, BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NY 10510, US

Inventor name: ROBINSON, ANDREW, BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NY 10510, US

8364 No opposition during term of opposition