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【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、超音波を用いて計測を行う分野に関する。
【技術的背景】
超音波を送信し、その反射波を受信することにより、反射した物体の画像を表示することは、例えば、医療の分野でよく行われている。
超音波による画像化手法の1つである、パルス圧縮方式に基づく画像化法では、送信系の物理的条件や、スタンドオフ領域の制限、あるいはドップラ計測の実現などの理由により、時間幅が狭く、かつ情報量の多い送信信号を用いる必要がある。ただし、圧縮性能(圧縮後のパルス幅や、サイドローブレベル、SN比等)も重視されることから、性能の保証されている基本的な符号化波形を足し合わせて合成送信信号とすることが多い。ダウンチャープ信号とアップチャープ信号を用いたものとして、例えば、特許文献1がある。
【0002】
さて、合成送信信号が周波数帯域の異なる基本波を足し合わせたものであれば、受信信号を各周波数帯域に基づいて容易に分離できる。しかし、例えば、アップチャープとダウンチャープ、あるいは位相の異なるチャープを足し合わせた合成送信信号を用いる場合は、周波数帯域に基づく受信信号の分離ができない。
この場合の圧縮処理として、合成送信信号が対象物体から反射されて戻ってくる受信信号に対して、合成送信信号による相関計算を行ったのでは、通常、単一の基本波を送信信号として用いたときよりも圧縮性能が劣化する。したがって、各基本波による圧縮処理を行い、得られる複数の圧縮信号に対して適切な処理を施すことによって、圧縮性能の向上を目指すことが考えられる。
【特許文献1】
特開2002−136522号公報
【0003】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
本発明の目的は、超音波の合成送信信号を送信し、その反射波を受信するパルス圧縮方式の計測器において、受信信号を、各基本波に劣化することなく分離を行うことができるようにして、各基本波ごとの圧縮受信信号を得ることにより、計測精度を高めた計測器を提供しようとするものである。
【0004】
【課題を解決するための手段】
上記目的を達成するために、本発明は、複数の基本波を送信し、その反射波を受信し、圧縮して測定を行う超音波測定装置であって、複数の基本波からなる超音波を送信する超音波送信手段と、送信された超音波の反射波を受信する超音波受信手段と、前記受信した反射波を周波数領域での表現とするフーリエ変換手段と、前記周波数領域表現とした反射波から、異なる基本波間の周波数領域のスペクトル比を用いて、周波数表現の基本波の反射波を求める分離手段と、前記周波数表現の基本波に対応した反射波から、基本波の反射波を求める逆フーリエ変換手段と、前記基本波の反射波から、圧縮受信信号を得る基本波との相関手段とを備えることを特徴とする。
前記複数の基本波をs(j)(t)(j=1,2,・・・,M)、その周波数領域の表現をS(j)(ω)とし、受信した反射波をr(t)、その周波数領域の表現をR(ω)、周波数領域の基本波の反射波をR(j)(ω)としたとき、
前記異なる基本波間の周波数領域のスペクトル比は、
【数6】
であり、
前記分離手段は、H(j)(ω)=1+G(j)(ω)とすると、
【数7】
により行うことができる。
【0005】
また、前記複数の基本波を初期位相の異なる複数のアップ/ダウンチャープとして階層的に用い、複数のアップチャープ信号をsu(j)(t)(j=1,2,・・・,M)、複数のダウンチャープ信号をsd(j)(t)(j=1,2,・・・,M)、その周波数領域の表現をSu(j)(ω),Sd(j)(ω)とし、受信した反射波をr(t)、その周波数領域の表現をR(ω)、周波数領域の基本波の反射波をRu(j)(ω),Rd(j)(ω)としたとき、
前記異なる基本波間の周波数領域のスペクトル比は、
【数8】
および
【数9】
(Gu,Gdはjに対して不変)であり、
前記分離手段は、Hu(j)(ω)=Gu(j)(ω)+1,Hu(ω)=Gu(ω)+1およびHd(j)(ω)=Gd(j)(ω)+1,Hd(ω)=Gd(ω)+1とすると、
【数10】
により行うことができる。
【0006】
【発明の実施の形態】
本発明の実施の形態を、図面を参照して説明する。
本発明では、パルス圧縮方式において、異なる基本波形間の周波数領域における比(スペクトル比)を利用して、周波数帯域による基本波成分の分離が困難な場合に、それを実現する方法を与える。
図1は、本発明の実施形態である超音波測定装置の構成を示すブロック図である。図1は計測器の特に受信部における分離圧縮フィルタ200を示している。図1において、今、基本信号発生器112,114からの2つの基本波s1(t),s2(t)を合成器120により足し合わせて作成した、合成送信信号s(t)(パルス)を超音波振動子130から対象物140に対して送信する場合を考える。
【数11】
この関係を、フーリエ変換により周波数領域で表現すると
【数12】
となる。ここで、次の比を計算する。
【数13】
次に、反射体がN個存在するときの、式(1)の送信信号に対する反射(受信)信号r(t)を考えると、反射体142,144,146を区別する添字を iとして
【数14】
となる。
【0007】
図1の分離圧縮フィルタ200において、受信信号r(t)をフーリエ変換器210で、周波数領域における表現にすると、
【数15】
となる。ここで、適当な基本波を用いると、以下の関係と成る。
【数16】
このとき、H1(ω)=1+G1(ω)とすると、式(5)は、
【数17】
と書ける。この関係から、H1(ω)が0となるωが測度ゼロの集合であれば、そのようなωでの成分はゼロとおき、それ以外の成分について
【数18】
と、除算器222によりH1(ω)で除算することで、基本波s1(t)に対応する周波数表現の反射波R1(ω)を求めることができる。これを逆フーリエ変換器232で時間表現のr1(t)とし、基本波としてアップ/ダウンチャープ信号を用いた場合等の必要なときに相関器242で基本波s1(t)との相関をとると、圧縮受信信号w1(t)となる。
同様にH2(ω)を求めることにより、基本波s2(t)に対する圧縮受信信号w2(t)を求めることができる。
【0008】
上述では、基本波を2つの場合で説明したが、一般的に複数の基本波を用いた場合でも適用することができる。
この場合、複数の基本波をs(j)(t)(j=1,2,・・・,M)とし、その周波数領域の表現をS(j)(ω)とすると、上述の比であるG(j)(ω)は、
【数19】
で求めることができる。これにより、H(j)(ω)=1+G(j)(ω)とすると、
【数20】
により、各基本波の受信信号を上述と同様に求めることができ、各基本波に対応する圧縮受信信号r(j)(t)は、上述と同様に求めることができる。
【0009】
また、階層的に、初期位相の異なる複数のアップ/ダウンチャープを足し合わせた送信信号を用いた場合でも適用可能である。図2(a)にアップチャープ信号、図2(b)にダウンチャープ信号を示す。図2(a)に示すように、アップチャープ信号は時間Tの間に周波数f1がΔf上昇してf2となる。図2(b)に示すように、ダウンチャープ信号は時間Tの間に周波数f2がΔf下降してf1となる。
アップとダウンを区別する添字をu,d、初期位相を区別する添字をj(=1,2,…,M)とすると、
【数21】
および
【数22】
(Gu,Gdはjに対して不変)から、Hu(j),HuおよびHd(j),Hdを前述と同様に定義することで、
【数23】
として各成分を分離できる。
【0010】
【実施例】
図3〜図5に、アップチャープ信号とダウンチャープ信号の2つの基本信号を送信した例を示す。図3は、合成送信信号s(t)(送信周波数19〜22MHz,パルス幅100μsを、媒質内(媒質内音速1500m/s)に距離をおいて設置している3つの反射体A,B,C(反射率はそれぞれ、0.5,0.1,0.5)に対して送信し、各反射体からの反射波r(t)を受けていることを示している。
図4は、受けた反射波を示しており、図5(a),図5(b)は、図1に示した構成で、上述のアップチャープ,ダウンチャープ信号の場合のように求めた圧縮受信信号w1(t),w2(t)を示している。図5(a),図5(b)に示すように分離されて、圧縮受信信号w1(t),w2(t)が求められる。図5から分かるように、圧縮受信信号w1(t),w2(t)には、各反射体A,B,Cからの反射が同じように明確に認められる。
【0011】
【発明の効果】
本発明の分離圧縮フィルタの構成を用いることにより、周波数の重なった送信チャープ信号でも、明確に分離することができ、複数の送信信号を用いることにより、得られる情報量を増加させることで、S/N比を増加することができる。したがって、例えば、超音波の反射により画像を生成する場合でも、明瞭な画像を得ることができる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】本発明の実施形態である超音波測定器の構成を示すブロック図である。
【図2】アップチャープ波、ダウンチャープ波を示す図である。
【図3】実施例における反射体等を示す図である。
【図4】実施例における反射波(受信波)を示す図である。
【図5】実施例における圧縮受信波を示す図である。
【符号の説明】
112,114 基本信号発生器
120 合成器
130 超音波振動子(超音波送受信器)
140 反射体(測定対象)
200 分離圧縮フィルタ
210 フーリエ変換器
222,224 除算器
232,234 逆フーリエ変換器
242,244 相関器[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field of measuring using ultrasonic waves.
[Technical background]
Displaying an image of a reflected object by transmitting an ultrasonic wave and receiving the reflected wave is often performed in the medical field, for example.
In the imaging method based on the pulse compression method, which is one of ultrasonic imaging methods, the time width is narrow due to the physical conditions of the transmission system, the limitation of the standoff area, or the realization of Doppler measurement. In addition, it is necessary to use a transmission signal having a large amount of information. However, since compression performance (compressed pulse width, side lobe level, S / N ratio, etc.) is also emphasized, basic encoded waveforms with guaranteed performance may be added to form a combined transmission signal. Many. For example,
[0002]
If the combined transmission signal is a combination of fundamental waves having different frequency bands, the received signal can be easily separated based on each frequency band. However, for example, when using a combined transmission signal in which up-chirp and down-chirp or chirps having different phases are added, the received signal cannot be separated based on the frequency band.
As a compression process in this case, if a correlation calculation is performed on the received signal that is reflected from the target object and returned by the synthesized transmission signal, a single fundamental wave is usually used as the transmission signal. Compression performance is worse than when it was. Therefore, it is conceivable to improve compression performance by performing compression processing using each fundamental wave and performing appropriate processing on a plurality of obtained compressed signals.
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2002-136522 A
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to enable a pulse compression measuring instrument that transmits an ultrasonic composite transmission signal and receives the reflected wave to separate the reception signal without degrading each fundamental wave. Thus, it is intended to provide a measuring instrument with improved measurement accuracy by obtaining a compressed received signal for each fundamental wave.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an ultrasonic measurement device that transmits a plurality of fundamental waves, receives the reflected waves, compresses them, and performs measurement. Ultrasonic transmitting means for transmitting, ultrasonic receiving means for receiving reflected waves of the transmitted ultrasonic waves, Fourier transform means for expressing the received reflected waves in the frequency domain, and reflection in the frequency domain expression The fundamental wave reflected wave is obtained from the separating means for obtaining the reflected wave of the fundamental wave in the frequency expression using the spectral ratio of the frequency domain between the different fundamental waves from the wave, and the reflected wave corresponding to the fundamental wave in the frequency expression. Inverse Fourier transform means and means for correlating with a fundamental wave for obtaining a compressed reception signal from the reflected wave of the fundamental wave are provided.
The plurality of fundamental waves are s (j) (t) (j = 1, 2,..., M), the frequency domain representation is S (j) (ω), and the received reflected waves are r (t). ), The frequency domain representation is R (ω), and the fundamental reflected wave of the frequency domain is R (j) (ω).
The spectral ratio in the frequency domain between the different fundamental waves is
[Formula 6]
And
When the separating means is H (j) (ω) = 1 + G (j) (ω),
[Expression 7]
Can be performed.
[0005]
Further, the plurality of fundamental waves are hierarchically used as a plurality of up / down chirps having different initial phases, and a plurality of up chirp signals are used as su (j) (t) (j = 1, 2,..., M ), A plurality of down-chirp signals as s d (j) (t) (j = 1, 2,..., M), and the frequency domain representation as S u (j) (ω), S d (j) (Ω), the received reflected wave is r (t), the frequency domain representation is R (ω), and the fundamental frequency reflected wave is R u (j) (ω), R d (j) ( ω)
The spectral ratio in the frequency domain between the different fundamental waves is
[Equation 8]
And
(G u, G d are invariant to j),
The separation means includes H u (j) (ω) = G u (j) (ω) +1, H u (ω) = G u (ω) +1 and H d (j) (ω) = G d (j ) (Ω) +1, H d (ω) = G d (ω) +1
[Expression 10]
Can be performed.
[0006]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In the present invention, in the pulse compression method, a method for realizing the case where separation of fundamental wave components by frequency band is difficult by using a ratio (spectral ratio) in a frequency domain between different fundamental waveforms is provided.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an ultrasonic measurement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows a separation /
[Expression 11]
If this relationship is expressed in the frequency domain by Fourier transform,
It becomes. Here, the following ratio is calculated.
[Formula 13]
Next, when the reflection (reception) signal r (t) with respect to the transmission signal of Expression (1) when there are N reflectors, the subscript that distinguishes the
It becomes.
[0007]
In the
[Expression 15]
It becomes. Here, when an appropriate fundamental wave is used, the following relationship is established.
[Expression 16]
At this time, if H 1 (ω) = 1 + G 1 (ω), Equation (5) is
[Expression 17]
Can be written. From this relationship, if ω where H 1 (ω) is 0 is a set with a measure of zero, the component at such ω is set to zero, and other components are expressed as follows.
Then, by dividing by H 1 (ω) by the
Similarly, by obtaining H 2 (ω), the compressed received signal w 2 (t) for the fundamental wave s 2 (t) can be obtained.
[0008]
In the above description, the case where two fundamental waves are used has been described. However, the present invention can also be applied to cases where a plurality of fundamental waves are used.
In this case, when a plurality of fundamental waves are s (j) (t) (j = 1, 2,..., M) and the frequency domain is S (j) (ω), the above ratio is obtained. A certain G (j) (ω) is
[Equation 19]
Can be obtained. Thus, when H (j) (ω) = 1 + G (j) (ω),
[Expression 20]
Thus, the received signal of each fundamental wave can be obtained in the same manner as described above, and the compressed received signal r (j) (t) corresponding to each fundamental wave can be obtained in the same manner as described above.
[0009]
Further, the present invention can be applied even when a transmission signal in which a plurality of up / down chirps having different initial phases are added hierarchically is used. FIG. 2A shows an up-chirp signal, and FIG. 2B shows a down-chirp signal. As shown in FIG. 2 (a), the frequency f 1 is f 2 rises Δf between the up-chirp signal time T. As shown in FIG. 2 (b), the frequency f 2 is f 1 and Δf lowered during the down-chirp signal is a time T.
If subscripts distinguishing up and down are u and d, and subscripts distinguishing the initial phase are j (= 1, 2,..., M),
[Expression 21]
And
(G u and G d are invariant with respect to j) , H u (j) and H u and H d (j) and H d are defined in the same manner as described above.
[Expression 23]
Each component can be separated as follows.
[0010]
【Example】
3 to 5 show examples in which two basic signals, an up-chirp signal and a down-chirp signal, are transmitted. FIG. 3 shows three reflectors A, B, which are provided with a combined transmission signal s (t) (transmission frequency 19-22 MHz, pulse width 100 μs, at a distance from the medium (sound velocity in the medium 1500 m / s). It is transmitted to C (reflectances are 0.5, 0.1, and 0.5, respectively), indicating that the reflected wave r (t) from each reflector is received.
FIG. 4 shows the reflected wave received, and FIGS. 5A and 5B show the compression obtained in the configuration shown in FIG. 1 as in the case of the above-described up-chirp and down-chirp signals. The received signals w 1 (t) and w 2 (t) are shown. The compressed received signals w 1 (t) and w 2 (t) are obtained by being separated as shown in FIGS. As can be seen from FIG. 5, reflections from the reflectors A, B, and C are clearly recognized in the same manner in the compressed reception signals w 1 (t) and w 2 (t).
[0011]
【The invention's effect】
By using the configuration of the separation and compression filter of the present invention, even transmission chirp signals with overlapping frequencies can be clearly separated, and by using a plurality of transmission signals, the amount of information obtained can be increased. The / N ratio can be increased. Therefore, for example, even when an image is generated by reflection of ultrasonic waves, a clear image can be obtained.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an ultrasonic measuring instrument according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an up-chirp wave and a down-chirp wave.
FIG. 3 is a view showing a reflector and the like in the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a reflected wave (received wave) in the embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a compressed reception wave in the embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
112, 114
140 Reflector (measuring object)
200 Separation and
Claims (3)
複数の基本波からなる超音波を送信する超音波送信手段と、
送信された超音波の反射波を受信する超音波受信手段と、
前記受信した反射波を周波数領域での表現とするフーリエ変換手段と、
前記周波数領域表現とした反射波から、異なる基本波間の周波数領域のスペクトル比を用いて、周波数表現の基本波の反射波を求める分離手段と、
前記周波数表現の基本波に対応した反射波から、基本波の反射波を求める逆フーリエ変換手段と、
前記基本波の反射波から、圧縮受信信号を得る基本波との相関手段と
を備えることを特徴とする超音波測定装置。An ultrasonic measurement device that transmits a plurality of fundamental waves, receives the reflected waves, compresses and measures,
Ultrasonic transmission means for transmitting ultrasonic waves composed of a plurality of fundamental waves;
An ultrasonic wave receiving means for receiving a reflected wave of the transmitted ultrasonic wave;
Fourier transform means for representing the received reflected wave in the frequency domain;
Separating means for obtaining the reflected wave of the fundamental wave of the frequency representation using the spectral ratio of the frequency domain between the different fundamental waves from the reflected wave of the frequency domain representation;
An inverse Fourier transform means for obtaining a reflected wave of the fundamental wave from a reflected wave corresponding to the fundamental wave of the frequency expression;
An ultrasonic measurement apparatus comprising: means for correlating with a fundamental wave that obtains a compressed reception signal from the reflected wave of the fundamental wave.
前記複数の基本波をs(j)(t)(j=1,2,・・・,M)、その周波数領域の表現をS(j)(ω)とし、受信した反射波をr(t)、その周波数領域の表現をR(ω)、周波数領域の基本波の反射波をR(j)(ω)としたとき、
前記異なる基本波間の周波数領域のスペクトル比は、
前記分離手段は、H(j)(ω)=1+G(j)(ω)とすると、
The plurality of fundamental waves are s (j) (t) (j = 1, 2,..., M), the frequency domain representation is S (j) (ω), and the received reflected waves are r (t). ), The frequency domain representation is R (ω), and the fundamental reflected wave of the frequency domain is R (j) (ω).
The spectral ratio in the frequency domain between the different fundamental waves is
When the separating means is H (j) (ω) = 1 + G (j) (ω),
前記複数の基本波を初期位相の異なる複数のアップ/ダウンチャープとして階層的に用い、複数のアップチャープ信号をsu(j)(t)(j=1,2,・・・,M)、複数のダウンチャープ信号をsd(j)(t)(j=1,2,・・・,M)、その周波数領域の表現をSu(j)(ω),Sd(j)(ω)とし、受信した反射波をr(t)、その周波数領域の表現をR(ω)、周波数領域の基本波の反射波をRu(j)(ω),Rd(j)(ω)としたとき、
前記異なる基本波間の周波数領域のスペクトル比は、
前記分離手段は、Hu(j)(ω)=Gu(j)(ω)+1,Hu(ω)=Gu(ω)+1およびHd(j)(ω)=Gd(j)(ω)+1,Hd(ω)=Gd(ω)+1とすると、
The plurality of fundamental waves are hierarchically used as a plurality of up / down chirps having different initial phases, and a plurality of up chirp signals are represented by su (j) (t) (j = 1, 2,..., M), A plurality of down-chirp signals are represented by s d (j) (t) (j = 1, 2,..., M), and their frequency domain representations are represented by S u (j) (ω), S d (j) (ω ), The received reflected wave is r (t), the frequency domain representation is R (ω), and the fundamental frequency reflected wave is R u (j) (ω), R d (j) (ω). When
The spectral ratio in the frequency domain between the different fundamental waves is
The separation means includes H u (j) (ω) = G u (j) (ω) +1, H u (ω) = G u (ω) +1 and H d (j) (ω) = G d (j ) (Ω) +1, H d (ω) = G d (ω) +1
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