JP4942290B2 - マルチレベル超音波パルスの生成方法及び同パルスを用いた診断用超音波画像の生成方法 - Google Patents

マルチレベル超音波パルスの生成方法及び同パルスを用いた診断用超音波画像の生成方法 Download PDF

Info

Publication number
JP4942290B2
JP4942290B2 JP2004173588A JP2004173588A JP4942290B2 JP 4942290 B2 JP4942290 B2 JP 4942290B2 JP 2004173588 A JP2004173588 A JP 2004173588A JP 2004173588 A JP2004173588 A JP 2004173588A JP 4942290 B2 JP4942290 B2 JP 4942290B2
Authority
JP
Japan
Prior art keywords
pulse
pulses
series
positive
negative
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
JP2004173588A
Other languages
English (en)
Japanese (ja)
Other versions
JP2005000663A5 (enExample
JP2005000663A (ja
Inventor
ケル・クリストファーセン
ハンス・ガーマン・トルプ
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.)
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Co LLC
Original Assignee
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Co LLC
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 GE Medical Systems Global Technology Co LLC filed Critical GE Medical Systems Global Technology Co LLC
Publication of JP2005000663A publication Critical patent/JP2005000663A/ja
Publication of JP2005000663A5 publication Critical patent/JP2005000663A5/ja
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of JP4942290B2 publication Critical patent/JP4942290B2/ja
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B06—GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL
    • B06B—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY, e.g. FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL
    • B06B1/00—Methods or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic, or ultrasonic frequency
    • B06B1/02—Methods or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic, or ultrasonic frequency making use of electrical energy
    • B06B1/0207—Driving circuits
    • B06B1/0215—Driving circuits for generating pulses, e.g. bursts of oscillations, envelopes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B8/00—Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
    • A61B8/48—Diagnostic techniques
    • A61B8/483—Diagnostic techniques involving the acquisition of a 3D volume of data
    • 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
    • G01S7/5202—Details of transmitters for pulse systems

Landscapes

  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Radiology & Medical Imaging (AREA)
  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
  • Biophysics (AREA)
  • Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy & Molecular Imaging (AREA)
  • Pathology (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Medical Informatics (AREA)
  • Molecular Biology (AREA)
  • Surgery (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Ultra Sonic Daignosis Equipment (AREA)
JP2004173588A 2003-06-12 2004-06-11 マルチレベル超音波パルスの生成方法及び同パルスを用いた診断用超音波画像の生成方法 Expired - Lifetime JP4942290B2 (ja)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US10/459,850 US7022074B2 (en) 2003-06-12 2003-06-12 Method and apparatus for generating a multi-level ultrasound pulse
US10/459,850 2003-06-12

Publications (3)

Publication Number Publication Date
JP2005000663A JP2005000663A (ja) 2005-01-06
JP2005000663A5 JP2005000663A5 (enExample) 2007-08-02
JP4942290B2 true JP4942290B2 (ja) 2012-05-30

Family

ID=33490467

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
JP2004173588A Expired - Lifetime JP4942290B2 (ja) 2003-06-12 2004-06-11 マルチレベル超音波パルスの生成方法及び同パルスを用いた診断用超音波画像の生成方法

Country Status (3)

Country Link
US (1) US7022074B2 (enExample)
JP (1) JP4942290B2 (enExample)
DE (1) DE102004027025A1 (enExample)

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
KR20160048076A (ko) * 2013-07-19 2016-05-03 베라소닉스, 인코포레이티드 3-상태 송신 펄서를 사용하는 임의적인 파형 생성을 위한 방법 및 시스템
KR20170127971A (ko) * 2016-05-13 2017-11-22 전자부품연구원 동시 입출력이 가능한 ROIC 구조와 이를 포함하는 Lidar ToF 센서
KR102250687B1 (ko) * 2018-12-28 2021-05-10 광운대학교 산학협력단 3차원 VR을 위한 2차원 LiDAR 기반 전 방향 3차원 계측 기법 및 이의 장치

Families Citing this family (41)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB0421178D0 (en) * 2004-09-23 2004-10-27 Univ St Andrews A fast pulse generator
US9941840B2 (en) 2008-05-16 2018-04-10 The University Court Of The University Of St. Andrews Fast pulse generator
US20070014190A1 (en) * 2005-07-14 2007-01-18 Fehl Keith A Multi-level pulser for an ultrasound system
JP4163733B2 (ja) * 2006-07-18 2008-10-08 アロカ株式会社 超音波診断装置
US8147409B2 (en) * 2007-03-29 2012-04-03 Supertex, Inc. Method and apparatus for transducer excitation in medical ultrasound imaging
US7824335B2 (en) * 2007-04-26 2010-11-02 General Electric Company Reconfigurable array with multi-level transmitters
KR101055577B1 (ko) * 2007-11-23 2011-08-23 삼성메디슨 주식회사 초음파 시스템
WO2010055427A1 (en) * 2008-11-11 2010-05-20 Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V. Dual pulser for an ultrasonic transmitter
KR20100084203A (ko) * 2009-01-16 2010-07-26 주식회사 메디슨 다중 펄서를 이용하여 송신펄스신호의 파워를 조절하는 초음파 시스템
JP5377498B2 (ja) * 2009-03-12 2013-12-25 パナソニック株式会社 超音波診断装置
EP2771709B1 (en) 2011-10-26 2018-10-17 Flir Systems, Inc. Wideband sonar with pulse compression
CN204495996U (zh) 2011-10-26 2015-07-22 菲力尔系统公司 宽带声纳接收器
US10444354B2 (en) 2011-10-26 2019-10-15 Flir Systems, Inc. Sonar data enhancement systems and methods
WO2013088359A2 (en) * 2011-12-15 2013-06-20 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Driver device and driving method for driving a capacitive load, in particular an ultrasound transducer
US20130170321A1 (en) * 2011-12-28 2013-07-04 General Electric Company Systems and methods for controlling transducer pulse transitions in ultrasound imaging
GB201222882D0 (en) * 2012-12-19 2013-01-30 Univ Leeds Ultrasound generation
JP6326716B2 (ja) * 2013-03-04 2018-05-23 コニカミノルタ株式会社 超音波画像診断装置
CA2903479C (en) 2013-03-15 2023-10-10 Butterfly Network, Inc. Monolithic ultrasonic imaging devices, systems and methods
JP5924296B2 (ja) * 2013-03-19 2016-05-25 コニカミノルタ株式会社 超音波画像診断装置
EP3024594A2 (en) 2013-07-23 2016-06-01 Butterfly Network Inc. Interconnectable ultrasound transducer probes and related methods and apparatus
US9639056B2 (en) * 2013-09-17 2017-05-02 General Electric Company Acoustical holography with multi-level square wave excitation signals
JP6344026B2 (ja) * 2014-04-14 2018-06-20 コニカミノルタ株式会社 超音波探触子及び超音波画像診断装置
KR20160090059A (ko) * 2015-01-21 2016-07-29 삼성전자주식회사 초음파 프로브, 이를 포함하는 초음파 진단장치 및 초음파 신호생성방법
WO2017002007A1 (en) * 2015-06-29 2017-01-05 Koninklijke Philips N.V. Ultrasound system with asymmetric transmit signals
US10488516B2 (en) * 2015-10-21 2019-11-26 Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc Controlling an output signal independently of the first harmonic
US9473136B1 (en) * 2015-12-02 2016-10-18 Butterfly Network, Inc. Level shifter and related methods and apparatus
US10859687B2 (en) 2016-03-31 2020-12-08 Butterfly Network, Inc. Serial interface for parameter transfer in an ultrasound device
US11154279B2 (en) * 2016-03-31 2021-10-26 Bfly Operations, Inc. Transmit generator for controlling a multilevel pulser of an ultrasound device, and related methods and apparatus
US11712221B2 (en) 2016-06-20 2023-08-01 Bfly Operations, Inc. Universal ultrasound device and related apparatus and methods
US10856840B2 (en) 2016-06-20 2020-12-08 Butterfly Network, Inc. Universal ultrasound device and related apparatus and methods
DE102016118721A1 (de) * 2016-10-04 2018-04-05 Weber Ultrasonics Gmbh Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Betreiben von Schallwandlern
JP6801469B2 (ja) * 2017-01-20 2020-12-16 コニカミノルタ株式会社 超音波診断装置
KR102295378B1 (ko) * 2017-06-16 2021-08-31 지멘스 메디컬 솔루션즈 유에스에이, 인크. 초음파 프로브의 초음파 신호 형성 방법 및 초음파 시스템
US10583461B2 (en) * 2017-07-06 2020-03-10 Texas Instruments Incorporated Configurable pulser circuit operable across a range of supply voltages
JP7025886B2 (ja) * 2017-10-19 2022-02-25 フクダ電子株式会社 振動子駆動回路および超音波診断装置
JP6993847B2 (ja) * 2017-11-07 2022-01-14 富士フイルムヘルスケア株式会社 超音波撮像装置、超音波プローブ、および、送信装置
US11029400B2 (en) 2018-07-23 2021-06-08 General Electric Company Methods and system for maintaining polarization of an ultrasound transducer
US11372092B2 (en) * 2019-01-04 2022-06-28 Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd. Hybrid ultrasound transmitter
US11504093B2 (en) * 2021-01-22 2022-11-22 Exo Imaging, Inc. Equalization for matrix based line imagers for ultrasound imaging systems
JP2023173610A (ja) * 2022-05-26 2023-12-07 コニカミノルタ株式会社 超音波診断装置、駆動信号生成方法、およびプログラム
FR3151666B1 (fr) * 2023-07-27 2025-06-20 Supersonic Imagine Procédé et dispositif de traitement d’un signal électrique pour dispositif émetteur ultrasonore

Family Cites Families (12)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS63273081A (ja) * 1987-04-30 1988-11-10 Yokogawa Medical Syst Ltd 送受信回路
US6005827A (en) * 1995-03-02 1999-12-21 Acuson Corporation Ultrasonic harmonic imaging system and method
US5706819A (en) * 1995-10-10 1998-01-13 Advanced Technology Laboratories, Inc. Ultrasonic diagnostic imaging with harmonic contrast agents
JP3665408B2 (ja) * 1996-02-29 2005-06-29 株式会社東芝 駆動パルス発生装置
US5833614A (en) * 1997-07-15 1998-11-10 Acuson Corporation Ultrasonic imaging method and apparatus for generating pulse width modulated waveforms with reduced harmonic response
US5913823A (en) * 1997-07-15 1999-06-22 Acuson Corporation Ultrasound imaging method and system for transmit signal generation for an ultrasonic imaging system capable of harmonic imaging
JP3980733B2 (ja) * 1997-12-25 2007-09-26 株式会社東芝 超音波診断装置
JP2000152930A (ja) * 1998-11-20 2000-06-06 Toshiba Corp 超音波診断装置
US6135963A (en) * 1998-12-07 2000-10-24 General Electric Company Imaging system with transmit apodization using pulse width variation
JP3302946B2 (ja) * 1999-07-01 2002-07-15 松下電器産業株式会社 超音波送受信方法および超音波診断装置
US6432055B1 (en) * 2000-06-30 2002-08-13 Acuson Corporation Medical ultrasonic imaging system with three-state ultrasonic pulse and improved pulse generator
US7094204B2 (en) * 2002-08-23 2006-08-22 Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc. Coded excitation imaging for use with bipolar, unipolar and other waveforms

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
KR20160048076A (ko) * 2013-07-19 2016-05-03 베라소닉스, 인코포레이티드 3-상태 송신 펄서를 사용하는 임의적인 파형 생성을 위한 방법 및 시스템
KR102368196B1 (ko) * 2013-07-19 2022-02-28 베라소닉스, 인코포레이티드 3-상태 송신 펄서를 사용하는 임의적인 파형 생성을 위한 방법 및 시스템
KR20170127971A (ko) * 2016-05-13 2017-11-22 전자부품연구원 동시 입출력이 가능한 ROIC 구조와 이를 포함하는 Lidar ToF 센서
KR102259759B1 (ko) * 2016-05-13 2021-06-02 한국전자기술연구원 동시 입출력이 가능한 ROIC 구조와 이를 포함하는 Lidar ToF 센서
KR102250687B1 (ko) * 2018-12-28 2021-05-10 광운대학교 산학협력단 3차원 VR을 위한 2차원 LiDAR 기반 전 방향 3차원 계측 기법 및 이의 장치

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
US20040254459A1 (en) 2004-12-16
DE102004027025A1 (de) 2004-12-30
JP2005000663A (ja) 2005-01-06
US7022074B2 (en) 2006-04-04

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
JP4942290B2 (ja) マルチレベル超音波パルスの生成方法及び同パルスを用いた診断用超音波画像の生成方法
EP0948931B1 (en) Ultrasound imaging using coded excitation on transmit and selective filtering on receive
US6123670A (en) Ultrasound imaging with optimal image quality in region of interest
US6312384B1 (en) Method and apparatus for flow imaging using golay codes
EP0947853B1 (en) Method and apparatus for enhanced flow imaging in b-mode ultrasound
JP4570116B2 (ja) 多重焦点ゾーンを使用した調波イメージング方法及び装置
KR100742475B1 (ko) 파동 에너지 빔의 송신 시스템과 이미징 시스템 및 이들의동작 방법
CN1196446C (zh) 超声图象的相干滤波的方法和装置
JP4424707B2 (ja) Ｂモード超音波イメージングにおける自動送信波形最適化のための方法及び装置
WO1994016341A1 (en) Color flow imaging system utilizing a time domain adaptive wall filter
WO2010104863A9 (en) Method for ultrasound vibrometry using orthogonal basis functions
JPH1128209A (ja) 超音波イメージング方法およびシステム
US6911008B2 (en) Compound ultrasound imaging method
US20100036249A1 (en) Method and apparatus for multiline color flow and angio ultrasound imaging
JP4717978B2 (ja) セグメント化およびフロー・ダイナミクスを強化するためのカラー・フロー撮像
JP4117383B2 (ja) 超音波撮影装置
JPH078492A (ja) 超音波診断装置
US6217516B1 (en) System and method for configuring the locus of focal points of ultrasound beams
US6478741B2 (en) Transmission of optimized pulse waveforms for ultrasonic subharmonic imaging
JP4728466B2 (ja) 物質をイメージングする方法及びイメージング・システム
JP4499477B2 (ja) 超音波診断装置
JPH03297454A (ja) 超音波診断装置
JPH01155831A (ja) 超音波診断装置
JPS6337665B2 (enExample)
JPS58109040A (ja) 超音波診断装置

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
A521 Request for written amendment filed

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A523

Effective date: 20070604

A621 Written request for application examination

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A621

Effective date: 20070604

A131 Notification of reasons for refusal

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A131

Effective date: 20100302

A521 Request for written amendment filed

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A523

Effective date: 20100602

RD02 Notification of acceptance of power of attorney

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A7422

Effective date: 20100602

RD04 Notification of resignation of power of attorney

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A7424

Effective date: 20100602

A131 Notification of reasons for refusal

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A131

Effective date: 20100803

A601 Written request for extension of time

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A601

Effective date: 20101102

A602 Written permission of extension of time

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A602

Effective date: 20101108

A521 Request for written amendment filed

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A523

Effective date: 20110203

A131 Notification of reasons for refusal

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A131

Effective date: 20110322

A521 Request for written amendment filed

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A523

Effective date: 20110621

A131 Notification of reasons for refusal

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A131

Effective date: 20110726

A601 Written request for extension of time

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A601

Effective date: 20110921

A602 Written permission of extension of time

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A602

Effective date: 20110929

A521 Request for written amendment filed

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A523

Effective date: 20120110

TRDD Decision of grant or rejection written
A01 Written decision to grant a patent or to grant a registration (utility model)

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A01

Effective date: 20120207

A01 Written decision to grant a patent or to grant a registration (utility model)

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A01

A61 First payment of annual fees (during grant procedure)

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A61

Effective date: 20120228

R150 Certificate of patent or registration of utility model

Ref document number: 4942290

Country of ref document: JP

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: R150

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: R150

FPAY Renewal fee payment (event date is renewal date of database)

Free format text: PAYMENT UNTIL: 20150309

Year of fee payment: 3

R250 Receipt of annual fees

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: R250

R250 Receipt of annual fees

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: R250

R250 Receipt of annual fees

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: R250

R250 Receipt of annual fees

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: R250

R250 Receipt of annual fees

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: R250

R250 Receipt of annual fees

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: R250

R250 Receipt of annual fees

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: R250

R250 Receipt of annual fees

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: R250

R250 Receipt of annual fees

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: R250

R250 Receipt of annual fees

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: R250

EXPY Cancellation because of completion of term