JP5907895B2 - 位相コヒーレンスによるグレーティングローブ抑圧のためのビーム形成法を使用した超音波撮像システム - Google Patents

位相コヒーレンスによるグレーティングローブ抑圧のためのビーム形成法を使用した超音波撮像システム Download PDF

Info

Publication number
JP5907895B2
JP5907895B2 JP2012551706A JP2012551706A JP5907895B2 JP 5907895 B2 JP5907895 B2 JP 5907895B2 JP 2012551706 A JP2012551706 A JP 2012551706A JP 2012551706 A JP2012551706 A JP 2012551706A JP 5907895 B2 JP5907895 B2 JP 5907895B2
Authority
JP
Japan
Prior art keywords
array
aperture
beamformed
transmit
grating lobe
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.)
Active
Application number
JP2012551706A
Other languages
English (en)
Japanese (ja)
Other versions
JP2013518655A (ja
JP2013518655A5 (enExample
Inventor
ジェレミー ブラウン
ジェレミー ブラウン
ロバート アダムソン
ロバート アダムソン
ザーラ トルバチアン
ザーラ トルバチアン
マノハー バンス
マノハー バンス
Original Assignee
ダルハウジー ユニバーシティ
ダルハウジー ユニバーシティ
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 ダルハウジー ユニバーシティ, ダルハウジー ユニバーシティ filed Critical ダルハウジー ユニバーシティ
Publication of JP2013518655A publication Critical patent/JP2013518655A/ja
Publication of JP2013518655A5 publication Critical patent/JP2013518655A5/ja
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of JP5907895B2 publication Critical patent/JP5907895B2/ja
Active legal-status Critical Current
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Links

Images

Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B8/00—Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
    • A61B8/52—Devices using data or image processing specially adapted for diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
    • A61B8/5269—Devices using data or image processing specially adapted for diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves involving detection or reduction of artifacts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B8/00—Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
    • A61B8/13—Tomography
    • A61B8/14—Echo-tomography
    • A61B8/145—Echo-tomography characterised by scanning multiple planes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B8/00—Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
    • A61B8/44—Constructional features of the ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic diagnostic device
    • A61B8/4483—Constructional features of the ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic diagnostic device characterised by features of the ultrasound transducer
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B8/00—Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
    • A61B8/52—Devices using data or image processing specially adapted for diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
    • A61B8/5207—Devices using data or image processing specially adapted for diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves involving processing of raw data to produce diagnostic data, e.g. for generating an image
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • G01S15/895—Short-range imaging systems; Acoustic microscope systems using pulse-echo techniques characterised by the transmitted frequency spectrum
    • G01S15/8956—Short-range imaging systems; Acoustic microscope systems using pulse-echo techniques characterised by the transmitted frequency spectrum using frequencies at or above 20 MHz
    • 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
    • G01S15/8997—Short-range imaging systems; Acoustic microscope systems using pulse-echo techniques using synthetic aperture techniques
    • 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
    • G01S7/52047—Techniques for image enhancement involving transmitter or receiver for elimination of side lobes or of grating lobes; for increasing resolving power
    • 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)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Pathology (AREA)
  • Surgery (AREA)
  • Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy & Molecular Imaging (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Radiology & Medical Imaging (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
  • Medical Informatics (AREA)
  • Molecular Biology (AREA)
  • Biophysics (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Gynecology & Obstetrics (AREA)
  • Ultra Sonic Daignosis Equipment (AREA)
JP2012551706A 2010-02-08 2011-02-08 位相コヒーレンスによるグレーティングローブ抑圧のためのビーム形成法を使用した超音波撮像システム Active JP5907895B2 (ja)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US30224210P 2010-02-08 2010-02-08
US61/302,242 2010-02-08
PCT/IB2011/000430 WO2011095896A1 (en) 2010-02-08 2011-02-08 Ultrasound imaging system using beamforming techniques for phase coherence grating lobe suppression

Related Child Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
JP2015247170A Division JP6257096B2 (ja) 2010-02-08 2015-12-18 位相コヒーレンスによるグレーティングローブ抑圧のためのビーム形成法

Publications (3)

Publication Number Publication Date
JP2013518655A JP2013518655A (ja) 2013-05-23
JP2013518655A5 JP2013518655A5 (enExample) 2016-03-03
JP5907895B2 true JP5907895B2 (ja) 2016-04-26

Family

ID=44355020

Family Applications (2)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
JP2012551706A Active JP5907895B2 (ja) 2010-02-08 2011-02-08 位相コヒーレンスによるグレーティングローブ抑圧のためのビーム形成法を使用した超音波撮像システム
JP2015247170A Active JP6257096B2 (ja) 2010-02-08 2015-12-18 位相コヒーレンスによるグレーティングローブ抑圧のためのビーム形成法

Family Applications After (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
JP2015247170A Active JP6257096B2 (ja) 2010-02-08 2015-12-18 位相コヒーレンスによるグレーティングローブ抑圧のためのビーム形成法

Country Status (5)

Country Link
US (2) US9033888B2 (enExample)
EP (1) EP2534502B1 (enExample)
JP (2) JP5907895B2 (enExample)
CA (1) CA2789129C (enExample)
WO (1) WO2011095896A1 (enExample)

Families Citing this family (42)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP2442132B1 (en) * 2010-10-13 2014-11-26 Hitachi Aloka Medical, Ltd. Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus
JP5829680B2 (ja) * 2011-04-20 2015-12-09 株式会社日立メディコ 超音波撮像装置
EP2574956A1 (en) * 2011-09-30 2013-04-03 GE Inspection Technologies Ltd Ultrasound imaging system and method with side lobe suppression via coherency factor weighting
CN103565469B (zh) * 2012-08-01 2015-05-20 华中科技大学 一种提高二维阵列实时超声体成像质量的方法
DE102013201975A1 (de) 2013-02-07 2014-08-07 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Verbesserung der SAFT-Analyse bei unregelmäßiger Messung
DE102013004924B4 (de) * 2013-03-22 2018-05-03 GE Sensing & lnspection Technologies GmbH Bildgebungssystem und -verfahren
KR102191967B1 (ko) 2013-10-07 2020-12-16 삼성전자주식회사 대상체의 탄성 특성을 획득하는 방법 및 장치
EP3108265A1 (en) 2014-02-18 2016-12-28 Sound Technology Inc. Acoustic signal phase rotation processor
CN107205730B (zh) * 2015-02-12 2020-02-07 株式会社日立制作所 超声波成像装置、发送间权重调整方法和超声波成像方法
WO2017035838A1 (zh) 2015-09-06 2017-03-09 深圳迈瑞生物医疗电子股份有限公司 超声灰阶成像系统及方法
US10993701B2 (en) * 2015-09-16 2021-05-04 Hitachi, Ltd. Ultrasonic imaging device
CN105411626B (zh) * 2015-12-24 2018-05-25 华中科技大学 一种基于超声ct的合成孔径成像方法及系统
CA3008520A1 (en) * 2016-02-23 2017-08-31 Sunnybrook Research Institute Phased array transducer with coupling layer for suppression of grating lobes
US11744468B2 (en) * 2016-04-27 2023-09-05 The Johns Hopkins University General B-mode surface imaging
US10700444B2 (en) 2016-07-06 2020-06-30 Industrial Technology Research Institute Multi-beam phased antenna structure and controlling method thereof
JP6393442B2 (ja) * 2016-09-23 2018-09-19 Ｊｆｅスチール株式会社 超音波源の方位標定装置及び重ね合わせ画像の解析方法
FR3063003A1 (fr) * 2017-02-22 2018-08-24 Quantel Medical Procede d'echographie oculaire a transducteurs annulaires
JP6469746B2 (ja) * 2017-03-23 2019-02-13 キヤノンメディカルシステムズ株式会社 超音波診断装置及び制御プログラム
US10120261B2 (en) 2017-04-05 2018-11-06 Analog Devices, Inc. Array of sub-aperture refractive elements for steering a light beam
CN212623066U (zh) 2017-06-02 2021-02-26 菲力尔系统公司 测距系统
DE112018003501T5 (de) * 2017-07-09 2020-04-23 The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University Ultraschallbildgebung mit spektraler compoundierung zur speckle-reduzierung
US10133083B1 (en) * 2017-08-16 2018-11-20 Analog Devices, Inc. Hybrid beamsteerer for steering a light beam with both sub-aperture and full-aperture beam steering portions
US10605907B2 (en) * 2017-11-15 2020-03-31 Cognitive Systems Corp. Motion detection by a central controller using beamforming dynamic information
US10852411B2 (en) 2017-12-06 2020-12-01 Cognitive Systems Corp. Motion detection and localization based on bi-directional channel sounding
US10976579B2 (en) 2018-08-09 2021-04-13 Analog Devices, Inc. Liquid crystal waveguide with active incoupling
US10684531B1 (en) 2019-02-22 2020-06-16 Analog Devices, Inc. Hybrid optical beam steering
US10798529B1 (en) 2019-04-30 2020-10-06 Cognitive Systems Corp. Controlling wireless connections in wireless sensing systems
US10743143B1 (en) 2019-05-15 2020-08-11 Cognitive Systems Corp. Determining a motion zone for a location of motion detected by wireless signals
US10924889B1 (en) 2019-09-30 2021-02-16 Cognitive Systems Corp. Detecting a location of motion using wireless signals and differences between topologies of wireless connectivity
US11018734B1 (en) 2019-10-31 2021-05-25 Cognitive Systems Corp. Eliciting MIMO transmissions from wireless communication devices
US11570712B2 (en) 2019-10-31 2023-01-31 Cognitive Systems Corp. Varying a rate of eliciting MIMO transmissions from wireless communication devices
EP4052065B1 (en) 2019-10-31 2025-06-11 Cognitive Systems Corp. Using mimo training fields for motion detection
US11715453B2 (en) * 2019-12-25 2023-08-01 Ultraleap Limited Acoustic transducer structures
US10928503B1 (en) 2020-03-03 2021-02-23 Cognitive Systems Corp. Using over-the-air signals for passive motion detection
US12019143B2 (en) 2020-03-03 2024-06-25 Cognitive Systems Corp. Using high-efficiency PHY frames for motion detection
WO2022040817A1 (en) 2020-08-31 2022-03-03 Cognitive Systems Corp. Controlling motion topology in a standardized wireless communication network
US11070399B1 (en) 2020-11-30 2021-07-20 Cognitive Systems Corp. Filtering channel responses for motion detection
US12376828B2 (en) * 2021-04-19 2025-08-05 Bfly Operations, Inc. Methods and systems for coherence imaging in obtaining ultrasound images
US12390189B2 (en) * 2021-04-21 2025-08-19 GE Precision Healthcare LLC Methods and systems for ultrasound imaging with pulse-inversion scheme and retrospective transmit techniques
CN113687364B (zh) * 2021-07-13 2024-03-19 中国船舶重工集团公司第七一五研究所 一种三维成像声纳图像假底的抑制方法
CN116058869A (zh) * 2023-01-09 2023-05-05 飞依诺科技股份有限公司 超声设备的合成孔径方法及装置
CN117503203B (zh) * 2024-01-03 2024-03-22 之江实验室 一种用于超声环阵成像的相位畸变校正方法和系统

Family Cites Families (40)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3877031A (en) 1973-06-29 1975-04-08 Unied States Of America As Rep Method and apparatus for suppressing grating lobes in an electronically scanned antenna array
US4228436A (en) 1978-04-03 1980-10-14 Hughes Aircraft Company Limited scan phased array system
AU531239B2 (en) 1978-06-15 1983-08-18 Plessey Overseas Ltd. Directional arrays
US4542653A (en) 1983-11-21 1985-09-24 Advanced Technology Laboratories, Inc. Apparatus and method for beamforming in an ultrasonic transducer array
JP2501350B2 (ja) * 1988-12-16 1996-05-29 アロカ 株式会社 超音波診断装置
JPH02209135A (ja) * 1989-02-09 1990-08-20 Yokogawa Medical Syst Ltd 超音波送受信装置
US5111695A (en) * 1990-07-11 1992-05-12 General Electric Company Dynamic phase focus for coherent imaging beam formation
JPH05277117A (ja) 1992-04-02 1993-10-26 Yokogawa Medical Syst Ltd 超音波診断方法および装置
US5322068A (en) * 1993-05-21 1994-06-21 Hewlett-Packard Company Method and apparatus for dynamically steering ultrasonic phased arrays
US5349262A (en) 1994-02-22 1994-09-20 Hewlett-Packard Company Phased array ultrasound imaging system with dynamic elevation focusing
JPH10127633A (ja) * 1996-11-06 1998-05-19 Aloka Co Ltd 超音波診断装置
US6689063B1 (en) 1999-05-10 2004-02-10 B-K Medical A/S Method and apparatus for acquiring images by recursive ultrasound images
US7399279B2 (en) 1999-05-28 2008-07-15 Physiosonics, Inc Transmitter patterns for multi beam reception
US7534209B2 (en) 2000-05-26 2009-05-19 Physiosonics, Inc. Device and method for mapping and tracking blood flow and determining parameters of blood flow
JP2003235839A (ja) 2002-02-18 2003-08-26 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd 超音波診断装置
JP2004113693A (ja) 2002-09-30 2004-04-15 Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd 超音波撮像装置及び超音波撮像方法
US7207942B2 (en) 2003-07-25 2007-04-24 Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc. Adaptive grating lobe suppression in ultrasound imaging
US7972271B2 (en) 2003-10-28 2011-07-05 The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University Apparatus and method for phased subarray imaging
US7527592B2 (en) 2003-11-21 2009-05-05 General Electric Company Ultrasound probe sub-aperture processing
US7833163B2 (en) * 2003-12-10 2010-11-16 Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc. Steering angle varied pattern for ultrasound imaging with a two-dimensional array
US7744532B2 (en) * 2004-03-31 2010-06-29 Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc. Coherence factor adaptive ultrasound imaging methods and systems
US7914454B2 (en) * 2004-06-25 2011-03-29 Wilk Ultrasound Of Canada, Inc. Real-time 3D ultrasonic imaging apparatus and method
US20060173313A1 (en) 2005-01-27 2006-08-03 Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc. Coherence factor adaptive ultrasound imaging
US7081851B1 (en) 2005-02-10 2006-07-25 Raytheon Company Overlapping subarray architecture
CH698594B1 (de) 2005-08-03 2009-09-15 King Faisal Specialist Hospita Vorrichtung für die operative Verbindung von Hohlorganen, insbesondere von Blutgefässen.
WO2007027703A2 (en) * 2005-08-29 2007-03-08 University Of Toledo System for extended high frame rate imaging with limited-diffraction beams
US8465431B2 (en) * 2005-12-07 2013-06-18 Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc. Multi-dimensional CMUT array with integrated beamformation
US7874991B2 (en) 2006-06-23 2011-01-25 Teratech Corporation Ultrasound 3D imaging system
CN101190133B (zh) * 2006-11-28 2011-05-18 深圳迈瑞生物医疗电子股份有限公司 超声波诊断系统中宽波束的发射方法和装置
US7701380B2 (en) 2007-03-07 2010-04-20 Chirp Corporation Beam phase modulation for improved synthetic aperture detection and estimation
US8096951B2 (en) * 2007-06-28 2012-01-17 General Electric Company Transmit beamforming in 3-dimensional ultrasound
RU2491685C2 (ru) 2007-07-20 2013-08-27 Астриум Лимитед Система для упрощения обработки реконфигурируемой диаграммообразующей схемы в фазированной антенной решетке для телекоммуникационного спутника
US8254654B2 (en) * 2007-10-31 2012-08-28 University Of Southern California Sidelobe suppression in ultrasound imaging using dual apodization with cross-correlation
ES2332637B1 (es) * 2008-08-08 2010-12-01 Consejo Superior De Investigacion Cientifica (Csic) Procedimiento y aparato para la correccion de imagenes ultrasonicas por analisis de fase.
US10080544B2 (en) 2008-09-15 2018-09-25 Teratech Corporation Ultrasound 3D imaging system
US8416643B2 (en) 2009-03-24 2013-04-09 Texas Instruments Incorporated Receive beamformer for ultrasound having delay value sorting
JP5396242B2 (ja) * 2009-11-11 2014-01-22 日立アロカメディカル株式会社 超音波診断装置
JP5575554B2 (ja) 2010-06-23 2014-08-20 株式会社東芝 超音波診断装置
US8545406B2 (en) 2010-12-06 2013-10-01 Texas Instruments Incorporated Dynamic aperture control and normalization for apodization in beamforming
KR101253608B1 (ko) 2010-12-27 2013-04-11 서강대학교산학협력단 합성영상을 생성하는 방법 및 이를 이용한 초음파 영상 장치

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
EP2534502A4 (en) 2017-04-12
JP2013518655A (ja) 2013-05-23
JP6257096B2 (ja) 2018-01-10
EP2534502B1 (en) 2020-04-29
US9033888B2 (en) 2015-05-19
CA2789129A1 (en) 2011-08-11
WO2011095896A1 (en) 2011-08-11
US20150366542A1 (en) 2015-12-24
EP2534502A1 (en) 2012-12-19
US9730676B2 (en) 2017-08-15
CA2789129C (en) 2017-08-22
US20120296215A1 (en) 2012-11-22
JP2016034599A (ja) 2016-03-17

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
JP6257096B2 (ja) 位相コヒーレンスによるグレーティングローブ抑圧のためのビーム形成法
US8672846B2 (en) Continuous transmit focusing method and apparatus for ultrasound imaging system
Bendjador et al. The SVD beamformer: Physical principles and application to ultrafast adaptive ultrasound
CN112513675B (zh) 超声方法和装置
US6309356B1 (en) Method and apparatus for forming medical ultrasound images
US5720708A (en) High frame rate imaging with limited diffraction beams
US20050148874A1 (en) Ultrasonic imaging aberration correction with microbeamforming
US10048373B2 (en) Object information acquisition apparatus object information acquisition method and non-transitory computer-readable medium
JP2002523203A (ja) 高調波イメージングを用いて疎なアレイのサイドローブ性能を向上させる方法及び装置
CN101277650A (zh) 利用医学超声成像的造影剂操控
Nikolov et al. Practical applications of synthetic aperture imaging
Austeng et al. Coherent plane-wave compounding and minimum variance beamforming
US6517489B1 (en) Method and apparatus for forming medical ultrasound images
JP2004261572A (ja) ハーモニックな信号及びハーモニックでない信号を用いた超音波画像収差補正
Hasegawa et al. High-frame-rate echocardiography with reduced sidelobe level
Torbatian et al. A split-aperture transmit beamforming technique with phase coherence grating lobe suppression
KR20230088284A (ko) 빔형성된 데이터를 처리하는 방법 및 시스템
CN117100317B (zh) 一种大孔径超快超声成像系统及方法
JP2023538764A (ja) 速度場を推定するための装置および方法
Jin et al. Improving Reflection Mode Ultrasound Computed Tomography Using Diverging Waves
Bera et al. Synthetic aperture sequential beamforming for phased array imaging
WO2019202593A1 (en) Sparse convolutional beamforming for ultrasound imaging
Avanji et al. Adaptive 3D MV beamforming in medical ultrasound imaging
CN112790785A (zh) 剪切波弹性成像方法及系统
Torbatian et al. Transmit beamforming techniques for suppressing grating lobes in large pitch ultrasonic phased arrays

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
A621 Written request for application examination

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A621

Effective date: 20140117

A977 Report on retrieval

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A971007

Effective date: 20140919

A131 Notification of reasons for refusal

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A131

Effective date: 20141016

A601 Written request for extension of time

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A601

Effective date: 20150115

A601 Written request for extension of time

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A601

Effective date: 20150312

A521 Request for written amendment filed

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A523

Effective date: 20150415

RD04 Notification of resignation of power of attorney

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A7424

Effective date: 20150424

A02 Decision of refusal

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A02

Effective date: 20150819

A521 Request for written amendment filed

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A523

Effective date: 20151218

A524 Written submission of copy of amendment under article 19 pct

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A524

Effective date: 20151218

A521 Request for written amendment filed

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A821

Effective date: 20151218

A911 Transfer to examiner for re-examination before appeal (zenchi)

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A911

Effective date: 20160118

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: 20160316

A61 First payment of annual fees (during grant procedure)

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A61

Effective date: 20160322

R150 Certificate of patent or registration of utility model

Ref document number: 5907895

Country of ref document: JP

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: R150

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

S111 Request for change of ownership or part of ownership

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: R313113

S531 Written request for registration of change of domicile

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: R313531

R350 Written notification of registration of transfer

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: R350