KR100490565B1 - 아날로그 멀티플렉서를 이용한 디지털 수신 집속 장치 - Google Patents
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- A61B8/00—Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
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- 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
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- G01S7/52085—Details related to the ultrasound signal acquisition, e.g. scan sequences
- G01S7/52095—Details related to the ultrasound signal acquisition, e.g. scan sequences using multiline receive beamforming
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- 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
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- 초음파 영상 시스템에 사용하기 위한 디지털 수신 집속 장치에 있어서,다수의 채널 모듈과,상기 다수의 채널 모듈로부터의 출력 신호를 처리하여 수신 집속 빔을 형성하는 수단을 포함하며,상기 다수의 채널 모듈 각각은,적어도 두 개 이상의 채널로부터의 초음파 신호들을 수신하여 멀티플렉싱하는 수단과,상기 멀티플렉싱된 초음파 신호를 디지털 신호로 변환하고 상기 디지털 신호를 처리하고 보상하는 수단을 포함하는 디지털 수신 집속 장치.
- 제 1 항에 있어서,상기 멀티플렉싱 수단은 아날로그 멀티플렉서인 디지털 수신 집속 장치.
- 제 1 항에 있어서,상기 신호처리 및 보상 수단은 상기 적어도 두 개 이상의 채널에 대한 디지털 신호들을 필터링하고 상기 디지털 신호들에 대하여 서로 다른 지연량을 부가시킴으로써 상기 멀티플렉싱 수단으로부터 제공되는 디지털 신호들을 보상하는 디지털 수신 집속 장치.
- 제 1 항에 있어서,상기 멀티플렉싱 수단, 상기 다수의 채널 모듈 및 상기 수신 집속 빔 형성 수단은 ASIC(Application Specific Integrated Circuit)으로 구현되는 디지털 수신 집속 장치.
- 제 2 항에 있어서,상기 신호처리 및 보상 수단은 상기 적어도 두 개 이상의 채널에 대한 아날로그 신호를 처리하여 다중 채널 다중 빔 모드로 동작하기 위하여 병렬 구조로 형성된 적어도 두 개 이상의 지연 소자들을 구비하는 디지털 수신 집속 장치.
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