WO2001090776A8 - Ultrasonic spatial compounding with curved array scanheads - Google Patents

Ultrasonic spatial compounding with curved array scanheads

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WO2001090776A8
WO2001090776A8 PCT/EP2001/004951 EP0104951W WO0190776A8 WO 2001090776 A8 WO2001090776 A8 WO 2001090776A8 EP 0104951 W EP0104951 W EP 0104951W WO 0190776 A8 WO0190776 A8 WO 0190776A8
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curved array
beams
array
scanheads
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James R Jago
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Koninkl Philips Electronics Nv
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    • 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
    • G01S15/892—Short-range imaging systems; Acoustic microscope systems using pulse-echo techniques using a static transducer configuration using a transducer array the array being curvilinear
    • 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
    • G01S15/8995—Combining images from different aspect angles, e.g. spatial compounding
    • 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
    • G01S7/52077—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 with means for elimination of unwanted signals, e.g. noise or interference

Abstract

An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system is used to produce spatially compounded ultrasonic images with beams transmitted in multiple look directions from a curved array scanhead. The beam steering is a function of both the curvature of the curved array and electronic beam steering. The beams may be steered in groups of parallel beams, or in groups which have a common angular orientation to their points of origin along the array. The describe embodiments provide advantages in beamforming and registration coefficient usage, sampling uniformity, speckle reduction uniformity, and a larger area of maximum compounding effect.
PCT/EP2001/004951 2000-05-23 2001-05-02 Ultrasonic spatial compounding with curved array scanheads WO2001090776A2 (en)

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EP01933918.3A EP1292847B1 (en) 2000-05-23 2001-05-02 Ultrasonic spatial compounding with curved array scanheads
JP2001586489A JP5324733B2 (en) 2000-05-23 2001-05-02 Ultrasonic spatial synthesis using a curved array scan head

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