Array design for ultrasound imaging with simultaneous beams

Author

Bredthauer, Gregory R. ; Von Ramm, Olaf T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Duke Univ., Durham, NC, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

981

Lastpage

984

Abstract

Line acquisition speed is fundamental to enhancing the field of view and temporal resolution of real time ultrasonic volumetric (RT3D) imaging systems. A two-dimensional transducer array design is presented which, based on simulations, will permit multiple beams to be transmitted simultaneously in the field while maintaining good signal separation. In addition, each transmit beam exploits explososcanning, the capture of multiple receive lines for each individual transmit. Together these features enable a massively parallel scanning system that can generate a wide field of view while maintaining high temporal and spatial resolution.

Keywords

biomedical transducers; biomedical ultrasonics; crosstalk; image resolution; real-time systems; ultrasonic transducer arrays; explososcanning; field of view; high spatial resolution; high temporal resolution; line acquisition speed; massively parallel scanning system; multiple beams; multiple receive lines; real time ultrasonic volumetric imaging systems; signal separation; simulations; simultaneous beams; transmit beam; two-dimensional transducer array design; ultrasound imaging; Apertures; Azimuth; Biomedical imaging; Crosstalk; Parallel processing; Signal resolution; Spatial resolution; Transmitters; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic transducers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Imaging, 2002. Proceedings. 2002 IEEE International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7584-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISBI.2002.1029427

Filename

1029427