8A-2 ULA-OP: A Novel ULtrasound Advanced Open Platform for Experimental Research

Author

Bassi, L. ; Boni, E. ; Dallai, A. ; Guidi, F. ; Ricci, S. ; Tortoli, P.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Florence, Florence

fYear

2007

fDate

28-31 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

632

Lastpage

635

Abstract

The experimental test of novel ultrasound (US) investigation methods is frequently made difficult by the lack of flexibility of commercial US machines and/or general purpose instruments available in research laboratories. In many cases, it is only possible to extract beamformed echo-signals from a "closed" US machine, for real-time data processing or acquisition by an external board. More flexibility is achieved in high-level platforms, but they are typically characterized by high cost and dimensions. This paper presents a novel portable US system, specifically developed for research purposes. The system design has been based on high-level commercial integrated circuits, to obtain the maximum flexibility with minimum of electronics. A preliminary example of application involving simultaneous B- mode and vector Doppler mode is discussed.

Keywords

acoustic signal processing; integrated circuits; ultrasonic applications; ultrasonic equipment; B mode; ULA-OP; high level integrated circuits; portable ultrasound system; ultrasound advanced open platform; ultrasound investigation method experimental testing; vector Doppler mode; Application software; Array signal processing; Circuit testing; Computer architecture; Costs; Instruments; Laboratories; Signal processing; Signal processing algorithms; Ultrasonic imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultrasonics Symposium, 2007. IEEE

Conference_Location

New York, NY

ISSN

1051-0117

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1384-3

Electronic_ISBN

1051-0117

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.164

Filename

4409737