Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for acoustic radiation force imaging with enhanced performance
- Patent Title (中): 具有增强性能的声辐射力成像系统和方法
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Application No.: US12957289Application Date: 2010-11-30
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Publication No.: US08758248B2Publication Date: 2014-06-24
- Inventor: Feng Lin , Michael Joseph Washburn , Christopher Robert Hazard
- Applicant: Feng Lin , Michael Joseph Washburn , Christopher Robert Hazard
- Applicant Address: US NY Niskayuna
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Niskayuna
- Agent Scott J. Asmus
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00

Abstract:
Methods and systems for ultrasound imaging are presented. The method includes configuring a plurality of apertures in a transducer array of an ultrasound imaging device, where the apertures include one or more transducer elements. Further, one or more reference pulses are delivered to a plurality of target regions to detect corresponding initial positions. Additionally, a pushing pulse is delivered to at least two of the plurality of target regions through at least two of the plurality of apertures. The plurality of apertures is focused at specific target regions in the plurality of target regions using a compound delay profile. Subsequently, one or more tracking pulses are delivered to the plurality of target regions for detecting corresponding displacements of at least the specific target regions. Further, ultrasound imaging methods that deliver a plurality of short pushing pulse segments and/or tracking pulses to corresponding target regions in an interleaving manner are described.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120134233A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMAGING WITH ENHANCED PERFORMANCE Public/Granted day:2012-05-31
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