Ultrasonic image scanning apparatus and method
    121.
    发明公开
    Ultrasonic image scanning apparatus and method 失效
    一种用于使用超声扫描组件形成的图像的方法

    公开(公告)号:EP1327892A3

    公开(公告)日:2005-02-16

    申请号:EP03100346.0

    申请日:1995-10-06

    Abstract: An ultrasonic apparatus for scanning an image field of a subject extending in substantially opposite directions from the middle of said field to lateral extremes of said field with beams of ultrasound which are transmitted and received in a pattern in which the beams are spatially adjacent to each other over said image field. This apparatus has means for minimizing multipath artifacts, comprising means for sequentially transmitting and receiving ultrasonic beams in successive beam directions along which the consecutively transmitted and receive beams are substantially spatially separated, and in an alternate manner. This means may include means for sequentially transmitting and receiving beams in successive beam directions that are divergent from a first beam direction located at a first location in said image field alternately each side of the first beam direction; and/or means for sequentially transmitting and receiving beams in successive beam directions that are convergent from two opposite beam directions alternately towards the center of said image field.

    Ultrasonic multiline beamforming with interleaved sampling
    129.
    发明公开
    Ultrasonic multiline beamforming with interleaved sampling 失效
    多个线Ultraschallbundelerregung交织采样间隔

    公开(公告)号:EP0702349A3

    公开(公告)日:1998-01-07

    申请号:EP95306513.3

    申请日:1995-09-15

    CPC classification number: G01S7/52095 G10K11/345

    Abstract: An array of ultrasonic transducer elements receives signals to form beams simultaneously from a plurality of beam directions. The echo signals received by each transducer element are sampled in response to two or more interleaved sampling signal sequences, each of which is timed to begin at the initial time of arrival of echo signals from a unique spatial line. Each sampling signal sequence thereby produces signal samples associated with a given line. The stream of interleaved signal samples from each transducer element are separated in correspondence with each sampling signal sequence, and signal samples from corresponding separated sequences from the transducer elements are summed to form coherent signals corresponding to spatially separate ultrasonic beams.

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