公开(公告)号：US20200064468A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-27

申请号：US16348291

申请日：2016-11-11

Applicant: B-K Medical Aps

Inventor： Simon Holbek ,  Hamed Bouzari ,  Jonas Jensen ,  Matthias Bo Stuart ,  Mathias Engholm ,  Erik Vilain Thomsen ,  Jorgen Arendt Jensen

IPC: G01S15/89

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system (100) includes a 2-D transducer array (102) with a first 1-D array (104, 204) of one or more rows of transducing elements (106, 2041, . . . 2046) configured to produce first ultrasound data and a second 1-D array (104, 206) of one or more columns of transducing elements (106, 2061, . . . 2066) configured to produce second ultrasound data. The first and second 1-D arrays are configured for row-column addressing. The ultrasound imaging system further includes a controller (112) configured to control transmission and reception of the first and second 1-D arrays, and a beamformer (114) configured to beamform the received first and second echoes to produce ultrasound data, and an image processor (116) configured to process the ultrasound data to generate an image, which is displayed via a display (224).

公开(公告)号：US10806432B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-20

申请号：US15468715

申请日：2017-03-24

Applicant: B-K Medical Aps

Inventor： Jorgen Arendt Jensen ,  Hamed Bouzari ,  Mathias Engholm ,  Erik Vilain Thomsen ,  Matthias Bo Stuart

IPC: A61B8/00 ,  G01S15/89 ,  B06B1/02

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system includes a transducer array. The array is configured for row-column addressing. The array of transducer elements includes a plurality of first 1-D arrays and a plurality of second 1-D arrays, which is orthogonal to the plurality of first 1-D arrays. The array of transducer elements further includes a plurality of front-end circuits. A single front-end circuit of the front-end circuits is in electrical communication with a single pair of 1-D arrays, which consists of a first 1-D array of the plurality of first 1-D arrays and a second 1-D array of the plurality of second 1-D arrays. The first and second 1-D arrays are either separate sets of 1-D arrays or part of a same 2-D array. In one instance, for N rows and N columns, a number of electrical connections between the elements and front-end electronics are less than 2N.

公开(公告)号：US20180271493A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-27

申请号：US15468715

申请日：2017-03-24

Applicant: B-K Medical Aps

Inventor： Jorgen Arendt JENSEN ,  Hamed Bouzari ,  Mathias Engholm ,  Erik Vilain Thomsen ,  Matthias Bo Stuart

IPC: A61B8/00

CPC classification number: A61B8/4494 ,  A61B8/4488 ,  A61B8/54 ,  B06B1/0215 ,  B06B2201/20 ,  G01S15/8925

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system includes a transducer array. The array is configured for row-column addressing. The array of transducer elements includes a plurality of first 1-D arrays and a plurality of second 1-D arrays, which is orthogonal to the plurality of first 1-D arrays. The array of transducer elements further includes a plurality of front-end circuits. A single front-end circuit of the front-end circuits is in electrical communication with a single pair of 1-D arrays, which consists of a first 1-D array of the plurality of first 1-D arrays and a second 1-D array of the plurality of second 1-D arrays. The first and second 1-D arrays are either separate sets of 1-D arrays or part of a same 2-D array. In one instance, for N rows and N columns, a number of electrical connections between the elements and front-end electronics are less than 2N.