Fresnel-based beamforming for low-cost portable ultrasound

In this paper, we propose a modified electronic Fresnel-based beamforming method for low-cost portable ultrasound systems. This method uses a unique combination of analog and digital beamforming methods. Two versions of Fresnel beamforming are presented in this paper: 4-phase (4 different time delay...

Description complète

Détails bibliographiques
Publié dans:IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. - 1986. - 58(2011), 1 vom: 01. Jan., Seite 112-21
Auteur principal: Nguyen, Man Minh (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Mung, Jay, Yen, Jesse T
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 2011
Accès à la collection:IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Sujets:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
LEADER 01000caa a22002652 4500
001 NLM205152627
003 DE-627
005 20250212092942.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 231223s2011 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
024 7 |a 10.1109/TUFFC.2011.1778  |2 doi 
028 5 2 |a pubmed25n0684.xml 
035 |a (DE-627)NLM205152627 
035 |a (NLM)21244979 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rakwb 
041 |a eng 
100 1 |a Nguyen, Man Minh  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
245 1 0 |a Fresnel-based beamforming for low-cost portable ultrasound 
264 1 |c 2011 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a ƒaComputermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a ƒa Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
500 |a Date Completed 02.05.2011 
500 |a Date Revised 25.11.2016 
500 |a published: Print 
500 |a Citation Status MEDLINE 
520 |a In this paper, we propose a modified electronic Fresnel-based beamforming method for low-cost portable ultrasound systems. This method uses a unique combination of analog and digital beamforming methods. Two versions of Fresnel beamforming are presented in this paper: 4-phase (4 different time delays or phase shifts) and 8-phase (8 different time delays or phase shifts). The advantage of this method is that a system with 4 to 8 transmit channels and 2 receive channels with a network of switches can be used to focus an array with 64 to 128 elements. The simulation and experimental results show that Fresnel beamforming image quality is comparable to traditional delay-and-sum (DAS) beamforming in terms of spatial resolution and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) under certain system parameters. With an f-number of 2 and 50% signal bandwidth, the experimental lateral beamwidths are 0.54, 0.67, and 0.66 mm and the axial pulse lengths are 0.50, 0.51, and 0.50 mm for DAS, 8-phase, and 4-phase Fresnel beamforming, respectively. The experimental CNRs are 4.66, 4.42, and 3.98, respectively. These experimental results are in good agreement with simulation results 
650 4 |a Journal Article 
650 4 |a Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 
700 1 |a Mung, Jay  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Yen, Jesse T  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
773 0 8 |i Enthalten in  |t IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control  |d 1986  |g 58(2011), 1 vom: 01. Jan., Seite 112-21  |w (DE-627)NLM098181017  |x 1525-8955  |7 nnns 
773 1 8 |g volume:58  |g year:2011  |g number:1  |g day:01  |g month:01  |g pages:112-21 
856 4 0 |u http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TUFFC.2011.1778  |3 Volltext 
912 |a GBV_USEFLAG_A 
912 |a SYSFLAG_A 
912 |a GBV_NLM 
912 |a GBV_ILN_22 
912 |a GBV_ILN_24 
912 |a GBV_ILN_350 
951 |a AR 
952 |d 58  |j 2011  |e 1  |b 01  |c 01  |h 112-21