Coherent Multi-Transducer Ultrasound Imaging

This work extends the effective aperture size by coherently compounding the received radio frequency data from multiple transducers. As a result, it is possible to obtain an improved image, with enhanced resolution, an extended field of view (FoV), and high-acquisition frame rates. A framework is de...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. - 1986. - 66(2019), 8 vom: 01. Aug., Seite 1316-1330
1. Verfasser: Peralta, Laura (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Gomez, Alberto, Luan, Ying, Kim, Bae-Hyung, Hajnal, Joseph V, Eckersley, Robert J
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2019
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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520 |a This work extends the effective aperture size by coherently compounding the received radio frequency data from multiple transducers. As a result, it is possible to obtain an improved image, with enhanced resolution, an extended field of view (FoV), and high-acquisition frame rates. A framework is developed in which an ultrasound imaging system consisting of N synchronized matrix arrays, each with partly shared FoV, take turns to transmit plane waves (PWs). Only one individual transducer transmits at each time while all N transducers simultaneously receive. The subwavelength localization accuracy required to combine information from multiple transducers is achieved without the use of any external tracking device. The method developed in this study is based on the study of the backscattered echoes received by the same transducer and resulting from a targeted scatterer point in the medium insonated by the multiple ultrasound probes of the system. The current transducer locations along with the speed of sound in the medium are deduced by optimizing the cross correlation between these echoes. The method is demonstrated experimentally in 2-D for two linear arrays using point targets and anechoic lesion phantoms. The first demonstration of a free-hand experiment is also shown. Results demonstrate that the coherent multi-transducer ultrasound imaging method has the potential to improve ultrasound image quality, improving resolution, and target detectability. Compared with coherent PW compounding using a single probe, lateral resolution improved from 1.56 to 0.71 mm in the coherent multi-transducer imaging method without acquisition frame rate sacrifice (acquisition frame rate 5350 Hz) 
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