FULL-ARRAY DIGITAL 3D ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM INTEGRATED WITH A MATRIX ARRAY TRANSDUCER

Methods and systems for ultrasound imaging and beamforming with a matrix array of transducer elements are provided. Receive signals of each transducer array element are amplified. The amplified receive signal of each transducer array element is digitized. A delay and weight are applied on the amplif...

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Hauptverfasser:	STEWARD, Chad, CAI, Anming, DEA, David, WU, Bicheng William, HAQUE, Yusuf, BRADLEY, Charles, STRODE, Jonathan, USTUNER, Kutay
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ACOUSTICS ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES DIAGNOSIS HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MEASURING MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING,NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS PHYSICS RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES SURGERY TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:	Methods and systems for ultrasound imaging and beamforming with a matrix array of transducer elements are provided. Receive signals of each transducer array element are amplified. The amplified receive signal of each transducer array element is digitized. A delay and weight are applied on the amplified and digitized receive signals. The amplified, digitized, delayed, and weighted receive signals are summed across all transducer elements of the matrix array to form a dynamically focused receive beam. An application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) that is integrated with the matrix array of transducer elements performs such steps.