Title:
実時間空間合成によるフローイメージングのための超音波画像形成システム及び方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009505771
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A method for reducing speckle in an ultrasound image includes generating a transmit scan beam from a single aperture defined on a face of a transducer element array, such that the transmit scan beam originates from the single aperture, generating a first set of ultrasound response scan beams, originating from a first receive aperture, defined as a first set of transducer elements symmetrically across the center of the transmit aperture, generating at least a second set of ultrasound response scan beams, originating from at least a second receive aperture contiguous with the first receive aperture. The at least second receive aperture is defined by at least a second set of transducer elements disposed symmetrically across the center of the transmit aperture. The response scan beams are received simultaneously by the first and the at least second receive apertures, and compounded.
Inventors:
Criton, Aline
Application Number:
JP2008528634A
Publication Date:
February 12, 2009
Filing Date:
August 30, 2006
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
International Classes:
A61B8/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tadahiko Ito
Shinsuke Onuki
Tadashige Ito
Shinsuke Onuki
Tadashige Ito