Three-dimensional (3-D) imaging with a row-column addressed (RCA) transducer array using synthetic aperture sequential beamforming (SASB)
AssigneeB-K Medical Aps
InventorsJorgen Arendt Jensen, Hamed Bouzari, Matthias Bo Stuart
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Abstract
An ultrasound imaging system includes a probe and a console. The probe includes a row-column addressed transducer array, first beamformer configured to beamform echo signals received by the row-column addressed transducer array and produce a set of image planes for each emission with a single focus in both transmit and receive, and a first communication interface. The console includes a second complementary communication interface and a second beamformer configured to beamform the focused set of image planes and produce a three-dimensional volume of ultrasound data.
Claims20
An ultrasound imaging system, comprising:
- a probe, including:
- a row-column addressed transducer array;
- a first beamformer configured to beamform echo signals received by the row-column addressed transducer array and produce a set of image planes for each emission with a single focus in both transmit and receive;
- and
- a first communication interface;
- and
- a console, including:
- a second complementary communication interface;
- and
- a second beamformer configured to beamform the focused set of image planes and produce a three-dimensional volume of ultrasound data.
A method, comprising:
- receiving echo signals with a row-column addressed transducer array of a probe of an ultrasound imaging system;
- beamforming the received echo signals with a beamformer of the probe to produce a set of image planes for each emission with a single focus in both transmit and receive;
- routing the set of image planes from the probe to a console of the ultrasound imaging system;
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- beamforming the focused set of image planes with the console to produce a three-dimensional volume of ultrasound data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.