Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090121787 | Harmonic quadrature demodulation apparatus and method thereof - Disclosed herein is a harmonic quadrature demodulation apparatus and method. The harmonic quadrature demodulation apparatus includes an input terminal for externally receiving an input focused signal, a harmonic phase estimation unit for estimating a second-order harmonic phase component from the input focused signal, and a harmonic detection unit for detecting a second-order harmonic component from the input focused signal. The second-order harmonic detection unit includes an in-phase component extractor, a quadrature component extractor, a Hilbert transformer, an adder and a low pass filter. The in-phase component extractor extracts an in-phase component of the input focused signal. The quadrature component extractor extracts a quadrature component of the input focused signal. The Hilbert transformer Hilbert-transforms a signal transmitted from the quadrature component extractor. The adder receives an output signal of the in-phase component extractor and an output signal of the Hilbert transformer, and adds the two received signals to each other. The harmonic detection unit outputs the second-order harmonic component of the input focused signal. The present invention can extract the harmonic components of an input signal through a single transmission/reception procedure without limiting the bandwidth of a transmission signal. | 05-14-2009 |
20090124203 | Apparatus and method for extracting second harmonic signal - Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for extracting a second harmonic signal. The apparatus removes a fundamental frequency signal from a reception signal and then extracting the second harmonic signal. A transmitter generates a transmission signal by modulating a reference signal, and then transmits the transmission signal. A receiver extracts the second harmonic components of the reception signal by demodulating the reception signal received after the transmission signal is reflected by an external media. The transmitter includes a reference signal input unit, a first phase modulation unit, a second phase modulation unit, and a transmission signal output unit. The receiver includes a reception signal input unit, a first output signal generation unit, a second output signal generation unit, and a signal output unit. | 05-14-2009 |
20090281775 | Method for optimal design of non-uniform weighted periodic sparse arrays for ultrasound imaging system - Disclosed herein is a method for the optimal design of an apodization function used for non-uniform weighted periodic sparse arrays for an ultrasound imaging system. The method includes the steps of (a) setting the interval P | 11-12-2009 |
20120136253 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus to improve picture quality of images by automatically adjusting image parameters, and a control method thereof are provided. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an image signal processor to perform envelope detection processing on ultrasound image data, and an image parameter processor to calculate a Time Gain Compensation (TGC) parameter from the envelope detection processed ultrasound image data, adjust the envelope detection processed ultrasound image data based on the TGC parameter, and calculate a Dynamic Range (DR) parameter from the envelope detection processed ultrasound image data adjusted based on the TGC parameter to apply the DR parameter to the envelope detection processed ultrasound image data. | 05-31-2012 |
20120179043 | SUBJECT DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM, MEDICAL IMAGE SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DIAGNOSIS IMAGE OF SUBJECT, AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING DIAGNOSIS IMAGE OF SUBJECT - A diagnosis system, a medical image system, and a method of displaying a diagnosis image are provided. The diagnosis system includes a probe including a plurality of sub-arrays, each of the sub-arrays including at least one line of array transducers, the array transducers being configured to transmit and receive signals to and from a subject being diagnosed, and a hybrid beamformer configured to perform analog beamforming in a direction in which the sub-arrays are arranged, and perform digital beamforming in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the sub-arrays are arranged. | 07-12-2012 |
20120213035 | BOARD FOR SYNTHETIC APERTURE BEAMFORMING APPARTUS - The present invention relates to a board for a synthetic aperture ultrasound imaging apparatus which includes an analog to digital converter converting M analog channel data into M digital channel data; a partial beamformer unit including N partial beamformers generating N partial beams from the M digital channel data; and an adder adding a partial beam stored in a k-th synthetic aperture memory among a plurality of synthetic aperture memories and a partial beam outputted from a k+1-th partial beamformer to input the added partial beam to a k+1-th synthetic aperture memory. The present invention can facilitate an increase in the number of channels by adding a board without transmitting a lot of channel data between boards by exchanging and synthesizing a part of the scanline data between the boards at rear ends of the boards. | 08-23-2012 |
20130144170 | METHOD FOR GENERATING ULTRASONIC IMAGE USING CONCAVE ARRAY - Provided is a method of producing an ultrasound image using a concave array, which includes locating a concave array having at least one ultrasound transducer on a cornea, generating an ultrasound image by using an ultrasound transmitted or received through the concave array, and displaying the generated ultrasound image, wherein a focusing point of the concave array is on a vitreous humor, thereby minimizing ultrasound refraction, minimizing a loss of ultrasound energy, and resultantly makes a posterior segment into an ultrasound image. | 06-06-2013 |
20130158409 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING ANALOG BEAMFORMING - A method and apparatus for performing analog beamforming is provided. According to the method and apparatus, the analog beamforming is effectively performed by using as small a number of devices as possible and by processing a relatively small amount of data. | 06-20-2013 |
20130178743 | ULTRASONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF GENERATING ULTRASONIC IMAGE USING VECTOR DOPPLER - Disclosed is a method for generating an ultrasonic image, the method including: transmitting an ultrasonic signal to a predetermined portion of an object and receiving at least three response signals which are reflected from the predetermined portion; selecting at least two response signals from among the at least three received response signals; and acquiring vector information which indicates a speed and a movement direction of the predetermined portion based on a receiving angle and a Doppler frequency of each of the selected at least two response signals. | 07-11-2013 |
20130335423 | SYNTHETIC APERTURE BEAM FOCUSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE NUMBER OF COMPOSITE BEAMS ACCORDING TO A MOVEMENT LEVEL - Provided is an apparatus of determining the number of synthetic beams, comprising: a motion measurement unit which measures the degree of motion in an output beam-forming image; a synthetic beam number determination unit which determines the optimum number of synthetic beams based on the measured degree of motion in case of applying the synthetic aperture beam forming; and a display unit which displays the number of synthetic beams determined by the synthetic beam number determination unit. A system using synthetic aperture beam forming detects motion in an image and displays a degree of the motion in various manners, and thus, a user is allowed to actively cope with the motion by adjusting the number of synthetic beams, or the system is allowed to immediately change the number of synthetic beams with reference to data stored in advance. | 12-19-2013 |
20140071792 | METHOD FOR GENERATING SYNTHETIC IMAGE AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS USING SAME - The present disclosure relates to a method for generating a synthetic image. In the method, image data is generated using a receiving dynamic beamforming method, image data is generated using a synthetic aperture beamforming method, and the image data generated using the receiving dynamic beamforming method and the image data generated using the synthetic aperture beamforming method are synthesized with being applied with weighting factors according to advancing distances of ultrasonic waves. By using a zone blending method, in which image data according to a receiving dynamic beamforming method is mainly used for an ultrasonic image having a predetermined depth or less, and image data according to a synthetic aperture beamforming method is mainly used for an ultrasonic image having any other depth, a grating lobe and distortion of image brightness are eliminated. In addition, the non-uniformity of the image is compensated, and a uniform energy density is acquired even in an area near a virtual transmission sound source. | 03-13-2014 |