The new efficient multi-beamforming method based on multiple-access register block on a post-fractional filtering architecture

Jeeun Kang, Giduck Kim, Changhan Yoon, Yangmo Yoo, Tai Kyong Song

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Abstract

In medical ultrasound imaging, a multi-beamforming (MBF) method is used for supporting high frame rate imaging or functional imaging where multiple scanlines are reconstructed from a single excitation event. For efficient MBF, a time-sharing technique (i.e., MBF-TS) can be applied. However, the MBF-TS could degrade image quality due to the decreased beamforming frequency. In this paper, the multi-access register-based MBF (MBF-MAR) method running on the post-fractional filtering (PFF) architecture is presented. In PFF-MBF-MAR, instead of lowering beamforming frequency, a multi-access register at each channel is utilized for generating multiple scanlines simultaneously. To evaluate the performance of the proposed PFF-MBF-MAR method, the phantom experiment was conducted where 64- channel pre-beamformed radio-frequency (RF) data were captured from a tissue mimicking phantom by using a modified commercial ultrasound system (SONOLINE G40, Siemens Inc., USA) using a 3-MHz phased array probe. From the phantom experiment, the PFF-MBF-MAR method showed 4.7 dB and 0.6 improvements in the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and the contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), respectively, compared to the PFF-MBF-TS method, while slightly increasing the hardware complexity (<5.2%). The similar results were achieved with the in vivo thyroid data. These results indicate that the proposed PFF-MBF-MAR method can be used for high frame rate imaging or functional imaging without sacrificing image quality while slightly increasing the hardware complexity.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMedical Imaging 2011
Subtitle of host publicationUltrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
EventMedical Imaging 2011: Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy - Lake Buena Vista, FL, United States
Duration: Feb 13 2011Feb 14 2011

Publication series

NameProgress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
Volume7968
ISSN (Print)1605-7422

Other

OtherMedical Imaging 2011: Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLake Buena Vista, FL
Period2/13/112/14/11

Keywords

  • high frame rate imaging
  • medical ultrasound imaging
  • multi-beamforming
  • post-fractional filtering

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Biomaterials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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