Development of Ultrasound B-scanner(I)-System and Analog Part-

초음파 B스캔너의 개발(I) -시스템 및 아나로그부분-

A prototype of a linear real-time ultrasound B-scanner has been developed which has an axial resolution of 1-2mm and lateral resolution of 2-3mm. In the actual hardware and software implementations of the B-scanner, the following features were emphasized; (1) a dynamic focusing to improve resolution; (2) signal processing to obtain low noise image; (3) various functions for the user's convenience' (4) simplification of the system by an extensive use of recently developed LSI's; (5) development of a prototype at the level of a commercial product. This paper reports the experimental results of the overall system and the design approach of the analog part. The work on the digital part of the B-scanner is reported in part (II) seperately.