Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research (대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지)

The Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering (대한의용생체공학회)
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Analysis of Synthetic Aperture Techniques for Ultrasound Linear - scan Imaging

초음파 선형주사 영상을 위한 합성구경 기법의 해석

  • Published : 1999.08.01
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Abstract

A general expression for the beam patterns of various synthetic aperture(SA) techniques was derived based on a unified SA model. This model was used to analyze and compare the performance of existing SA methods. Based on the theoretical studies, we propose a new synthetic aperture technique that is best suitable for the linear-scan imaging. The proposed method enables dynamic tow-way focusing in real imaging so that the B-mode image resolution can be greatly improved. Compared to the conventional focusing technique, the focused beam pattern by the proposed shows the mainlobe width reduced by half and comparable sidelobe levels. Computer simulation results demonstrated the validity of the theoretical analysis and the proposed SA method.

본 논문에서는 일반적인 합성구경기법에 대한 통합 모형을 제시하고 수학적인 해석을 통하여 합성구경 기법들에 대한 초음파 빔패턴의 단일 표현식을 유도하였다. 이 결과를 이용하여 기존의 합성구경 기법들에 대한 성능을 분석하고 비교하였으며, 선형주사 영상에 적합한 새로운 합성구경 기법을 제안하였다. 제안된 방법은 모든 영상점에서 양방향 동적 집속이 가능하며, 이를 실제 영상에 적용하여 의료용 초음파 B-모드 영상의 해상도를 획기적으로 개선할 수 있다. 제안된 방법에 의하여 집속된 초음파 빔패턴은 기존의 방식과 비교하여 주엽의 폭이 절반으로 감소하고 측엽의 크기는 유사하다. 컴퓨터 모사실험을 통하여 본 논문의 해석결과와 제안된 합성구경 기법의 타당성을 검증하였다.

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