Three-dimensional beamforming combining micro-beamformed RF datasets

D. Bera; H. J. Vos; S. B. Raghunathan; C. Chen; Z. Chen; M.D. Verweij; M.A.P. Pertijs; N. de Jong; J.G. Bosch

doi:10.1109/ULTSYM.2016.7728449

Three-dimensional beamforming combining micro-beamformed RF datasets

D. Bera, H. J. Vos, S. B. Raghunathan, C. Chen, Z. Chen, M.D. Verweij, M.A.P. Pertijs, N. de Jong, J.G. Bosch

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Abstract

A general challenge in 3D volumetric imaging is the large channel count. One solution uses integrated microbeamformers. The reconstruction of the entire volume from these micro-beamformed datasets can be performed in many ways. In this paper we propose two 3D multiline beamforming techniques, suitable for producing volumes at high frame rate and compare the image qualities to a fully-sampled matrix. The performance of the proposed beamforming techniques was evaluated with simulations in FieldII. Results show that the proposed simple volume reconstruction technique (using 25 transmissions) produces volumes at very high frame rate, but with sharp intensity changes within the volume. The proposed advanced technique (using 169 transmissions) produces volumes very similar to a fully-sampled matrix transducer despite the micro-beamforming.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2016
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1-4
Volume	2016-November
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4673-9897-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.2016.7728449
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	2016 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium - Tours, France Duration: 18 Sept 2016 → 21 Sept 2016

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Conference	2016 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium
Abbreviated title	IUS 2016
Country/Territory	France
City	Tours
Period	18/09/16 → 21/09/16

Keywords

3D TEE
matrix array
micro-beamforming
sub-array

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Bera, D., Vos, H. J., Raghunathan, S. B., Chen, C., Chen, Z., Verweij, M. D., Pertijs, M. A. P., de Jong, N., & Bosch, J. G. (2016). Three-dimensional beamforming combining micro-beamformed RF datasets. In Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2016 (Vol. 2016-November, pp. 1-4). Article 7728449 IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.2016.7728449

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