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1. 发明申请

WO1994027402A1 ULTRASOUND IMAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH DYNAMIC NON-LINEAR FILTERING 审中-公开
标题翻译：超声成像方法和装置与动态非线性滤波
公开(公告)号：WO1994027402A1
公开(公告)日：1994-11-24
申请号：PCT/US1994004946
申请日：1994-05-05
申请人： ACUSON CORPORATION
发明人： ACUSON CORPORATION , HEDBERG, Dave , GURACAR, Ismayil, Mustafa , CARP, Stuart , ARENSON, James, Wilfred , MASLAK, Samuel, H. , TIERNEY, Michael, J.
IPC分类号： H04N05/213
CPC分类号： G06T5/20 , G01N2291/02491
摘要： Method and apparatus for enhancing the clarity of diagnostic information in real-time B-mode and M-mode ultrasound displays including a beamformer (1) for acquiring ultrasound signals, a signal processor for processing the ultrasound signal with programmable dynamically variable non-linear filters (4, 7), and a display (9) for viewing the ultrasound signals. The non-linear filters (4, 7) may process video signals in range along each ultrasound scan line or azimuthally along multiple ultrasound scan lines of a two-dimensional B-mode image. The non-linear filters (4, 7) also can be two-dimensionally programmable for processing video signals both in range along each ultrasound scan line and azimuthally along multiple ultrasound scan lines over regions of a two-dimensional B-mode image. The non-linear filter (4, 7) may be responsive to a local signal measurement and to spatial positions in a B-mode image for control of filter parameters. The non-linear filter (4, 7) can also be programmable to accomodate variable system characteristics for particular imaging applications.
摘要翻译：用于增强实时B模式和M模式超声显示中的诊断信息的清晰度的方法和装置，包括用于获取超声信号的波束形成器（1），用可编程动态可变非线性滤波器处理超声信号的信号处理器（4,7）和用于观看超声信号的显示器（9）。非线性滤波器（4,7）可以沿着每个超声波扫描线或沿着二维B模式图像的多个超声扫描线的方位角处理视频信号。非线性滤波器（4,7）也可以二维编程，用于在沿着每个超声波扫描线的范围内以及在二维B模式图像的区域上沿着多个超声扫描线的方位角处理视频信号。非线性滤波器（4,7）可以响应本地信号测量和B模式图像中的空间位置，以控制滤波器参数。非线性滤波器（4,7）也可以被编程为适应特定成像应用的可变系统特性。

2. 发明申请

WO1997008991A1 ULTRASONIC RECEIVE BEAMFORMER WITH PHASED SUB-ARRAYS 审中-公开
标题翻译：超声波接收带有相位子阵列的波束形成器
公开(公告)号：WO1997008991A1
公开(公告)日：1997-03-13
申请号：PCT/US1996013249
申请日：1996-08-16
申请人： ACUSON CORPORATION
发明人： ACUSON CORPORATION , PETROFSKY, Joseph, G. , MASLAK, Samuel, H. , COLE, Christopher, R.
IPC分类号： A61B08/00
CPC分类号： G01S15/8927 , G01S7/52026 , G01S7/52028 , G01S7/52046 , G01S15/8915 , G01S15/8993 , G01S15/8995 , G10K11/345 , G10K11/346
摘要： An ultrasonic receive beamformer (10) includes transducers (11) forming receive signals that are applied to sub-array processors (12). Each sub-array processor includes at least one analog preconditioning circuit (13), phase shifter (14) and a summer (16), and each phase shifter is responsive to at least one of the transducer signals to shift the transducer signal by a respective phase angle and to apply the phase shifted transducer signals to the summer. Each of the summers supplies a summed sub-array signal via an analog-to-digital converter (18) to a respective beamformer processor (20). The phase angles for any one of the sub-array processors form a sum substantially equal to zero. Furthermore, the phase angles for any one of the sub-array processors are independent of the time delay of the respective digital beam former processor. The time resolution of the time delay of the digital beamformer processors is substantially as fine as the time resolution of the phase angles of the phase shifters. The phase angles of the phase shifters are updated at a slower rate than the focusing update rate of the beamformer processors.
摘要翻译：超声波接收波束形成器（10）包括形成施加到子阵列处理器（12）的接收信号的换能器（11）。每个子阵列处理器包括至少一个模拟预处理电路（13），移相器（14）和加法器（16），并且每个移相器响应于至少一个换能器信号以将换能器信号移位相应的相位角，并将相移的换能器信号应用于夏季。每个夏季通过模数转换器（18）将相加的子阵列信号提供给相应的波束形成器处理器（20）。任何一个子阵列处理器的相位角形成基本上等于零的和。此外，任何一个子阵列处理器的相位角独立于相应的数字波束形成处理器的时间延迟。数字波束形成处理器的时间延迟的时间分辨率基本上与移相器的相位角的时间分辨率一样好。移相器的相位角以比波束形成处理器的聚焦更新速率更慢的速度进行更新。

3. 发明申请

WO1996003922A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REAL-TIME, CONCURRENT ADAPTIVE FOCUSING IN AN ULTRASOUND BEAMFORMER IMAGING SYSTEM 审中-公开
标题翻译：在超声波束成像系统中的实时自适应聚焦的方法和装置
公开(公告)号：WO1996003922A1
公开(公告)日：1996-02-15
申请号：PCT/US1995009932
申请日：1995-08-04
申请人： ACUSON CORPORATION
发明人： ACUSON CORPORATION , WRIGHT, J., Nelson , MASLAK, Samuel, H. , LANGDON, Donald, R. , HOLLEY, Gregory, L. , COLE, Christopher, R.
IPC分类号： A61B08/00
CPC分类号： G10K11/346 , G01S7/52049 , G01S7/5209 , G01S7/52095 , G01S15/8918 , G01S15/8927 , G01S15/8977 , G01S15/8979
摘要： A method and an apparatus are provided for dynamic, real time adaptive focussing (600) for ultrasound imaging. Aberration delay correction values, corresponding to an aberration region in an imaged subject, are measured (601) concurrently during B-mode imaging scan lines and updated at the scan line rate. The measured aberration delay correction values (Ek, L, Rk) are then applied concurrently (560) to correct the focus of all transmitted and received ultrasound scan lines, regardless of the imaging mode, scan geometry, or imaging frequencies.
摘要翻译：提供了一种用于超声成像的动态，实时自适应聚焦（600）的方法和装置。在B模式成像扫描线期间同时测量对应于成像对象中的像差区域的像差延迟校正值（601）并以扫描线速率更新。然后，测量的像差延迟校正值（Ek，L，Rk）同时被施加（560）以校正所有发射和接收的超声波扫描线的焦点，而不管成像模式，扫描几何形状或成像频率如何。

4. 发明申请

WO1996021196A1 ADAPTIVE TEMPORAL FILTERING TO ENHANCE FLUID FLOW OR TISSUE MOTION IMAGING 审中-公开
标题翻译：自适应时间过滤以增强流体流动或组织运动成像
公开(公告)号：WO1996021196A1
公开(公告)日：1996-07-11
申请号：PCT/US1995016384
申请日：1995-12-15
申请人： ACUSON CORPORATION
发明人： ACUSON CORPORATION , ARENSON, James, W. , CHIM, Stanley, S., C. , GURACAR, Ismayil, M. , MASLAK, Samuel, H.
IPC分类号： G06K09/00
CPC分类号： G01S15/8979 , A61B8/06 , A61B8/08 , A61B8/13 , A61B8/488 , G01S7/52046 , G01S7/52063 , G01S7/52071 , G01S7/52073
摘要： The energy, power or amplitude of Doppler or time shift information signals (line 252) is compared to a threshold (lock 54) in order to select a large or small weighting factor (a(long) or a(short)) for temporal persistence. In the event of a "flash" signal or strong arterial flow signal, a small weighting factor (a(short) is chosen to reduce the extent of temporal persistence via feedback (line A) of the averaged value for the prior frames so that the effect of the "flash" or strong flow signal would quickly dissipate in the imaging of subsequent frames (y(n)) and good temporal resolution preserved for the current frames (x(n)), while low energy flow signals would cause a large weighting factor (a(long)), to be selected to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of low energy signals. Similar effects can be achieved by clipping the signals to not exceed a certain threshold.
摘要翻译：将多普勒或时移信息信号（线路252）的能量，功率或振幅与阈值（锁54）进行比较，以选择用于时间持久性的大或小的加权因子（a（长）或（短））。在“闪光”信号或强动脉信号的情况下，选择小的加权因子（a（short））以通过对于先前帧的平均值的反馈（线A）来减小时间持续的程度，使得 “闪光”或强流量信号的影响将在随后的帧（y（n））的成像中快速消散，并且为当前帧（x（n））保留良好的时间分辨率），而低能量流信号将导致大的加权因子（a（long）），以提高低能量信号的信噪比，通过将信号削波为不超过某个阈值可以实现类似的效果。

5. 发明申请

WO1996004588A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DOPPLER RECEIVE BEAMFORMER SYSTEM 审中-公开
标题翻译：多普勒接收光束系统的方法和装置
公开(公告)号：WO1996004588A1
公开(公告)日：1996-02-15
申请号：PCT/US1995009900
申请日：1995-08-04
申请人： ACUSON CORPORATION
发明人： ACUSON CORPORATION , MASLAK, Samuel, H. , COLE, Christopher, R. , PETROFSKY, Joseph, G.
IPC分类号： G03B42/06
CPC分类号： G01S15/8979 , G01S15/8927
摘要： An ultrasonic receive system includes two receive beamformers. A first receive beamformer (R-100) is optimized for imaging modes such as B-mode and color resolution and wide bandwidth, while the accompanying second receive beamformer (A-400) has a wide dynamic range and is dedicated for use in acquiring spectral Doppler information, which is typically narrowband compared to imaging information. The second receive beamformer achieves the sensitivity and low-noise performance of a dedicated single-channel pencil probe instrument yet it also performs electronic beam steering. Both receive beamformers can operate through a common transducer array, thereby increasing exam efficiency and permitting registration of sprectral Doppler information with a B-mode or color Doppler flow image.
摘要翻译：超声波接收系统包括两个接收波束形成器。第一个接收波束形成器（R-100）针对诸如B模式和颜色分辨率和宽带宽的成像模式进行了优化，而伴随的第二个接收波束形成器（A-400）具有宽动态范围，专用于获取光谱与成像信息相比通常是窄带的多普勒信息。第二个接收波束形成器实现了专用的单通道铅笔探针仪的灵敏度和低噪声性能，但它也执行电子束转向。两个接收波束形成器都可以通过公共的换能器阵列进行操作，从而提高检查效率，并允许使用B模式或彩色多普勒流图像对脊柱多普勒信息进行注册。

6. 发明申请

WO1996021215A1 IMAGING MODALITY SHOWING ENERGY AND VELOCITY 审中-公开
标题翻译：显示模式显示能量和速度
公开(公告)号：WO1996021215A1
公开(公告)日：1996-07-11
申请号：PCT/US1995016535
申请日：1995-12-18
申请人： ACUSON CORPORATION
发明人： ACUSON CORPORATION , ARENSON, James, W. , CHIM, Stanley, S., C. , GURACAR, Ismayil, M. , MASLAK, Samuel, H. , WU, Shuwu
IPC分类号： G09G05/02
CPC分类号： G01S15/8979 , A61B8/06 , A61B8/13 , G01S7/52071
摘要： Both the energy and velocity contents of received Doppler and time shift signals are simultaneously displayed. A continuous range of imaging modes are provided ranging from velocity imaging (v1, v2, v3) to energy imaging (e1, e2, e3). The user may select the particular imaging mode desired for a particular clinical application.
摘要翻译：同时显示接收的多普勒和时移信号的能量和速度内容。提供了从速度成像（v1，v2，v3）到能量成像（e1，e2，e3）的连续范围的成像模式。用户可以选择特定临床应用所需的特定成像模式。

7. 发明申请

WO1996003918A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTABLE FREQUENCY SCANNING IN ULTRASOUND IMAGING 审中-公开
标题翻译：用于超声波成像可调谐频率扫描的方法和装置
公开(公告)号：WO1996003918A1
公开(公告)日：1996-02-15
申请号：PCT/US1995009899
申请日：1995-08-04
申请人： ACUSON CORPORATION
发明人： ACUSON CORPORATION , WRIGHT, J., Nelson , COLE, Christopher, R. , GEE, Albert , LARSEN, Hugh, G. , MASLAK, Samuel, H.
IPC分类号： A61B08/00
CPC分类号： G01S15/895 , G01S7/5206 , G01S7/52071 , G01S13/89 , G01S15/8918 , G01S15/8979
摘要： Method for scanning a field of view using a scan format, wherein the carrier frequency of the imaging pulse is higher in the center of the field of view than at the edges. The frequency variation can be accomplished on transmit by modulating appropriately delayed programmable initial waveform information samples with a programmable carrier frequency (T-102). This results in a pulse transmitted into the body whose frequency is highest in the center portion of the scan, and is reduced in a controlled fashion as the steering angle is increased in order to mitigate grating lobe artifacts. The technique preserves signal energy because modulation merely translates the signal in frequency substantially without modification of the pulse shape itself. The technique is also useful on receive, wherein demodulation to or near baseband followed by post-beamformation predetection remodulation (R-100) can correct for systematic scan-line-to-scan-line phase variations to ensure scan-line-to-scan-line phase coherency for subsequent coherent processing across scan lines or for coherent image formation (R-26) using the phase and amplitude information from multiple beams.
摘要翻译：使用扫描格式扫描视野的方法，其中成像脉冲的载波频率在视野的中心高于边缘的中心。可以通过用可编程载波频率（T-102）调制适当延迟的可编程初始波形信息采样来实现频率变化。这导致脉冲发射到身体中，其频率在扫描的中心部分中的频率最高，并且随着转向角度增加而以受控的方式减小，以便减轻光栅叶片伪像。该技术保留信号能量，因为调制仅基本上平移信号的频率，而不改变脉冲形状本身。该技术对于接收也是有用的，其中对基带之后或接近基带的解调后波束形成预检测重新调制（R-100）可以校正系统扫描线到扫描线相位变化，以确保扫描线对扫描用于使用来自多个波束的相位和幅度信息的扫描线之间的后续相干处理或相干图像形成（R-26）的相位相干。

8. 发明申请

WO1997032277A1 MULTIPLE ULTRASOUND IMAGE REGISTRATION SYSTEM, METHOD AND TRANSDUCER 审中-公开
标题翻译：多重超声图像注册系统，方法和传感器
公开(公告)号：WO1997032277A1
公开(公告)日：1997-09-04
申请号：PCT/US1997003241
申请日：1997-02-27
申请人： ACUSON CORPORATION
发明人： ACUSON CORPORATION , HOSSACK, John, A. , SLIWA, John, W., Jr. , MASLAK, Samuel, H. , GARDNER, Edward, A. , HOLLEY, Gregory, L.
IPC分类号： G06K09/32
CPC分类号： A61B8/145 , A61B8/483 , G01S7/52034 , G01S7/52065 , G01S7/52071 , G01S7/52085 , G01S15/66 , G01S15/87 , G01S15/8934 , G01S15/8979 , G01S15/8993 , G06T7/246
摘要： An ultrasonic imaging system (10) includes an ultrasonic transducer (16) having an image data array (18) and a tracking array (20) at each end of the image data array (18). The tracking arrays (20, 22) are oriented traversely to the image data array (18). Images from the image data array (18) are used to reconstruct a three-dimensional representation of the target. The relative movement between respective frames of the image data is automatically estimated by a motion estimator (38) based on frames of data from the tracking arrays (20, 22). As the transducer (16) is rotated about the azimuthal axis of the image data array (18), features of the target remain within the image planes of the tracking arrays (20, 22). Movements of these features in the image planes of the tracking arrays are used to estimate motion as required for the three-dimensional reconstruction. Similar techniques estimate motion within the plane of an image to create an extended field of view.
摘要翻译：超声波成像系统（10）包括在图像数据阵列（18）的每一端具有图像数据阵列（18）和跟踪阵列（20）的超声波换能器（16）。跟踪阵列（20,22）横向地定向到图像数据阵列（18）。来自图像数据阵列（18）的图像用于重构目标的三维表示。基于来自跟踪阵列（20,22）的数据帧，由运动估计器（38）自动地估计图像数据的各个帧之间的相对运动。随着换能器（16）围绕图像数据阵列（18）的方位角轴旋转，靶的特征保持在跟踪阵列（20,22）的图像平面内。使用跟踪阵列的图像平面中的这些特征的运动来估计针对三维重建所需的运动。类似的技术估计图像平面内的运动以产生扩展的视场。

9. 发明申请

WO1996003921A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COHERENT IMAGE FORMATION 审中-公开
标题翻译：相似图像形成的方法和装置
公开(公告)号：WO1996003921A1
公开(公告)日：1996-02-15
申请号：PCT/US1995009930
申请日：1995-08-04
申请人： ACUSON CORPORATION
发明人： ACUSON CORPORATION , WRIGHT, J., Nelson , MASLAK, Samuel, H. , FINGER, David, J. , GEE, Albert
IPC分类号： A61B08/00
CPC分类号： G10K11/346 , G01S7/52023 , G01S7/52025 , G01S7/52026 , G01S7/52046 , G01S7/5206 , G01S7/52066 , G01S7/52071 , G01S7/52077 , G01S7/52085 , G01S7/52095 , G01S15/8918 , G01S15/8927 , G01S15/895 , G01S15/8979 , G01S15/8993 , G01S15/8997 , G10K11/345
摘要： This invention is an apparatus for imaging an object using a transducer array (1) for transmitting one or more beams (2a, 2b) that are steered and/or translated to transmit scan lines for multiple excitation events, so as to scan a field of view of the object for sensing received signals reflected from the object after each excitation event on one or more receive beams on receive scan lines, and for transducing those sensed received signals into corresponding electrical signals. The method and apparatus is additionally for acquiring and storing coherent samples retaining both phase and amplitude information of those electrical signals obtained on the receive scan lines throughout at least a portion of the field of view, and for combining stored coherent samples associated with distinct receive beams to synthesize new coherent image samples aligned on synthetic scan lines, which are distinct from any one of (a) receive scan lines on which a signal was sensed, (b) transmit scan lines on which a signal was directed, or (c) transmit scan lines and receive scan lines. The method and apparatus is further for detecting the synthesized coherent image samples, and displaying or recording the resulting image field.
摘要翻译：本发明是一种用于使用换能器阵列（1）对物体进行成像的装置，所述换能器阵列（1）用于传输被转向和/或转换的一个或多个光束（2a，2b）以发射用于多个激发事件的扫描线，以便扫描用于感测在接收扫描线上的一个或多个接收波束上的每个激励事件之后从物体反射的接收信号的目的的视图，以及用于将这些感测的接收信号转换成相应的电信号。该方法和装置另外用于获取和存储相干样本，保持在视场的至少一部分上在接收扫描线上获得的那些电信号的相位和幅度信息，并且用于组合与不同接收波束相关联的存储的相干采样合成在合成扫描线上对齐的新的相干图像样本，其不同于（a）在其上感测信号的接收扫描线中的任一个，（b）发射信号被引导的扫描线，或（c）发射扫描线和接收扫描线。该方法和装置还用于检测合成的相干图像样本，以及显示或记录所得到的图像场。

10. 发明授权

EP0883860B1 MULTIPLE ULTRASOUND IMAGE REGISTRATION SYSTEM, METHOD AND TRANSDUCER 失效
标题翻译： SYSTEM，VERFAHREN UND WANDLER ZUM AUSRICHTEN MEHRERER ULTRASCHALLBILDER
公开(公告)号：EP0883860B1
公开(公告)日：2006-08-23
申请号：EP97907971.2
申请日：1997-02-27
申请人： ACUSON CORPORATION
发明人： HOSSACK, John, A. , SLIWA, John, W., Jr. , MASLAK, Samuel, H. , GARDNER, Edward, A. , HOLLEY, Gregory, L.
IPC分类号： G06K9/32 , G06K9/00 , G06K9/40 , G06T11/00
CPC分类号： A61B8/145 , A61B8/483 , G01S7/52034 , G01S7/52065 , G01S7/52071 , G01S7/52085 , G01S15/66 , G01S15/87 , G01S15/8934 , G01S15/8979 , G01S15/8993 , G06T7/246
摘要： An ultrasonic imaging system (10) includes an ultrasonic transducer (16) having an image data array (18) and a tracking array (20) at each end of the image data array (18). The tracking arrays (20, 22) are oriented traversely to the image data array (18). Images from the image data array (18) are used to reconstruct a three-dimensional representation of the target. The relative movement between respective frames of the image data is automatically estimated by a motion estimator (38) based on frames of data from the tracking arrays (20, 22). As the transducer (16) is rotated about the azimuthal axis of the image data array (18), features of the target remain within the image planes of the tracking arrays (20, 22). Movements of these features in the image planes of the tracking arrays are used to estimate motion as required for the three-dimensional reconstruction. Similar techniques estimate motion within the plane of an image to create an extended field of view.
摘要翻译：超声波成像系统包括具有图像数据阵列的超声波换能器和在图像数据阵列的每一端的跟踪阵列。跟踪阵列横向于图像数据阵列。来自图像数据阵列的图像用于重构目标的三维表示。基于来自跟踪阵列的数据的帧，由运动估计器自动地估计图像数据的各个帧之间的相对移动。当传感器围绕图像数据阵列的方位角轴旋转时，目标的特征保留在跟踪阵列的图像平面内。使用跟踪阵列的图像平面中的这些特征的运动来估计针对三维重建所需的运动。类似的技术估计图像平面内的运动以产生扩展的视场。

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