Ultrasonic Imaging Spatial Compounding Grid Inversion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current composite ultrasonic imaging technologies face challenges in maintaining image quality due to noise suppression and require improvements in data processing and transformation during spatial compounding, leading to potential image blurring and data loss.
Innovation Solution
The ultrasonic imaging system and method involve transmitting ultrasonic waves at multiple steering angles and beam-forming channel echo data using a consistent receiving-line grid, eliminating the need for coordinate transformation during spatial compounding, which reduces data loss and maintains image clarity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If spatial compounding imaging technology is used to suppress image noise, then image quality is improved, but coordinate transformation during spatial compounding causes data loss and image blurring
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of transforming different receiving-line grids to a common coordinate system, the patent inverts the approach by beam-forming all channel echo data from multiple steering angles to the same receiving-line grid simultaneously. This eliminates the need for coordinate transformation and interpolation, thereby preventing data loss and image blurring while maintaining noise suppression benefits.
2Measurement precision
If spatial compounding imaging technology is used to suppress image noise, then image quality is improved, but processing complexity increases due to coordinate transformation requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent simplifies processing by inverting the traditional spatial compounding approach. Rather than transforming multiple receiving-line grids to a common coordinate system (which requires complex interpolation and coordinate transformation algorithms), all beam-forming operations are performed to the same receiving-line grid directly, eliminating complex processing steps.
3Adaptability or versatility
If traditional beam-forming with different receiving-line grids is used for each steering angle, then data processing is flexible, but image blurring occurs due to coordinate transformation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the beam-forming process for multiple steering angles by directing all channel echo data to the same receiving-line grid. This consolidation eliminates the need for separate coordinate transformations and interpolations that cause image blurring, while maintaining the flexibility to process data from different steering angles through unified beam-forming operations.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach enhances image quality by avoiding data loss and blurring, simplifying processing requirements, and maintaining high sampling rates across various scan modes, thereby improving the overall performance of ultrasonic imaging systems.
Implementation Method 1
control the ultrasonic probe to transmit ultrasonic waves to a region of interest and receive ultrasonic echoes of the transmitted ultrasonic waves
Implementation Method 2
beam-form the multiple groups of channel echo data with a receiving-line grid including a plurality of grid points to obtain multiple groups of beam-formed data
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are an ultrasonic imaging system and method thereof. An ultrasonic probe is controlled to transmit ultrasonic waves to a region of interest at a plurality of steering angles respectively. Ultrasonic echoes are received to obtain the channel echo data. The channel echo data corresponding to at least part of the steering angles are beam-formed with the same receiving-line grid to obtain the beam-formed data.