Francois Guy Gerard Marie VIGNON,Seungsoo KIM,Jun Seob SHIN,Jean-luc Francois-Marie ROBERT,Andrew HANCOCK,David HOPE SIMPSON
申请号：
US16798502
公开号：
US20200268345A1
申请日:
2020.02.24
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2020
代理人:
摘要：
Ultrasound systems and devices that perform scan sequences providing controllable and/or increased frame rates are provided. In one embodiment, an ultrasound system comprises an array of acoustic elements and a processor configured to perform a scan sequence comprising a plurality of transmit-receive pairs. The processor is configured to arrange the plurality of transmit-receive pairs into an aperture. The transmit-receive pairs corresponding to each transmit element correspond to only a portion of the plurality of receive elements and/or the transmit-receive pairs corresponding to each receive element correspond to only a portion of the plurality of transmit elements. Accordingly, fewer transmit-receive pairs are activated leading to faster aperture acquisitions, and therefore faster frame rates. Furthermore, the faster frame rates can be achieved without significant degradations in image quality.
