Efficient high-performance ultrasound beamforming using oversampling

Steven R. Freeman; Marshall K. Quick; Marc A. Morin; R. Carver Anderson; Charles S. Desilets; Thomas E. Linnenbrink; Matthew O'Donnell

doi:10.1117/12.308004

1 May 1998 Efficient high-performance ultrasound beamforming using oversampling

Steven R. Freeman, Marshall K. Quick, Marc A. Morin, R. Carver Anderson, Charles S. Desilets, Thomas E. Linnenbrink, Matthew O'Donnell

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Proceedings Volume 3341, Medical Imaging 1998: Ultrasonic Transducer Engineering; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.308004
Event: Medical Imaging '98, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

High-performance and efficient beamforming circuitry is very important in large channel count clinical ultrasound systems. Current state-of-the-art digital systems using multi-bit analog to digital converters (A/Ds) have matured to provide exquisite image quality with moderate levels of integration. A simplified oversampling beamforming architecture has been proposed that may a low integration of delta-sigma A/Ds onto the same chip as digital delay and processing circuitry to form a monolithic ultrasound beamformer. Such a beamformer may enable low-power handheld scanners for high-end systems with very large channel count arrays. This paper presents an oversampling beamformer architecture that generates high-quality images using very simple; digitization, delay, and summing circuits. Additional performance may be obtained with this oversampled system for narrow bandwidth excitations by mixing the RF signal down in frequency to a range where the electronic signal to nose ratio of the delta-sigma A/D is optimized. An oversampled transmit beamformer uses the same delay circuits as receive and eliminates the need for separate transmit function generators.

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Steven R. Freeman, Marshall K. Quick, Marc A. Morin, R. Carver Anderson, Charles S. Desilets, Thomas E. Linnenbrink, and Matthew O'Donnell "Efficient high-performance ultrasound beamforming using oversampling", Proc. SPIE 3341, Medical Imaging 1998: Ultrasonic Transducer Engineering, (1 May 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.308004

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