Title :
Improvement on High Frame Rate Ultrasonic Imaging System Based-on Linear Frequency-Modulated Signal
Author :
Han, X.-m. ; Peng Hu ; Li, Xiao-Xin ; Cai Bo
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Eng., Southwest Univ. of Sci.& Technol., Mianyang
Abstract :
The high frame rate (HFR) ultrasonic imaging system based on linear frequency-modulated (LFM) signal constructs images at a high frame rate and the signal-to-noise rate (SNR) of this system can also be improved. Unfortunately, such pulse compression methods that increase the SNR usually cause range sidelobe artifacts. In an imaging situation, the effects of the sidelobes extending on either side of the compressed pulse will be self-noise along the axial direction and masking of weaker echoes. The improvement on high frame rate ultrasonic imaging system based on LFM signal is considered in this paper. In this proposed scheme, a predistorted LFM signal is used as excited signal and an mismatched filter is applied on receive. The results show that the proposed HFR ultrasonic imaging system can achieve higher SNR and the axial resolution is also improved.
Keywords :
biomedical ultrasonics; filtering theory; frequency modulation; medical image processing; axial resolution; excited signal; high-frame rate ultrasonic imaging system; linear frequency-modulated signal; mismatched filter; predistorted LFM signal; sidelobe artifacts; signal-to-noise rate; Acoustic scattering; Acoustic transducers; Filters; Frequency; Image resolution; Pulse compression methods; Radar scattering; Signal resolution; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic transducers;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, 2008. ICBBE 2008. The 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1747-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1748-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICBBE.2008.858
