Title :
Harmonic beamforming: a new approach to removing the linear contribution from harmonic imaging
Author :
Trucco, Andrea ; Bertora, Franco
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biophys. & Electron. Eng., Genoa Univ., Genova, Italy
Abstract :
In this paper, a modification to the delays used in reception beamforming is introduced that allows one to sharply reduce the echoes centered at the fundamental frequency and to keep the echoes centered at the second harmonic, while preserving the focusing performances. Such a modification can be easily implemented in echographic equipments.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; echocardiography; harmonic generation; ultrasonic imaging; echographic equipments; harmonic beamforming; harmonic imaging; reception beamforming; second harmonic; Acoustic beams; Acoustic imaging; Array signal processing; Delay; Frequency; Matched filters; Power harmonic filters; Signal processing; Signal resolution; Ultrasonic imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Ultrasonics, 2003 IEEE Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7922-5
DOI :
10.1109/ULTSYM.2003.1293443
