Partner: L. Bassi


Conference papers
1.Lewandowski M., Klimonda Z., Karwat P., Sęklewski M., Nowicki A., Bassi L., Tortoli P., Comparison of different schemes of synthetic transmit aperture using an ultrasound advanced open platform (ULA-OP), IUS 2010, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, 2010-10-11/10-14, San Diego (US), DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2010.5935656, Vol.1, pp.1988-1991, 2010
Abstract:

Increasing efforts are currently dedicated to incorporate the Synthetic Transmit Aperture (STA) method in ultrasound imaging systems. The STA technique can provide a pixel-like focusing (dynamic focusing at both transmit and receive) without impairment of the frame rate. This goal can only be achieved by a careful design of the transmission and reception schemes. In this paper, the preliminary results of resolution, Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) and Contrast to Noise Ratio (CNR) measurements for a specific SA scheme with different transmit apertures are presented. The measurements were made using a novel ultrasound advanced open platform (ULA-OP) developed at the University of Florence. The ULA-OP is fully programmable and enables access to the RF echo-data from each transducer element.

Keywords:

synthetic aperture, ultrasound open platform

Affiliations:
Lewandowski M.-IPPT PAN
Klimonda Z.-IPPT PAN
Karwat P.-IPPT PAN
Sęklewski M.-IPPT PAN
Nowicki A.-IPPT PAN
Bassi L.-other affiliation
Tortoli P.-other affiliation