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Real-Time Angular Scatter Imaging System for Improved Tissue Contrast in Diagnostic Ultrasound Images

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Robinson, MT; von Ramm, OT
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control
January 1, 1994

A new type of real-time ultrasound imaging system has been developed. In contrast to conventional systems, which process only echoes scattered directly back from tissue to form an image, this system images tissue by displaying energy scattered at other angles. In its present form, the system uses one 32 element, 2.4 MHz phased array transducer in transmit and a second, spatially separate 32 element, 2.4 MHz phased array transducer in receive, to detect sound which is scattered away from the transmit transducer. In order to form an image line, the transmit transducer sends into the body a steered pulse, which is tracked dynamically from the side by the receive transducer. The signal detected by the receive transducer is processed in the same manner as in a standard B-mode phased array system. The final display format is a gray scale sector originating from the transmit transducer. Real-time angular scatter images of phantom and in vivo targets have been formed and compared to standard backscatter B-mode images of the same targets. © 1994 IEEE

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IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

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0885-3010

Publication Date

January 1, 1994

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41

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1

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44 / 52

Related Subject Headings

  • Acoustics
  • 09 Engineering
  • 02 Physical Sciences
 

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Robinson, M. T., & von Ramm, O. T. (1994). Real-Time Angular Scatter Imaging System for Improved Tissue Contrast in Diagnostic Ultrasound Images. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 41(1), 44–52. https://doi.org/10.1109/58.265819
Robinson, M. T., and O. T. von Ramm. “Real-Time Angular Scatter Imaging System for Improved Tissue Contrast in Diagnostic Ultrasound Images.” IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control 41, no. 1 (January 1, 1994): 44–52. https://doi.org/10.1109/58.265819.
Robinson MT, von Ramm OT. Real-Time Angular Scatter Imaging System for Improved Tissue Contrast in Diagnostic Ultrasound Images. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control. 1994 Jan 1;41(1):44–52.
Robinson, M. T., and O. T. von Ramm. “Real-Time Angular Scatter Imaging System for Improved Tissue Contrast in Diagnostic Ultrasound Images.” IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, vol. 41, no. 1, Jan. 1994, pp. 44–52. Scopus, doi:10.1109/58.265819.
Robinson MT, von Ramm OT. Real-Time Angular Scatter Imaging System for Improved Tissue Contrast in Diagnostic Ultrasound Images. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control. 1994 Jan 1;41(1):44–52.

Published In

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

DOI

ISSN

0885-3010

Publication Date

January 1, 1994

Volume

41

Issue

1

Start / End Page

44 / 52

Related Subject Headings

  • Acoustics
  • 09 Engineering
  • 02 Physical Sciences