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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2001
Kai Eck, Aachen, DE;
Georg Schmitz, Roetgen, DE;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An ultrasound imaging system for imaging ultrasound scatterers, comprising a probe ( ) for transmitting ultrasound waves and detecting ultrasound echoes reflected by said ultrasound scatterers, wherein said probe comprises a first group of transducer elements, labeled transmitting group (T), to transmit ultrasound waves, and a distinct second group of transducer elements, labeled receiving group (R), to detect ultrasound echoes reflected by said ultrasound scatterers. The system also comprises a processing system ( ) comprising transmission and reception means, coupled to said probe ( ), for providing coded signal to said transmitting group (T) and receiving signals from said receiving group (R) respectively; transmission beam-forming means ( ) for focussing the ultrasound waves on a focus line, reception beam-forming means ( ) for forming beam-summed received signals from signals received from the focus line and processing means for processing said beam-summed received signals to form decoded signals so as; and means for displaying an image ( ) that is a function of said decoded signals.