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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2003
Xiaohui Hao, Waukesha, WI (US);
Richard Chiao, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Steven Miller, Waukesha, WI (US);
Yadong LI, Waukesha, WI (US);
Xiaohui Hao, Waukesha, WI (US);
Richard Chiao, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Steven Miller, Waukesha, WI (US);
Yadong Li, Waukesha, WI (US);
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus providing tissue harmonic imaging using an ultrasound machine. Coded pulses and the phase inverted version of the said coded pulses with time bandwidth greater than 1 are transmitted into the tissue. Backscattered echoes are received and filtered before or after coherent summation. Decoding/compressing of the received echoes of the coded pulses is implemented naturally through the propagation of the specially designed ultrawide band (>80%) waveforms inside tissue and pulse inversion. Costly decoding/compression filter are not necessary.