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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2011
Filed:
May. 22, 2007
Moo Ho Bae, Seoul, KR;
Ronald E. Daigle, Redmond, WA (US);
Chi Young Ahn, Seoul, KR;
Ra Young Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Moo Ho Bae, Seoul, KR;
Ronald E. Daigle, Redmond, WA (US);
Chi Young Ahn, Seoul, KR;
Ra Young Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Medison Co., Ltd., Hongchun-gun, KR;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention may provide an ultrasound imaging system and method for forming multiple receiving scan lines from one original receiving scan line. Ultrasound signals reflected from one original receiving scan line are converted into analog signals having a center frequency. The analog signals are converted into digital data. The digital data are coarsely delayed, wherein the coarsely delayed data are extracted at a rate of n-times of the center frequency. Data of the multiple receiving scan lines are formed by performing fine delay and interpolation. For the interpolation, parts of the extracted data are selected at a rate of n-times of the center frequency and the multiple receiving scan lines.