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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2014
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Chu-Yu Huang, Taichung, TW;
Chir-Weei Chang, Taoyuan County, TW;
Kuo-Tung Tiao, Zhubei, TW;
Wen-Hung Cheng, Bade, TW;
Hsin-Yueh Sung, New Taipei, TW;
Ren-Jr Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Chung-Lien Ho, Hsinchu, TW;
Yi-Ting Wang, Zhubei, TW;
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
According to an exemplary embodiment, an ultrasound apparatus for beamforming with a plane wave transmission may comprise a transceiver connected to a transducer array having at least one transducer element, and at least one processor. The transceiver transmits at least one substantially planar ultrasonic wave into a target region at one or more angles relative to the transducer array, and receives one or more signals responsive from the transducer array. The at least one processor applies a fast Fourier transform (FFT) to the one or more signals from each of the at least one transducer element and calculates at least one frequency within a frequency region, and applies an inverse FFT to at least one produced frequency data.