WO2004046753A1 - Method and apparatus for obtaining b-flow and b-mode data from multiline beams in an ultrasound imaging system - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to ultrasound imaging systems, and in particular to a system and method for using multiline beams in an ultrasound imaging system to simultaneously obtain both flow and B-mode data, and/or Doppler data (flow, power, and/or tissue motion).
- Ultrasound scanning systems operate in various imaging modes, depending on the type of image that is desired, the subject being imaged, the constraints of the system itself, etc.
- the formation of three-dimensional (3D) volumes of ultrasound data in real time strictly limits the number of transmit/receive cycles available for sampling the region to be imaged. The same is true for high frame rate, large f ⁇ eld-of-view two-dimensional (2D) applications.
- Multiline (or parallel) imaging is a relatively efficient use of transmit cycles because it allows one to obtain multiple receive lines for each transmit event.
- the basic premise of multiline imaging is to use parallel processing paths to receive multiple beams along adjacent, but spatially distinct, paths from a single transmit event.
- a single transmit beam is emitted, and parallel beamforming simultaneously receives echo beams along either side (and/or top and bottom for 3D data) of the transmit beam.
- B-Mode data which is indicative of the amplitude of the received echoes, may be obtained and displayed (and/or stored) from the received multiline echoes as known in the art.
- 2X multiline receives one beam on either side of the transmit beam
- 4X multiline receives 2 beams on either side, etc.
- B-flow imaging is an example of using a minimum number of transmit events (typically two) to obtain flow information.
- the most straightforward option for producing B-flow images using 2x multiline is to transmit two sequential beams along the same line and then subtract the second pair of received echoes from the first pair of received echoes. This provides the same number of received flow lines as transmit lines and a flow line density that is twice the transmit line density, so it is possible to reduce the transmit line density to compensate for the need to transmit twice down each line.
- this concept can easily be extended to more complex forms of Doppler flow signal processing, such as tissue and blood velocity and power Doppler.
- the present invention addresses this need by providing flow or motion data and B-mode data from the same set of received echoes as explained herein.
- the present invention is directed to an ultrasound imaging system and method that simultaneously forms a B-mode volume and B-flow volume from the same set of transmit beams.
- the image data is usually reduced to a lower sampling density than the original image data (typically a maximum of 256 samples in any dimension, given current processing capabilities).
- a lower sampling density typically a maximum of 256 samples in any dimension, given current processing capabilities.
- This invention is possible if the receive lines between two adjacent transmit lines are steered to overlap to a large degree and the transmit beams are broad enough to overlap to some degree, so that there is some degree of spatial coherence. Processing them would then form a B-flow line, with the quality of the flow signal being dependent on the degree of spatial coherence between the two receive lines and the velocity range being dependent on the amount of time between the adjacent transmit cycles, both of which can be controlled by the system design. If more overlapping transmit beams are fired, more complex Doppler processing is possible.
- the present invention is a method of and system for imaging an object with an ultrasound transducer array that transmits ultrasound beams and detects echoes reflected from the object.
- a plurality of adjacent ultrasound beams are transmitted at the object, each of the beams being separated from an adjacent beam by a first predetermined distance.
- a plurality of groups of echoes are received from the object, with each of the groups of echoes corresponding to one of the plurality of the transmitted ultrasound beams.
- Each of these echoes is spaced from the corresponding transmitted ultrasound beam by a second predetermined distance which is less than the first predetermined distance.
- the transmitted ultrasound beams are arranged such that one of the received echoes corresponding to one transmitted ultrasound beam substantially overlaps with one of the received echoes corresponding to an adjacent transmitted ultrasound beam. At least a subset of the received echoes are then processed to obtain B-mode data from each of the processed echoes. In addition, the overlapping pairs of received echoes are processed to obtain B-flow data, typically by determining the difference between the overlapping received echoes. In a preferred embodiment, each group of echoes comprises a pair of echoes.
- the present invention is a method of and system for imaging an object with an ultrasound transducer array that transmits ultrasound beams and detects echoes reflected from the object.
- a plurality of pairs of adjacent ultrasound beams are transmitted at the object, each of the pairs of beams separated from an adjacent pair of beams by a first predetermined distance.
- Each pair of beams includes a positive polarity pulse beam and a negative polarity pulse beam, with the positive polarity pulse beam being transmitted in the same space as the negative polarity pulse beam.
- a plurality of pairs of echoes are received from the object, with each of the pairs of echoes corresponding to one of the plurality of transmitted ultrasound beams.
- Each pair of echoes includes a first received echo and a second received echo, with each of these echoes spaced from the corresponding transmitted ultrasound beam by a second predetermined distance which is less than the first predetermined distance.
- the transmitted ultrasound beams are arranged such that one of the received echoes corresponding to one transmitted ultrasound beam substantially overlaps with one of the received echoes corresponding to an adjacent ultrasound beam.
- At least a subset of the received echoes are then processed to obtain B- mode data from each of the processed echoes.
- the overlapping pairs of received echoes are processed to obtain B-flow data.
- the B-Mode processing utilizes harmonic filtering techniques on the opposite polarity echoes.
- Doppler flow data, power data, and/or tissue motion data may also be processed, displayed and/or stored via the data acquisition techniques of this invention.
- Figure 1 is a block diagram of the ultrasound system of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is an illustration of the transmit events and receive events used to form B- Mode and B-Flow data in the first aspect of the invention
- Figure 3 is a flowchart of the present invention.
- FIG 4 is an illustration of the transmit events and receive events used to form B- Mode and B-Flow data in the second aspect of the invention.
- the preferred embodiment system is shown in Figure 1.
- a transducer array 2 which is well known in the art of ultrasound imaging systems, is used to transmit ultrasound beams TX(n) towards the object 4 that is being imaged by the system.
- the transducer array 2 is also used in a receive mode as well known in the art in order to detect the echoes R(n)a + R(n)b that are received from the object 4 as a result of the transmit beams.
- the number of transmit events and corresponding receive events is selected based on factors well known in the art, such as the geometry of the transducer array (linear, two-dimensional), the size of the transducer array, the dimensions of the area being imaged (two-dimensional, three-dimensional), etc.
- Beamforming/ array timing and control logic block 6 is used to control the timing and other parameters of the transmit beams TX(n) in accordance with the present invention.
- Beamforming techniques known in the art such as phased array steering and beam shaping techniques, are used for controlling the transducer array 2 in order to generate the transmit beams with the appropriate timing as well as control the transducer array 2 to receive the echoes as explained in detail below.
- B-Mode processing block 8 and B-Flow processing block 10 receive as inputs various data streams derived from the transducer array that are then operated on differently by each logic block. That is, B- mode processing block operates on individual echoes, or pairs of echoes (from co-incident transmit beams) for harmonic imaging, to generate B-mode data suitable for display by the display monitor 12 and/or storage in storage means 14, and B-flow processing block operates on pairs of overlapping echoes (from adjacent transmit beams) to generate B-flow data suitable for display by the display monitor 12 and/or storage in storage means 14.
- the present invention is able to efficiently provide both B-mode fundamental or harmonic and B-flow data on the display simultaneously.
- a transmit event labeled TX(n) is generated (typically a pulsed beam), and is directed towards the object being imaged.
- Two receive lines R(n)a and R(n)b are produced by the echoes of TX(n).
- adjacent transmit event TX(n+l) is generated and directed towards the subject, and it provides two receive lines R(n+l)a and R(n+l)b.
- TX(n+l) is formed so as to be adjacent to TX(n) in a manner such that the beam patterns overlap sufficiently to provide adequate coherence in the receive beams.
- TX(n+l) and TX(n) are determined such that receive lines R(n)b (from TX(n)) and R(n+l)a (from TX(n+l)) substantially overlap and can be used to generate a flow signal B- flow(n) by the B-flow processing logic block 10.
- transmit event TX(n+2) is generated and provides receive lines R(n+2)a and R(n+2)b.
- Flow signal B-Flow(n+l) is generated from the overlapping receive lines R(n+l)b and R(n+2)a. This pattern is repeated throughout the transducer array to provide m transmit events and 2m receive lines, where m is a number selected by the system designer to provide appropriate resolution given the parameters of the subject being imaged, etc.
- This logical loop is shown in the flowchart of Figure 3. The array is generated and processed accordingly, and may take various dimensions and shapes in accordance with the parameters discussed above.
- B-mode data is obtained from B-mode processing logic block 8 as shown in Figure
- B-mode processing includes such methods as harmonic processing, spatial and frequency compounding and receive processing from coded transmit cycles, as are well known in the art.
- the system designer may utilize all or various subsets of the raw echo data received from the transducer array as desired (e.g. every received echo may be used, or just every R(n)a echo, or every R(n)b echo, etc).
- B-Flow data is likewise obtained from B-Flow processing logic block 10 as shown in Figure 1.
- Generation of B-Flow data is generally accomplished by processing overlapping echoes and subtracting the second received echo from the first received echo, such that the difference between the two echoes may be used to extract flow of the object being imaged, for example flow of blood through an artery.
- Generation of B-Flow data is also known in the art and may be accomplished as such in this invention. What is essential to the present invention is the use of the same data to obtain both B-Mode and B-Flow data as described herein.
- the present invention has applicability in three-dimensional imaging as well as two-dimensional imaging described above. That is, the transmit beams TX(n) that are generated across a planar dimension (azimuth) may also be generated at various levels of elevation as known in the art, so as to form a three dimensional volume representation of the object being imaged. Since three-dimensional imaging requires many more transmit/receive events due to the extra dimension being imaged, the present invention provides an advantageously efficient methodology for collecting B-Mode and B-Flow data from the same data sets. Straightforward extensions of this idea to higher orders of multiline processing (i.e. more than two receive beams are acquired and processed for each transmitted beam), either in-plane or out-of-plane, can further improve efficiency.
- FIG 4 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the present invention in which B- flow or normal Doppler processing techniques are combined with pulse inversion harmonic techniques. If the pulse polarity of coincident and/or adjacent transmit beams are inverted, the resulting echoes may be processed to form pulse inversion harmonic images as well as B-Flow images, depending on the filtering that is applied. Two sequential transmit events may be steered down the same position with opposite polarities, and the received echoes may be combined from adjacent transmissions to provide four receive lines. Thus, as shown in Figure 4, transmit events TX1+ and TX1- are emitted in the same space, one immediately following the other, where TX1+ is a positive polarity pulse and TX1- is a negative polarity pulse.
- Received multiline echoes Rla+ and Rlb+ result from positive polarity pulse TX1+, and Rla- and Rib- result from negative polarity pulse TX1-.
- the next set of adjacent transmit events TX2+ and TX2- generate echoes R2a+ and R2b+, and R2a- and R2b-, respectively.
- the TX1 echoes may be combined with the TX2 echoes in various ways. For example, if Rlb+ and R2a- are combined, the result is a pulse inversion harmonic signal and the B-flow signal as described above.
- Rla+ and Rib- also provide a pulse inversion harmonic signal, with the difference between Rib- and R2a- resulting in a B-flow signal. Many possible combinations may be made from these data sets in accordance with the teachings of this specification.
- Doppler flow or Doppler power data may be advantageously processed by block 11 in Figure 1 from the data obtained by the invention.
- the present invention would cause multiple transmit lines to be sent down each spatial region being imaged and obtain multiple receive lines in accordance with the invention.
- Doppler velocity or power data may be advantageously processed to provide blood or tissue motion and flow, strain and power data in accordance with techniques well known in the art.
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