Ultrasound B-mode Imaging: Beamforming and Image Formation Techniques
Ultrasound medical imaging stands out among the other diagnostic imaging modalities for its patient-friendliness, high temporal resolution, low cost, and absence of ionizing radiation. On the other hand, it may still suffer from limited detail level, low signal-to-noise ratio, and narrow field-of-vi...
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| author | Ramalli, Alessandro Matrone, Giulia Tortoli, Piero |
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| description | Ultrasound medical imaging stands out among the other diagnostic imaging modalities for its patient-friendliness, high temporal resolution, low cost, and absence of ionizing radiation. On the other hand, it may still suffer from limited detail level, low signal-to-noise ratio, and narrow field-of-view. In the last decade, new beamforming and image reconstruction techniques have emerged which aim at improving resolution, contrast, and clutter suppression, especially in difficult-to-image patients. Nevertheless, achieving a higher image quality is of the utmost importance in diagnostic ultrasound medical imaging, and further developments are still indispensable. From this point of view, a crucial role can be played by novel beamforming techniques as well as by non-conventional image formation techniques (e.g., advanced transmission strategies, and compounding, coded, and harmonic imaging). This Special Issue includes novel contributions on both ultrasound beamforming and image formation techniques, particularly addressed at improving B-mode image quality and related diagnostic content. This indeed represents a hot topic in the ultrasound imaging community, and further active research in this field is expected, where many challenges still persist. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-614822024-04-11T15:10:37Z Ultrasound B-mode Imaging: Beamforming and Image Formation Techniques Ramalli, Alessandro Matrone, Giulia Tortoli, Piero TA1-2040 T1-995 n/a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) multi-perspective ultrasound imaging dictionary learning common carotid artery spatial resolution contrast enhancement sparse representation PMUT linear array K-singular value decomposition time resolution cardiac imaging coded excitation plane wave beam pattern grating lobe suppression spatial coherence subcutaneous fat layer cylindrical scanning parallel beam forming microbubble MR-visible fiducial marker ultrasonic imaging speckle reduction multi-line transmission MRI adaptive beamforming super-resolution filtered-delay multiply and sum beamforming B-mode imaging medical ultrasound intima-media complex longitudinal motion synthetic aperture quantitative parametrization arterial wall motion pth root beam forming medical image processing crosstalk artifacts ultrasound imaging diverging wave 1-3 piezocomposite material dynamic focusing multi-line acquisition image reconstruction plane wave imaging ultrasound multi-line transmit reconstruction thyroid imaging beamforming thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology Ultrasound medical imaging stands out among the other diagnostic imaging modalities for its patient-friendliness, high temporal resolution, low cost, and absence of ionizing radiation. On the other hand, it may still suffer from limited detail level, low signal-to-noise ratio, and narrow field-of-view. In the last decade, new beamforming and image reconstruction techniques have emerged which aim at improving resolution, contrast, and clutter suppression, especially in difficult-to-image patients. Nevertheless, achieving a higher image quality is of the utmost importance in diagnostic ultrasound medical imaging, and further developments are still indispensable. From this point of view, a crucial role can be played by novel beamforming techniques as well as by non-conventional image formation techniques (e.g., advanced transmission strategies, and compounding, coded, and harmonic imaging). This Special Issue includes novel contributions on both ultrasound beamforming and image formation techniques, particularly addressed at improving B-mode image quality and related diagnostic content. This indeed represents a hot topic in the ultrasound imaging community, and further active research in this field is expected, where many challenges still persist. 2021-02-12T06:50:23Z 2021-02-12T06:50:23Z 2019-12-09 11:49:15 2019 book 42548 9783039212002 9783039211999 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/61482 eng application/octet-stream Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/1605 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-03921-200-2 10.3390/books978-3-03921-200-2 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783039212002 9783039211999 146 open access |
| spellingShingle | TA1-2040 T1-995 n/a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) multi-perspective ultrasound imaging dictionary learning common carotid artery spatial resolution contrast enhancement sparse representation PMUT linear array K-singular value decomposition time resolution cardiac imaging coded excitation plane wave beam pattern grating lobe suppression spatial coherence subcutaneous fat layer cylindrical scanning parallel beam forming microbubble MR-visible fiducial marker ultrasonic imaging speckle reduction multi-line transmission MRI adaptive beamforming super-resolution filtered-delay multiply and sum beamforming B-mode imaging medical ultrasound intima-media complex longitudinal motion synthetic aperture quantitative parametrization arterial wall motion pth root beam forming medical image processing crosstalk artifacts ultrasound imaging diverging wave 1-3 piezocomposite material dynamic focusing multi-line acquisition image reconstruction plane wave imaging ultrasound multi-line transmit reconstruction thyroid imaging beamforming thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology Ramalli, Alessandro Matrone, Giulia Tortoli, Piero Ultrasound B-mode Imaging: Beamforming and Image Formation Techniques |
| title | Ultrasound B-mode Imaging: Beamforming and Image Formation Techniques |
| title_full | Ultrasound B-mode Imaging: Beamforming and Image Formation Techniques |
| title_fullStr | Ultrasound B-mode Imaging: Beamforming and Image Formation Techniques |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ultrasound B-mode Imaging: Beamforming and Image Formation Techniques |
| title_short | Ultrasound B-mode Imaging: Beamforming and Image Formation Techniques |
| title_sort | ultrasound b mode imaging beamforming and image formation techniques |
| topic | TA1-2040 T1-995 n/a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) multi-perspective ultrasound imaging dictionary learning common carotid artery spatial resolution contrast enhancement sparse representation PMUT linear array K-singular value decomposition time resolution cardiac imaging coded excitation plane wave beam pattern grating lobe suppression spatial coherence subcutaneous fat layer cylindrical scanning parallel beam forming microbubble MR-visible fiducial marker ultrasonic imaging speckle reduction multi-line transmission MRI adaptive beamforming super-resolution filtered-delay multiply and sum beamforming B-mode imaging medical ultrasound intima-media complex longitudinal motion synthetic aperture quantitative parametrization arterial wall motion pth root beam forming medical image processing crosstalk artifacts ultrasound imaging diverging wave 1-3 piezocomposite material dynamic focusing multi-line acquisition image reconstruction plane wave imaging ultrasound multi-line transmit reconstruction thyroid imaging beamforming thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology |
| topic_facet | TA1-2040 T1-995 n/a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) multi-perspective ultrasound imaging dictionary learning common carotid artery spatial resolution contrast enhancement sparse representation PMUT linear array K-singular value decomposition time resolution cardiac imaging coded excitation plane wave beam pattern grating lobe suppression spatial coherence subcutaneous fat layer cylindrical scanning parallel beam forming microbubble MR-visible fiducial marker ultrasonic imaging speckle reduction multi-line transmission MRI adaptive beamforming super-resolution filtered-delay multiply and sum beamforming B-mode imaging medical ultrasound intima-media complex longitudinal motion synthetic aperture quantitative parametrization arterial wall motion pth root beam forming medical image processing crosstalk artifacts ultrasound imaging diverging wave 1-3 piezocomposite material dynamic focusing multi-line acquisition image reconstruction plane wave imaging ultrasound multi-line transmit reconstruction thyroid imaging beamforming thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology |
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