Prof. Jørgen Arendt Jensen Profile

Prof. Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Professor at Technical Univ of Denmark

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Conference Program Committee | Author | Instructor

Publications (59)

Proceedings Article | 15 March 2019 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Row-column beamforming with dynamic apodizations on a GPU

Matthias Bo Stuart, Mikkel Schou, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 10955, Medical Imaging 2019: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Apodization, MATLAB, Imaging systems, Ultrasonography, Computer programming, Image quality, Transducers, Phased arrays, 3D image processing

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Proceedings Article | 13 March 2017 Paper

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Automatic segmentation of vessels in in-vivo ultrasound scans

Philip Tamimi-Sarnikowski, Andreas Brink-Kjær, Ramin Moshavegh, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 10137, Medical Imaging 2017: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging

KEYWORDS: Image processing algorithms and systems, Doppler effect, Ultrasonography, Image segmentation, Scanners, Arteries, Vascular diseases, Transducers, In vivo imaging

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Proceedings Article | 1 April 2016 Paper

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Analog gradient beamformer for a wireless ultrasound scanner

Tommaso Di Ianni, Martin Christian Hemmsen, Jan Bagge, Henrik Jensen, Nitsan Vardi, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 9790, Medical Imaging 2016: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Point-of-care devices, Ultrasonography, Scanners, Diagnostics, Image quality, Transducers, Quantization, Optical simulations, Phased arrays, Analog electronics

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Proceedings Article | 1 April 2016 Paper

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3D vector flow using a row-column addressed CMUT array

Simon Holbek, Thomas Lehrmann Christiansen, Mathias Engholm, Anders Lei, Mathias Bo Stuart, Christopher Beers, Lars Nordahl Moesner, Jan Peter Bagge, Erik Vilain Thomsen, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 9790, Medical Imaging 2016: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

KEYWORDS: Apodization, Blood, Ultrasonography, Electrodes, Scanners, Ultrasonics, Transducers, Motion estimation, Prototyping, 3D image processing

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Proceedings Article | 1 April 2016 Paper

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Novel automatic detection of pleura and B-lines (comet-tail artifacts) on in vivo lung ultrasound scans

Ramin Moshavegh, Kristoffer Lindskov Hansen, Hasse Møller Sørensen, Martin Christian Hemmsen, Caroline Ewertsen, Michael Bachmann Nielsen, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 9790, Medical Imaging 2016: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

KEYWORDS: Medicine, Visual analytics, Detection and tracking algorithms, Visualization, Surgery, Signal attenuation, Ultrasonography, Image segmentation, Scanners, Image analysis, Lung, Biology, Transducers, In vivo imaging, Binary data

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Proceedings Article | 1 April 2016 Paper

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Volumetric synthetic aperture imaging with a piezoelectric 2D row-column probe

Hamed Bouzari, Mathias Engholm, Thomas Lehrmann Christiansen, Christopher Beers, Anders Lei, Matthias Bo Stuart, Svetoslav Ivanov Nikolov, Erik Vilain Thomsen, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 9790, Medical Imaging 2016: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Point spread functions, Apodization, Tissues, Ultrasonography, Electrodes, Scanners, Transducers, Spatial resolution, Synthetic aperture imaging, Prototyping, 3D image processing

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Proceedings Article | 1 April 2016 Paper

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High frame rate synthetic aperture vector flow imaging for transthoracic echocardiography

Carlos Villagómez-Hoyos, Matthias Stuart, Thor Bechsgaard, Michael Bachmann Nielsen, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 9790, Medical Imaging 2016: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Tissues, Blood, Ultrasonography, Synthetic aperture radar, Scanners, Heart, Diagnostics, Transducers, Blood circulation, In vivo imaging, Echocardiography, Cardiac imaging

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Proceedings Article | 1 April 2016 Paper

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Preliminary investigation of an ultrasound method for estimating pressure changes in deep-positioned vessels

Jacob Bjerring Olesen, Carlos Armando Villagomez-Hoyos, Marie Sand Traberg, Adrian J. Chee, Billy Y. Yiu, Chung Kit Ho, Alfred C. Yu, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 9790, Medical Imaging 2016: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Medicine, Data modeling, Ultrasonography, Synthetic aperture radar, Scanners, Heart, Numerical simulations, 3D modeling, Biology, Transducers, Phased arrays, Ultrafast imaging

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Proceedings Article | 1 April 2016 Paper

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Blood flow velocity in the popliteal vein using transverse oscillation ultrasound

Thor Bechsgaard, Kristoffer Lindskov Hansen, Andreas Hjelm Brandt, Simon Holbek, Lars Lönn, Charlotte Strandberg, Niels Bækgaard, Michael Bachmann Nielsen, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 9790, Medical Imaging 2016: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

KEYWORDS: Medicine, Veins, Doppler effect, Visualization, Blood, Ultrasonography, Scanners, Image analysis, Biology, Transducers, Blood circulation, Velocity measurements, Doppler tomography

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Proceedings Article | 1 April 2016 Paper

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Optimization of synthetic aperture image quality

Ramin Moshavegh, Jonas Jensen, Carlos Villagomez-Hoyos, Matthias Stuart, Martin Christian Hemmsen, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 9790, Medical Imaging 2016: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Apodization, Ultrasonography, Synthetic aperture radar, Image resolution, Computer simulations, Image analysis, Image quality, Transducers, Objectives, Synthetic aperture imaging, Ultrafast imaging

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Proceedings Article | 17 March 2015 Paper

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Transverse oscillation vector flow imaging for transthoracic echocardiography

David Bradway, Kristoffer Hansen, Michael Nielsen, Jørgen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 9419, Medical Imaging 2015: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Apodization, Doppler effect, Ultrasonography, Scanners, Transducers, In vivo imaging, Velocity measurements, Acoustics, Echocardiography

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Proceedings Article | 17 March 2015 Paper

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In vivo real-time volumetric synthetic aperture ultrasound imaging

Hamed Bouzari, Morten Rasmussen, Andreas Brandt, Matthias Stuart, Svetoslav Nikolov, Jørgen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 9419, Medical Imaging 2015: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Tissues, Imaging systems, Ultrasonography, Synthetic aperture radar, Scanners, Temporal resolution, Transducers, In vivo imaging, Acoustics

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Proceedings Article | 17 March 2015 Paper

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Surveillance of hemodialysis vascular access with ultrasound vector flow imaging

Andreas Brandt, Jacob Olesen, Kristoffer Hansen, Marianne Rix, Jørgen Jensen, Michael Nielsen

Proc. SPIE. 9419, Medical Imaging 2015: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

KEYWORDS: Gold, Statistical analysis, Doppler effect, Blood, Ultrasonography, Scanners, Surveillance, Transducers, Blood circulation, Nephrology

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Proceedings Article | 17 March 2015 Paper

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Automated hierarchical time gain compensation for in-vivo ultrasound imaging

Ramin Moshavegh, Martin Hemmsen, Bo Martins, Andreas Brandt, Kristoffer Hansen, Michael Nielsen, Jørgen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 9419, Medical Imaging 2015: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Visualization, Tissues, Signal attenuation, Ultrasonography, Image segmentation, Interference (communication), Image quality, Bladder, In vivo imaging

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Proceedings Article | 20 March 2014 Paper

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Rapid measurements of intensities for safety assessment of advanced imaging sequences

Jørgen Arendt Jensen, Morten Fischer Rasmussen, Matthias Bo Stuart, Borislav Tomov

Proc. SPIE. 9040, Medical Imaging 2014: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

KEYWORDS: Safety, Imaging systems, Calibration, Ultrasonography, Data storage, Scanners, Time metrology, Transducers, Acoustics, Multichannel imaging systems

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FDA requires that intensity and safety parameters are measured for all imaging schemes for clinical imaging. This is often cumbersome, since the scan sequence has to broken apart, measurements conducted for the individually emitted beams, and the final intensity levels calculated by combining the intensities from the individual beams. This paper suggests a fast measurement scheme using the multi-line sampling capability of modern scanners and research systems. The hydrophone is connected to one sampling channel in the research system, and the intensity is measured for all imaging lines in one emission sequence. This makes it possible to map out the pressure field and hence intensity level for all imaging lines in a single measurement. The approach has several advantages: the scanner does not have to be re-programmed and can use the scan sequence without modification. The measurements are orders of magnitude faster (minutes rather than hours) and the final intensity level calculation can be made generic and reused for any kind of scan sequence by just knowing the number of imaging lines and the pulse repetition time. The scheme has been implemented on the Acoustic Intensity Measurement System AIMS III (Onda, Sunnyvale, California, USA). The research scanner SARUS is used for the experiments, where one of the channels is used for the hydrophone signal. A 3 MHz BK 8820e (BK Medical, Herlev, Denmark) convex array with 192 elements is used along with an Onda HFL-0400 hydrophone connected to a AH-2010 pre-amplifier (Onda Corporation, Sunnyvale, USA). A single emission sequence is employed for testing and calibrating the approach. The measurements using the AIMS III and SARUS systems after calibration agree within a relative standard deviation of 0.24%. A duplex B-mode and flow sequence is also investigated. The complex intensity map is measured and the time averaged spatial peak intensity is found. A single point measurement takes 3.43 seconds and the whole sequence can be characterized on the acoustical axis in around 6 minutes.

Proceedings Article | 20 March 2014 Paper

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Comparison of vector velocity imaging using directional beamforming and transverse oscillation for a convex array transducer

Jørgen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 9040, Medical Imaging 2014: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

KEYWORDS: Apodization, Statistical analysis, Blood, Ultrasonography, Scanners, Magnetism, Data acquisition, Transducers, Velocity measurements, Correlation function

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Proceedings Article | 20 March 2014 Paper

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Increasing the dynamic range of synthetic aperture vector flow imaging

Carlos Villagomez Hoyos, Matthias Bo Stuart, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 9040, Medical Imaging 2014: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

KEYWORDS: Apodization, Blood, Ultrasonography, Scanners, Adaptive optics, Data acquisition, Transducers, Blood circulation, Neon, Beam analyzers

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In current ultrasound systems the dynamic range of detectable velocities is susceptible to the selected pulse repetition frequency, thus limiting the dynamic range of flow mapping. To establish the feasibility of extending the range of detectable velocities towards low velocity vessels, results are presented using synthetic aperture which increases the frame-to-frame signal correlation of the scatterer displacement while providing continuous data. In this paper, recursive synthetic aperture acquisition, directional beamforming, and cross-correlation are used to produce B-mode and vector velocity images. The emissions for the two imaging modes are interleaved 1-to-1 ratio, providing a high frame rate equal to the effective pulse repetition frequency of each imaging mode. The direction of the flow is estimated, and the velocity is then determined in that direction. This method works for all angles, including fully axial and transverse flows. The method is investigated using Field II simulations and data from the experimental ultrasound scanner SARUS, acquired from a circulating flow rig with a parabolic flow. A 7 MHz linear array transducer is used, and several pulse repetition frequencies are synthesized in a simulated flow phantom with linearly increasing velocity and in a dual-vessel phantom with laminar flow with peak velocities of 0.05 m/s and 0.5 m/s. The experimental measurements are made with laminar flow as in the simulations. For the simulated and experimental vessel with peak velocity of 0.05 m/s and flow angle of 75°, the relative bias is -0.29% and -3.19%, and the relative standard deviations are 2.39% and 5.75% respectively. For the simulated and experimental vessel with peak velocity of 0.5 m/s and flow angle of -90°, the relative biases are -4.30% and -7.37%, and the relative standard deviations are 1.59% and 6.12%, respectively. The presented method can improve the estimates by synthesizing a lower pulse repetition frequency, thereby increasing the dynamic range of the vector velocity imaging.

Proceedings Article | 20 March 2014 Paper

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Determining inter-fractional motion of the uterus using 3D ultrasound imaging during radiotherapy for cervical cancer

Mariwan Baker, Jørgen Jensen, Claus Behrens

Proc. SPIE. 9040, Medical Imaging 2014: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

KEYWORDS: Tumors, Tissues, Imaging systems, Ultrasonography, Bone, Radiotherapy, Computed tomography, Bladder, Cervical cancer, Uterus

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Proceedings Article | 20 March 2014 Paper

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Simulation study of real time 3D synthetic aperture sequential beamforming for ultrasound imaging

Martin Christian Hemmsen, Morten Fischer Rasmussen, Matthias Bo Stuart, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 9040, Medical Imaging 2014: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

KEYWORDS: Apodization, Imaging systems, Ultrasonography, Image resolution, Computer simulations, Image quality, Transducers, Optical simulations, Phased arrays, 3D image processing

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Proceedings Article | 20 March 2014 Paper

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A comparison between temporal and subband minimum variance adaptive beamforming

Konstantinos Diamantis, Iben Holfort-Voxen, Alan Greenaway, Tom Anderson, Jørgen Jensen, Vassilis Sboros

Proc. SPIE. 9040, Medical Imaging 2014: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

KEYWORDS: Apodization, Sensors, Ultrasonography, Fourier transforms, Image resolution, Transducers, Signal processing, Optical simulations, Phased arrays, Radar signal processing

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This paper compares the performance between temporal and subband Minimum Variance (MV) beamformers for medical ultrasound imaging. Both adaptive methods provide an optimized set of apodization weights but are implemented in the time and frequency domains respectively. Their performance is evaluated with simulated synthetic aperture data obtained from Field II and is quantified by the Full-Width-Half-Maximum (FWHM), the Peak-Side-Lobe level (PSL) and the contrast level. From a point phantom, a full sequence of 128 emissions with one transducer element transmitting and all 128 elements receiving each time, provides a FWHM of 0.03 mm (0.14λ) for both implementations at a depth of 40 mm. This value is more than 20 times lower than the one achieved by conventional beamforming. The corresponding values of PSL are -58 dB and -63 dB for time and frequency domain MV beamformers, while a value no lower than -50 dB can be obtained from either Boxcar or Hanning weights. Interestingly, a single emission with central element #64 as the transmitting aperture provides results comparable to the full sequence. The values of FWHM are 0.04 mm and 0.03 mm and those of PSL are -42 dB and -46 dB for temporal and subband approaches. From a cyst phantom and for 128 emissions, the contrast level is calculated at -54 dB and -63 dB respectively at the same depth, with the initial shape of the cyst being preserved in contrast to conventional beamforming. The difference between the two adaptive beamformers is less significant in the case of a single emission, with the contrast level being estimated at -42 dB for the time domain and -43 dB for the frequency domain implementation. For the estimation of a single MV weight of a low resolution image formed by a single emission, 0.44 * 109 calculations per second are required for the temporal approach. The same numbers for the subband approach are 0.62 * 109 for the point and 1.33 * 109 for the cyst phantom. The comparison demonstrates similar resolution but slightly lower side-lobes and higher contrast for the subband approach at the expense of increased computation time.

Proceedings Article | 20 March 2014 Paper

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Real-time GPU implementation of transverse oscillation vector velocity flow imaging

David Pierson Bradway, Michael Johannes Pihl, Andreas Krebs, Borislav Gueorguiev Tomov, Carsten Straso Kjær, Svetoslav Ivanov Nikolov, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 9040, Medical Imaging 2014: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

KEYWORDS: MATLAB, Visualization, Ultrasonography, Scanners, Diagnostics, Data acquisition, Data processing, Signal processing, Quantization, Algorithm development

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Proceedings Article | 29 March 2013 Paper

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Preliminary examples of 3D vector flow imaging

Michael Pihl, Matthias Stuart, Borislav Tomov, Jens Hansen, Morten Rasmussen, Jørgen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 8675, Medical Imaging 2013: Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy

KEYWORDS: 3D acquisition, Visualization, Ultrasonography, Stereoscopy, Magnetic resonance imaging, Data acquisition, Transducers, 3D metrology, Motion measurement, 3D image processing

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This paper presents 3D vector flow images obtained using the 3D Transverse Oscillation (TO) method. The method employs a 2D transducer and estimates the three velocity components simultaneously, which is important for visualizing complex flow patterns. Data are acquired using the experimental ultrasound scanner SARUS on a flow-rig system with steady flow. The vessel of the flow-rig is centered at a depth of 30 mm, and the flow has an expected 2D circular-symmetric parabolic profile with a peak velocity of 1 m/s. Ten frames of 3D vector flow images are acquired in a cross-sectional plane orthogonal to the center axis of the vessel, which coincides with the y-axis and the flow direction. Hence, only out-of-plane motion is expected. This motion cannot be measured by typical commercial scanners employing 1D arrays. Each frame consists of 16 flow lines steered from -15 to 15 degrees in steps of 2 degrees in the ZX-plane. For the center line, 3200 M-mode lines are acquired yielding 100 velocity profiles. At the center of the vessel, the mean and standard deviation of the estimated velocity vectors are (v_x, v_y, v_z) = (-0.026, 95, 1.0)±(8.8, 6.2, 0.84) cm/s compared to the expected (0.0, 96, 0.0) cm/s. Relative to the velocity magnitude this yields standard deviations of (9.1, 6.4, 0.88) %, respectively. Volumetric flow rates were estimated for all ten frames yielding 57.9±2.0 mL/s in comparison with 56.2 mL/s measured by a commercial magnetic flow meter. One frame of the obtained 3D vector flow data is presented and visualized using three alternative approaches. Practically no in-plane motion (v_x and v_z) is measured, whereas the out-of-plane motion (v_y) and the velocity magnitude exhibit the expected 2D circular-symmetric parabolic shape. It shown that the ultrasound method is suitable for real-time data acquisition as opposed to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The results demonstrate that the 3D TO method is capable of performing 3D vector flow imaging.

Proceedings Article | 29 March 2013 Paper

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3D ultrasound imaging performance of a row-column addressed 2D array transducer: a simulation study

Morten Rasmussen, Jørgen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 8675, Medical Imaging 2013: Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Apodization, Ultrasonography, Stereoscopy, Image resolution, Wavefronts, Transducers, Chemical elements, Imaging arrays, 3D image processing

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Proceedings Article | 29 March 2013

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New developments in vector velocity imaging using the transverse oscillation approach

Jørgen Jensen, Michael Pihl, Jacob Olesen, Peter Hansen, Kristoffer Hansen, Michael Nielsen

Proc. SPIE. 8675, Medical Imaging 2013: Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy

KEYWORDS: Apodization, Veins, Blood, Ultrasonography, Heart, Arteries, Transducers, Phased arrays, Velocity measurements, 3D image processing

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Proceedings Article | 29 March 2013 Paper

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Preliminary study of synthetic aperture tissue harmonic imaging on in-vivo data

Joachim Rasmussen, Martin Hemmsen, Signe Madsen, Peter Hansen, Michael Nielsen, Jørgen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 8675, Medical Imaging 2013: Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy

KEYWORDS: Apodization, Tissues, Imaging systems, Ultrasonography, Scanners, Video, Data acquisition, Image quality, Image transmission, In vivo imaging

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Proceedings Article | 29 March 2013 Paper

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Non-invasive measurement of pressure gradients using ultrasound

Jacob Olesen, Marie Traberg, Michael Pihl, Jørgen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 8675, Medical Imaging 2013: Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy

KEYWORDS: Data modeling, Ultrasonography, Magnetic resonance imaging, Scanners, Arteries, Data acquisition, Transducers, Spatial resolution, Velocity measurements, Data analysis

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Proceedings Article | 29 March 2013 Paper

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A delta-sigma beamformer with integrated apodization

Borislav Tomov, Matthias Stuart, Martin Hemmsen, Jørgen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 8675, Medical Imaging 2013: Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Apodization, Ultrasonography, Scanners, Interference (communication), Modulators, Image filtering, Phased arrays, Analog electronics, Filtering (signal processing)

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Proceedings Article | 25 February 2012 Paper

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Clinical evaluation of synthetic aperture sequential beamforming

Peter Møller Hansen, Martin Christian Hemmsen, Theis Lange, Jens Munk Hansen, Michael Bachmann Nielsen, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 8320, Medical Imaging 2012: Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy

KEYWORDS: Liver, Ultrasonography, Image processing, Scanners, Ions, Image resolution, Image quality, Transducers, Kidney, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 25 February 2012 Paper

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Age and gender related differences in aortic blood flow

Marie Sand Enevoldsen, Mads Møller Pedersen, Martin Christian Hemmsen, Lars Lönn, Kaj-Åge Henneberg, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 8320, Medical Imaging 2012: Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy

KEYWORDS: Computational fluid dynamics, Blood, Ultrasonography, Magnetic resonance imaging, Image segmentation, Scanners, Medical research, Arteries, Data acquisition, Blood circulation

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Proceedings Article | 25 February 2012 Paper

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Preliminary comparison of 3D synthetic aperture imaging with Explososcan

Morten Fischer Rasmussen, Jens Munk Hansen, Guillaume Férin, Rémi Dufait, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 8320, Medical Imaging 2012: Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Imaging systems, Ultrasonography, Image resolution, Computer simulations, Medical imaging, Transducers, Phased arrays, Synthetic aperture imaging, 3D image processing

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Proceedings Article | 26 March 2011 Paper

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Comparison of simulated and measured nonlinear ultrasound fields

Yigang Du, Henrik Jensen, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 7968, Medical Imaging 2011: Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Signal attenuation, Ultrasonography, Fourier transforms, Computer simulations, Wave propagation, Transducers, Convolution, Oscilloscopes, Acoustics

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Proceedings Article | 26 March 2011 Paper

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Preliminary comparison between real-time in-vivo spectral and transverse oscillation velocity estimates

Mads Møller Pedersen, Michael Johannes Pihl, Per Haugaard, Jens Munk Hansen, Kristoffer Lindskov Hansen, Michael Bachmann Nielsen, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 7968, Medical Imaging 2011: Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy

KEYWORDS: Blood, Ultrasonography, Scanners, Diagnostics, Arteries, Data acquisition, Transducers, Blood circulation, Picosecond phenomena, In vivo imaging

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Proceedings Article | 26 March 2011 Paper

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An object-oriented multi-threaded software beamformation toolbox

Jens Munk Hansen, Martin Christian Hemmsen, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 7968, Medical Imaging 2011: Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy

KEYWORDS: Apodization, MATLAB, Ultrasonography, Scanners, Transducers, Signal processing, Software development, Optical simulations, Phased arrays, C++

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Proceedings Article | 16 March 2011 Paper

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Simulation of ultrasound backscatter images from fish

An Hoai Pham, Bjarne Stage, Martin Christian Hemmsen, Bo Lundgren, Mads Møller Pedersen, Tina Bock Pedersen, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 7961, Medical Imaging 2011: Physics of Medical Imaging

KEYWORDS: X-ray computed tomography, Backscatter, Tissues, Ultrasonography, Image segmentation, Scanners, Bone, Transducers, Computed tomography, Acoustics

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Proceedings Article | 12 March 2010 Paper

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Ultrasound image quality assessment: a framework for evaluation of clinical image quality

Martin Christian Hemmsen, Mads Møller Petersen, Svetoslav Ivanov Nikolov, Michael Backmann Nielsen, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 7629, Medical Imaging 2010: Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy

KEYWORDS: MATLAB, Statistical analysis, Ultrasonography, Image processing, Scanners, Diagnostics, Data acquisition, Image quality, Transducers, Image quality standards

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Proceedings Article | 13 March 2008 Paper

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Simulation of microbubble response to ambient pressure changes

Klaus Scheldrup Andersen, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 6920, Medical Imaging 2008: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

KEYWORDS: Ultrasonography, Diagnostics, Computer simulations, Arteries, In vivo imaging, Blood pressure, Motion models, Acoustics, Rectangular pulse, Liquids

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Proceedings Article | 12 March 2007 Paper

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In vivo examples of synthetic aperture vector flow imaging

Niels Oddershede, Kristoffer Lindskov Hansen, Michael Bachmann Nielsen, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 6513, Medical Imaging 2007: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

KEYWORDS: Optical filters, Veins, Ultrasonography, Image processing, Scanners, Image resolution, Arteries, Data acquisition, Transducers, In vivo imaging

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Proceedings Article | 12 March 2007 Paper

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Coded ultrasound for blood flow estimation using subband processing

Fredrik Gran, Jesper Udesen, Michael Bachmann Nielsen, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 6513, Medical Imaging 2007: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Optical filters, Blood, Ultrasonography, Amplifiers, Transducers, Signal processing, Blood circulation, Spatial resolution, Electronic filtering

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Proceedings Article | 12 March 2007 Paper

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Effective and versatile software beamformation toolbox

Jacob Kortbek, Svetoslav Nikolov, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 6513, Medical Imaging 2007: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

KEYWORDS: Apodization, MATLAB, Ultrasonography, Image processing, Image quality, Wave propagation, Transducers, Signal processing, Phased arrays, C++

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Delay-and-sum array beamforming is an essential part of signal processing in ultrasound imaging. Although the principles are simple, there are many implementation details to consider for obtaining a reliable and computational efficient beamforming. Different methods for calculation of time-delays are used for different waveforms. Various inter-sample interpolation schemes such as FIR-filtering, polynomial, and spline interpolation can be chosen. Apodization can be any preferred window function of fixed size applied on the channel signals or it can be dynamic with an expanding and contracting aperture to obtain a preferred constant F-number. An effective and versatile software toolbox for off-line beamformation designed to address all of these issues has been developed. It is capable of exploiting parallelization of computations on a Linux cluster and is written in C++ with a MATLAB(MathWorks Inc.) interface. It is an aid to support simulations and experimental investigation of 3D imaging, synthetic aperture imaging, and directional flow estimation. A number of parameters are necessary to fully define the spatial beamforming and some parameters are optional. All spatial specifications are given in 3D space such as the physical positions of the transducer elements during transmit and receive and the positions of the points to beamform. The points of focus are defined as a collection of lines each having an origin, a direction, a distance between points and a length. The transducer, the points to beamform, and the apodization are defined as individual objects and a combination of these define the actual beamforming. Once the beamforming is defined, the time-delays and apodization values for every combination of transmit elements, receive elements and focus points can be calculated and stored in lookup-tables (LUT). Parametric beamforming can also be applied where calculations are done by demand, thus, reducing the storage demand dramatically. On a standard PC with a Pentium 4, 2.66 GHz processor running Linux the toolbox can beamform 100,000 points in lines of various directions in 20 seconds using a transducer of 128 elements, dynamic apodization and 3rd order polynomial interpolation. This is a decrease in computation time of at least a factor of 15 compared to an implementation directly in MATLAB of a similar beamformer.

Proceedings Article | 16 March 2006 Paper

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Recursive delay calculation unit for parametric beamformer

Svetoslav Nikolov, Jørgen Jensen, Borislav Tomov

Proc. SPIE. 6147, Medical Imaging 2006: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Clocks, Error analysis, Field programmable gate arrays, Image quality, Transducers, Image transmission, Phased arrays, Synthetic aperture imaging, Imaging arrays

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Proceedings Article | 16 March 2006 Paper

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Plane wave fast color flow mode imaging: a parameter study

Ibrahim Bolic, Jesper Udesen, Fredrik Gran, Jørgen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 6147, Medical Imaging 2006: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Tissues, Blood, Ultrasonography, Blood vessels, Image acquisition, Transducers, Blood circulation, Color imaging, Filtering (signal processing)

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Proceedings Article | 12 April 2005 Paper

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Fast color flow mode imaging using plane wave excitation and temporal encoding

Jesper Udesen, Fredrik Gran, Jorgen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 5750, Medical Imaging 2005: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Point spread functions, Apodization, Blood, Ultrasonography, Scanners, Computer programming, Transducers, Image transmission, Color imaging

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Proceedings Article | 12 April 2005 Paper

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Experimental investigation of synthetic aperture flow angle estimation

Niels Oddershede, Jorgen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 5750, Medical Imaging 2005: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Blood, Ultrasonography, Water, Image resolution, Transducers, Blood circulation, Virtual point source, Velocity measurements, Synthetic aperture imaging

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Proceedings Article | 12 April 2005 Paper

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Spatio-temporal encoding using narrow-band linear frequency modulated signals in synthetic aperture ultrasound imaging

Fredrik Gran, Jorgen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 5750, Medical Imaging 2005: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Transmitters, Point spread functions, Optical filters, Modulation, Ultrasonography, Computer programming, Transducers, Electronic filtering, Acoustics

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Proceedings Article | 28 April 2004 Paper

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Preliminary in-vivo evaluation of convex array synthetic aperture imaging

Morten Pedersen, Kim Gammelmark, Jørgen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 5373, Medical Imaging 2004: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

KEYWORDS: Ultrasonography, Image resolution, Medical imaging, Image quality, Transducers, Image transmission, In vivo imaging, Synthetic aperture imaging, Imaging arrays, Spherical lenses

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Proceedings Article | 28 April 2004 Paper

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A code division technique for multiple element synthetic aperture transmission

Fredrik Gran, Jorgen Jensen, Andreas Jakobsson

Proc. SPIE. 5373, Medical Imaging 2004: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Transmitters, Point spread functions, Ultrasonography, Image resolution, Receivers, Transducers, Solids, Image transmission, Systems modeling

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Proceedings Article | 28 April 2004 Paper

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Compact implementation of dynamic receive apodization in ultrasound scanners

Borislav Tomov, Jørgen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 5373, Medical Imaging 2004: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Apodization, Logic, Ultrasonography, Scanners, Field programmable gate arrays, Image quality, Transducers, Optical simulations, Phased arrays

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Proceedings Article | 28 April 2004 Paper

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Method for in-vivo synthetic aperture B-flow imaging

Jorgen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 5373, Medical Imaging 2004: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

KEYWORDS: Tissues, Blood, Ultrasonography, Image resolution, Linear filtering, Arteries, Data acquisition, Image filtering, In vivo imaging, Electronic filtering

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Proceedings Article | 28 April 2004 Paper

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An in vitro investigation of transverse flow estimation

Jesper Udesen, Jorgen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 5373, Medical Imaging 2004: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Apodization, Blood, Ultrasonography, Scanners, Arteries, Data acquisition, Transducers, Phased arrays, In vivo imaging

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Proceedings Article | 23 May 2003 Paper

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Delay generation methods with reduced memory requirements

Borislav Tomov, Jorgen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 5035, Medical Imaging 2003: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

KEYWORDS: Logic, Clocks, Detection and tracking algorithms, Surgery, Ultrasonography, Field programmable gate arrays, Transducers, Phased arrays, Algorithm development, Imaging arrays

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Proceedings Article | 11 April 2002 Paper

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Multi-element synthetic transmit aperture imaging using temporal encoding

Kim Gammelmark, Joergen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 4687, Medical Imaging 2002: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Signal attenuation, Ultrasonography, Image resolution, Transducers, Frequency modulation, Fermium, Spatial resolution, Imaging arrays, Multi-element lenses

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Proceedings Article | 11 April 2002 Paper

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Virtual ultrasound sources in high-resolution ultrasound imaging

Svetoslav Nikolov, Joergen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 4687, Medical Imaging 2002: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Point spread functions, Ultrasonography, Image resolution, Wavefronts, Wave propagation, Transducers, Virtual reality, Imaging arrays, Spherical lenses

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Proceedings Article | 11 April 2002 Paper

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New coding concept for fast ultrasound imaging using pulse trains

Thanasis Misaridis, Joergen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 4687, Medical Imaging 2002: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

KEYWORDS: Modulation, Signal attenuation, Ultrasonography, Phase shift keying, Transducers, Signal processing, Image transmission, Electronic filtering, Spherical lenses, Frequency shift keying

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Proceedings Article | 11 April 2002 Paper

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Should compression of coded waveforms be done before or after focusing?

Rasmus Bjerngaard, Joergen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 4687, Medical Imaging 2002: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Tissues, Ultrasonography, Scanners, Abdomen, Transducers, Fermium, Convolution, In vivo imaging, Chemical elements

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Proceedings Article | 11 April 2002 Paper

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Modeling of higher harmonics formation in medical ultrasound systems

Louise Kold Taylor, Malene Schlaikjer, Joergen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 4687, Medical Imaging 2002: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

KEYWORDS: Diffraction, Tissues, Signal attenuation, Ultrasonography, Wave propagation, Transducers, Chemical elements, Acoustics, Systems modeling, Multi-element lenses

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Proceedings Article | 11 April 2002 Paper

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Comparison between different encoding schemes for synthetic aperture imaging

Svetoslav Nikolov, Joergen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 4687, Medical Imaging 2002: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Ultrasonography, Image resolution, Computer programming, Image quality, Transducers, Frequency modulation, Fermium, In vivo imaging, Chemical elements

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Proceedings Article | 30 May 2001 Paper

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Efficient focusing scheme for transverse velocity estimation using cross-correlation

Joergen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 4325, Medical Imaging 2001: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Apodization, Blood, Ultrasonography, Interference (communication), Arteries, Medical imaging, Transducers, Phased arrays, Correlation function

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Proceedings Article | 30 May 2001 Paper

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Performance of velocity vector estimation using an improved dynamic beamforming setup

Peter Munk, Joergen Jensen

Proc. SPIE. 4325, Medical Imaging 2001: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Apodization, Modulation, Ultrasonography, Arteries, Wave propagation, Transducers, Phased arrays, Acoustics

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Estimation of velocity vectors using transverse spatial modulation has previously been presented. Initially, the velocity estimation was improved using an approximated dynamic beamformer setup instead of a static combined with a new velocity estimation scheme. A new beamformer setup for dynamic control of the acoustic field, based on the Pulsed Plane Wave Decomposition (PPWD), is presented. The PPWD gives an unambiguous relation between a given acoustic field and the time functions needed on an array transducer for transmission. Applying this method for the receive beamformation results in a setup of the beamformer with different filters for each channel for each estimation depth. The method of the PPWD is illustrated by analytical expressions of the decomposed acoustic field and these results are used for simulation. Results of velocity estimates using the new setup are given on the basis of simulated and experimental data. The simulation setup is an attempt to approximate the situation present when performing a scanning of the carotid artery with a linear array. Measurement of the flow perpendicular to the emission direction is possible using the approach of transverse spatial modulation. This is most often the case in a scanning of the carotid artery, where the situation is handled by an angled Doppler setup in the present ultrasound scanners. The modulation period of 2 mm is controlled for a range of 20-40 mm which covers the typical range of the carotid artery. A 6 MHz array on a 128-channel system is simulated. The flow setup in the simulation is based on a vessel with a parabolic flow profile for a 60 and 90-degree flow angle. The experimental results are based on the backscattered signal from a sponge mounted in a stepping device. The bias and std. Dev. Of the velocity estimate are calculated for four different flow angles (50,60,75 and 90 degrees). The velocity vector is calculated using the improved 2D estimation approach at a range of depths.

Proceedings Article | 1 May 1991 Paper

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Sampling system for in vivo ultrasound images

Joergen Jensen, Jan Mathorne

Proc. SPIE. 1444, Medical Imaging V: Image Capture, Formatting, and Display

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Ultrasonography, Image processing, Scanners, Amplifiers, Transducers, Signal processing, In vivo imaging, Analog electronics, Prototyping

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Conference Committee Involvement (18)

Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

15 February 2021 | Online Only, California, United States

Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

16 February 2020 | Houston, Texas, United States

Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

17 February 2019 | San Diego, California, United States

Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

14 February 2018 | Houston, Texas, United States

Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

15 February 2017 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

28 February 2016 | San Diego, California, United States

Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

22 February 2015 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

19 February 2014 | San Diego, California, United States

Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy

12 February 2013 | Lake Buena Vista (Orlando Area), Florida, United States

Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy

5 February 2012 | San Diego, California, United States

Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy

13 February 2011 | Lake Buena Vista (Orlando), Florida, United States

Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy

14 February 2010 | San Diego, California, United States

Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

8 February 2009 | Lake Buena Vista (Orlando Area), Florida, United States

Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

17 February 2008 | San Diego, California, United States

Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

18 February 2007 | San Diego, CA, United States

Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

12 February 2006 | San Diego, California, United States

Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

16 February 2005 | San Diego, California, United States

Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

18 February 2004 | San Diego, California, United States

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Course Instructor

SC614: Simulation of Ultrasound Systems using Field II

Field II is a program for simulating all types of linear medical ultrasound systems. The program can be used for simulating single element and array transducers (1D and 2D) using any kind of excitation, focusing, and apodization using spatial impulse responses. The course will give a description of the theory behind the program and its use. This will include calculation of point spread functions, simulation of B-mode images, and simple flow simulation. The lectures will be inter-spaced with 1 hour exercises on the participants own portable PCs. The participant should therefore bring a portable PC, which has Matlab 6.0 or higher on it, and install the latest version of Field II found at http://www.es.oersted.dtu.dk/staff/jaj/field/ .

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