The experimental test of novel ultrasound (US) investigation methods is frequently made difficult by the lack of flexibility of commercial US machines and/or general purpose instruments available in research laboratories. In many cases, it is only possible to extract beamformed echo-signals from a "closed" US machine, for real-time data processing or acquisition by an external board. More flexibility is achieved in high-level platforms, but they are typically characterized by high cost and dimensions. This paper presents a novel portable US system, specifically developed for research purposes. The system design has been based on high-level commercial integrated circuits, to obtain the maximum flexibility with minimum of electronics. A preliminary example of application involving simultaneous B- mode and vector Doppler mode is discussed.
ULA-OP: a novel ULtrasound Advanced Open Platform for experimental research / Luca, Bassi; Enrico, Boni; Alessandro, Dallai; Francesco, Guidi; Stefano, Ricci; Piero, Tortoli. - STAMPA. - (2007), pp. 632-635. (Intervento presentato al convegno Ultrasonics Symposium, 2007. IEEE tenutosi a New York, USA nel Ottobre 2007) [10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.164].
ULA-OP: a novel ULtrasound Advanced Open Platform for experimental research
BASSI, LUCA;BONI, ENRICO;DALLAI, ALESSANDRO;GUIDI, FRANCESCO;RICCI, STEFANO;TORTOLI, PIERO
2007
Abstract
The experimental test of novel ultrasound (US) investigation methods is frequently made difficult by the lack of flexibility of commercial US machines and/or general purpose instruments available in research laboratories. In many cases, it is only possible to extract beamformed echo-signals from a "closed" US machine, for real-time data processing or acquisition by an external board. More flexibility is achieved in high-level platforms, but they are typically characterized by high cost and dimensions. This paper presents a novel portable US system, specifically developed for research purposes. The system design has been based on high-level commercial integrated circuits, to obtain the maximum flexibility with minimum of electronics. A preliminary example of application involving simultaneous B- mode and vector Doppler mode is discussed.
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