对于具有多个不连接的压电板的矩阵阵列传感器的元件位置校准
Jacob R McCall1,2, Arthur Chavignon3, Olivier Couture3
1Department of Electrical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
Ultrasonic imaging
|February 9, 2024
概括
校准二维超声波传感器元素位置可以提高图像质量. 这种简单的程序最大限度地降低了图像退化和减少了文物,增强了先进超声波方法的诊断信息.
科学领域:
- 医疗成像医学成像
- 超声波技术 超声波技术 超声波技术
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
背景情况:
- 二维超声波传感器提供体积数据,用于增强的临床诊断.
- 新兴的超声波技术,如超分辨率和功能成像,依赖于这种技术.
- 由于制造复杂性,带有分离的压电面板的矩阵探头可能需要对元件位置进行校准.
研究的目的:
- 详述两种方法,用于校准1024通道8MHz矩阵传感器的元件位置.
- 将校准确定为高分辨率B模式成像和先进超声波方法的必要步骤.
- 为了证明校准对图像质量和工件减少的影响.
主要方法:
- 对Vermon 1024通道8MHz矩阵传感器应用了两种不同的校准技术.
- 精确地确定了元素位置,以纠正制造引起的错位.
- 校准程序的重点是优化传感器性能,以获取图像.
主要成果:
- 校准显著改善了点差函数 (PSF) 的形状.
- 双重化PSF的工件减少了10dB.
- 基于传感器的图像退化被最小化,导致更高质量的B模式图像.
结论:
- 要素位置校准对于高分辨率超声波成像至关重要.
- 这种校准通过减少工件和提高图像质量来增强诊断信息.
- 所介绍的方法提供了一种简单而有效的方法,用于优化2D矩阵传感器性能,用于先进的应用.
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