WO2005058167A2 - 超音波診断装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that performs coded transmission and reception.
- An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus transmits an ultrasonic wave from a probe to a subject by outputting a drive signal from a transmission unit to the probe, and probes a reflected echo signal generated from the subject.
- the ultrasound image is received by the child and an ultrasound image is reconstructed based on the received signal.
- the probe acts as an oscillator of the transducer, and controls the focal position of the ultrasound in the subject by delaying and adding the received signal of each transducer by a predetermined time when receiving ultrasonic waves. be able to .
- the method of shifting the focus position by changing the delay time is called dynamic focus.
- the waveform of the ultrasonic wave transmitted by the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus be a short pulse wave in the time axis direction, and that the signal-to-noise ratio (SN ratio) be high.
- SN ratio signal-to-noise ratio
- the maximum value of the ultrasonic intensity needs to be suppressed so as not to affect the living body, it has become popular in the radar field to increase the transmission energy while suppressing the maximum intensity of the ultrasonic wave.
- Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2003-225237 describes that the encoding and transmission technique described above is applied to an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus.
- a single-pulse waveform having a large peak intensity is spread by a coding process into a signal sequence in the time axis direction having a small peak intensity, transmitted to a subject, and a signal reflected within the subject is received.
- a decoding process for converging in the time axis direction by the demodulation filter is performed to return the peak intensity to the pulse waveform.
- a code As a code, a Barker code widely known in the radar field, a Golay code, or the like can be used.
- a decoding filter As a decoding filter, an autocorrelation filter that performs autocorrelation processing or a mismatch filter is used. A filter or the like can be used.
- Patent Document 1 JP-A-2003-225237 Disclosure of the invention
- An object of the present invention is to realize coded transmission and reception that reduces time side lobes while suppressing an increase in circuit scale.
- an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present invention includes a probe that transmits and receives an ultrasonic wave to and from a subject, and a transmission unit that outputs a transmission signal for driving the probe. And a receiving unit that processes a received signal received by the probe, and an image forming unit that reconstructs an ultrasonic image using the received signal output by the receiving unit.
- the transmitting unit creates and outputs a transmission signal corresponding to a combined modulation code sequence obtained by combining a plurality of modulation code sequences.
- the receiving unit includes a demodulator that demodulates the modulation of the received signal with the combined modulation code sequence.
- the transmitting unit described above can be configured to generate a transmission signal by sequentially outputting waveforms based on the coefficients of the code elements of the composite modulation code sequence.
- a combination of the first modulation code sequence and the second modulation code sequence can be used as the combined modulation code sequence.
- the receiving unit includes a first demodulator for demodulating the modulation of the received signal by the first modulation code sequence, and a second demodulator for demodulating the modulation of the received signal by the second modulation code sequence. It has composition which has. The received signal is demodulated by one of the first and second demodulators, and then further demodulated by the other demodulator.
- the code interval of the first modulation code sequence a code interval larger than the code interval of the second modulation code sequence can be used.
- the first demodulator is arranged closer to the probe than the second demodulator, and after the received signal output from the probe is demodulated by the first demodulator, A configuration in which demodulation is further performed by a demodulator can be adopted.
- a modulation code having a large code interval is demodulated first, so that demodulation errors due to the effects of subsequent discontinuous processing such as switching of a focus stage, switching of a numerical aperture, and switching of an amplification factor can be reduced.
- time side lobes due to discontinuous processing can be reduced.
- the first demodulator is arranged at a position for demodulating a received signal before being subjected to phasing addition by the phasing addition unit that switches the focus stage
- the second demodulator is disposed at the phasing addition unit.
- the received signal after the phasing addition can be arranged at a position where demodulation processing is performed.
- demodulation errors due to switching of the focus stage can be reduced, and time side lobes can be reduced.
- the circuit scale can be significantly reduced by arranging the second demodulator after the phasing and adding section.
- both the first and second demodulators can be arranged at positions where the received signal after the phasing addition by the phasing addition unit is subjected to demodulation processing. In this case, since only one first and second demodulator is required, the circuit scale is greatly reduced.
- the first and second demodulators can be arranged at positions where the received signals before being subjected to phasing addition by the phasing addition unit are respectively demodulated. In this case, no demodulation error occurs due to focus stage switching, so that the time side lobe can be reduced.
- force demodulators in two stages, which require the same number of demodulators as the number of transducers, the circuit scale can be reduced as compared with a single stage configuration.
- the code length of the first modulation code string is determined by the code length of the code elements constituting the second modulation code string. It can be equal to or less than the distance.
- the coefficients of the code elements constituting the combined modulation code sequence are obtained by multiplying the coefficients of the respective code elements of the second modulation code sequence by the coefficients of all the code elements constituting the first modulation code sequence. Obtainable.
- a code storage unit in which coefficients of a plurality of types of modulation code sequences are stored in advance, and a first modulation code sequence and a second modulation code sequence are selected from the code storage unit.
- a configuration can be provided that includes a selecting unit and a combining unit that adjusts the coefficients of the first and second modulation code strings to desired code intervals and combines them to generate a combined modulation code string.
- the first and second modulation code strings can be freely selected according to the state of the imaging region or the user as desired.
- a composite code storage unit in which a plurality of types of the composite modulation code sequences are stored in advance, and one composite modulation code sequence from the composite code storage unit are selected. And a part having the same.
- This configuration has an IJ point that the circuit configuration is simple.
- An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus provides a probe that transmits and receives an ultrasonic wave to and from a subject, and a transmission unit that outputs a transmission signal for driving the probe.
- a reception unit for processing a reception signal received by the probe to obtain a reception signal in which harmonics are emphasized; and a harmonic image of an ultrasonic wave using the reception signal output from the reception unit.
- an image composing unit to be reconstructed.
- the transmission unit generates and outputs a transmission signal corresponding to a composite modulation code sequence that is generated based on a plurality of modulation code sequences and has a phase shift amount with respect to a fundamental wave as a code element value.
- the receiving unit includes a demodulator that demodulates the modulation of the received signal by the combined modulation code sequence.
- a demodulator that demodulates the modulation of the received signal by the combined modulation code sequence.
- the transmission unit may be configured to generate a transmission signal by sequentially outputting a waveform representing a phase shift amount which is a value of a code element of the composite modulation code string.
- the receiving unit performs the first modulation code on the received signal. It is configured to have a first demodulator for demodulating the modulation by the sequence and a second demodulator for demodulating the modulation of the received signal by the second modulation code sequence. The received signal is demodulated by one of the first and second demodulators and then further demodulated by the other demodulator.
- the phase shift amounts that are the code elements of the composite modulation code string are the first and second Are multiplied by each other, and the order of the multiplied 1 is obtained to obtain a phase shift amount having a magnitude corresponding to the order.
- the code element of the combined modulation code string is the phase shift amount determined by (180 ° ZM) XN be able to.
- the receiving unit can be configured to have a filter that removes a fundamental component from the received signals demodulated by the first and second demodulators. As a result, the fundamental wave component can be removed by the filter, and the harmonic component can be further emphasized.
- the transmission unit may further include a waveform signal of the combined modulation code string and another combined modulation code string obtained by further shifting the phase shift amount of each code element of the combined modulation code string by a predetermined phase amount.
- the receiving unit combines the received signal of the waveform signal output earlier in the transmission signals of the two combined modulation code strings with the received signal of the waveform signal output later, thereby canceling the fundamental wave component. It is configured to have a signal synthesis unit. As a result, the fundamental wave component can be removed by cancellation, and the harmonic component can be further emphasized.
- a storage unit that stores the first and second modulation code strings, and a storage unit that receives the first and second modulation code strings and counts the order of 1
- a phase difference determining unit that allocates a predetermined phase shift amount according to an order; and a plurality of waveforms corresponding to the predetermined phase shift amount, and stores the phase shift amount determined by the phase difference determining unit.
- a waveform storage unit that outputs a waveform corresponding to the above as a transmission signal.
- a composite code storage unit in which a plurality of types of composite modulation code sequences are stored in advance, and one composite modulation code from the composite code storage unit It can be configured to have a selection unit for selecting a column.
- the code interval of the first modulation code sequence As the code interval of the first modulation code sequence, a code interval larger than the code interval of the second modulation code sequence can be used.
- the first and second demodulators can be arranged so that the received signal output from the probe is demodulated by the first demodulator and then demodulated by the second demodulator.
- a modulation code having a large code interval is demodulated first, so that demodulation errors due to the effects of discontinuous processing performed thereafter, for example, switching of a focus stage, switching of a numerical aperture, and switching of an amplification factor can be reduced.
- time side lobes due to discontinuous processing can be reduced.
- the first demodulator is arranged at a position for demodulating the received signal before being subjected to the phasing addition by the phasing addition section, and the second demodulator is subjected to the phasing addition by the phasing addition section.
- the demodulated received signal can be arranged at a position where demodulation processing is performed.
- first and second demodulators can also be arranged at positions where the received signals after the phasing addition by the phasing addition unit are subjected to demodulation processing. Also in this case, the number of the first and second demodulators may be one by one, so that the circuit scale is significantly reduced.
- the first and second demodulators can be arranged at positions where the received signals before being subjected to phasing addition by the phasing addition unit are respectively demodulated. In this case, no demodulation error occurs due to focus stage switching, so that the time side lobe can be reduced. Also, by using a two-stage demodulator, the circuit scale can be reduced as compared with a single-stage configuration.
- the present embodiment combines two types of modulation codes to form a combined modulation code.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present embodiment.
- the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a probe 10 including a plurality of transducers for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves to and from a subject, a transmitting unit 12, and a transmission delay circuit 11. And a transmission / reception switching switch group 13, a reception unit 14, an image construction unit 16, a display unit 18, a control unit 20, and an input unit 9.
- the transmission unit 11 generates an encoded transmission signal under the control of the control unit 20.
- the transmission delay circuit 11 delays the transmission signal generated by the transmission unit by a predetermined time according to an instruction from the control unit 20.
- the transmission / reception switch group 13 transfers a transmission signal to each vibrator in the variable aperture set by the control unit 20.
- ultrasonic waves are transmitted toward a predetermined position in each of the transducer forces in the subject, and scanning and focusing during transmission are performed.
- the ultrasonic waves reflected or scattered in the subject are received by the transducers of the probe 10, converted into reception signals, passed to the reception unit 14 by the transmission / reception switch group 13, and decoded.
- phasing processing and addition processing for focusing processing at the time of reception are performed.
- the image forming unit 16 reconstructs an ultrasonic image (for example, a B-mode image or an M-mode image) based on the output signal of the receiving unit 14.
- the reconstructed ultrasonic image is displayed on the display unit 18.
- the control unit 20 receives imaging conditions and the like set by the operator in the input unit 9, and includes a transmission unit 12, a transmission delay circuit 11, a transmission / reception switching switch group 13, a reception unit 14, and an image configuration unit 16. Control.
- the transmission unit 12 includes a timing signal generation unit 22, a transmission waveform generation unit 24 that generates a composite modulation code by combining at least two modulation codes, and generates a waveform corresponding to the composite modulation code, and a transmission waveform generation unit.
- a transmission amplifier 28 is provided to amplify the transmission waveform output from the unit 24 and generate a transmission signal.
- the transmission waveform generator 24 generates a combined modulation code by combining two modulation codes.
- it has code selection units 52 and 53, code storage units 50 and 51, a code synthesis unit 56, a waveform output instruction unit 32, and a waveform storage unit 26.
- a plurality of types of modulation codes are stored in the code storage units 50 and 51 in advance.
- the stored modulation codes include, for example, those having a code length (number of code elements) of a Barker code, a Golay code, a Chirp code, and other coded transmission / reception.
- Various known codes used can be used, and desired plural kinds of codes are These are stored in the code storage units 50 and 51.
- the code stored in the code storage unit 50 and the code stored in the code storage unit 51 may be the same type of code or different types of code.
- code selector 52, 53 two modulation codes the user wants to use the current measurement, the type of ie first modulation code (CODEL), a second modulation code (C ode2)
- CODEL first modulation code
- C ode2 second modulation code
- An instruction to make a selection is received from the control unit 20.
- the code selection unit 52 specifies an address number at which codel is stored among a plurality of modulation codes stored in the code storage unit 50, and a signal indicating a coefficient (+1 or 1) of each code element of codel. Is output to the code storage unit 50 at a predetermined time interval (referred to as a code interval) ⁇ 1.
- ⁇ 1 is set to a time equal to or longer than ⁇ 2 X L2, which is the code interval 2 of code2 multiplied by the number of code elements L2 of code2.
- the code synthesizing unit 56 stores the coefficients (+1 or 1) of the code elements sequentially received from the code storage unit 50.
- each of the coefficients of the code elements of codel becomes a code which is modulated by the total code elements C ode2.
- the code synthesizing unit 56 sequentially outputs a signal indicating the coefficient (+1 or 1) of the code element of the generated synthetic modulation code codeX to the waveform selecting unit 32 at predetermined time intervals.
- the coefficient of the code element of the composite modulation code codeX is binary (+1 or 1)
- two types of corresponding waveforms namely, a basic waveform (phase 0 °) and a basic waveform
- a waveform whose phase is shifted by 180 ° is stored in the waveform storage unit 26 in advance.
- the waveform selecting unit 32 determines the coefficient of the code element of codeX from the signals sequentially received from the code synthesizing unit 56, and outputs the basic waveform when the coefficient of the received code element is +1. 26, and if it is 1, the waveform storage unit 26 is instructed to output a waveform having a phase of 180 °.
- the waveform storage unit 26 sequentially outputs the specified waveforms to the transmission amplifier 28, so that an analog signal of a modulation waveform in which the coefficient of the composite modulation code codeX is represented in phase is output to the transmission amplifier 28.
- the transmission amplifier 28 generates a signal (referred to as a coding drive signal) obtained by amplifying the modulation waveform indicating the codeX, and outputs the signal to the transmission delay circuit 11 in FIG.
- the transmission delay circuit 11 generates an encoded drive signal by delaying the encoded drive signal by an amount of delay according to the position of the vibrator according to an instruction from the control unit 20, and generates a transmission switching signal.
- the transmission switch group 13 supplies the coded drive signals having different delay amounts to the transducer at the position designated by the control unit 20.
- an ultrasonic beam modulated by codeX is transmitted from each transducer of the probe 10. At this time, focusing at the time of transmission is realized by the delay.
- the ultrasonic wave reflected or scattered in the subject is converted into a reception signal by each transducer of the probe 10 and passed to the reception unit 14 by the transmission / reception switch group 13. Since the ultrasonic wave transmitted into the subject is modulated by encoding, the reflected wave or the scattered wave is also encoded and modulated. Perform processing.
- the receiving unit 14 includes an amplifier 34, an AZD converter 36, a first demodulator 40, a phasing addition unit 42, a second demodulator 44, and a signal processing unit 46.
- the same number of amplifiers 34, AZD converters 36, and first demodulators 40 as the transducers of the probe 10 are arranged.
- the amplifier 34 amplifies the received signal of each transducer by TGC (Time Gain Compensation) processing, and the AZD converter 36 converts the analog received signal into a digital signal.
- the first demodulator 40 performs a first-stage demodulation for demodulating the encoding by codel for each of the received signals.
- the phasing addition unit 42 receives the demodulated signals from all the first demodulators 40, phasing and adds them.
- the second demodulator 44 is one for processing the received signals bundled into one by phasing addition, the received signal, demodulates the second stage of demodulation encoding by C ode2.
- the first demodulator 40 includes a signal register 60, a demodulation code storage unit 64, a coefficient register 66, and a first demodulation filter 62.
- the operation of demodulation by these will be described with reference to FIG.
- the signal register 60 holds the received signal (IN1) converted into a digital signal by the AZD converter 36.
- a plurality of decoded codes (decode 1) respectively corresponding to all types of modulation codes (codel) stored in the code storage unit 51 of the transmission unit 12 are stored in the demodulation code storage unit 64 in advance.
- the demodulation code storage unit 64 uses the code as the code 1 in the transmission unit 12 according to an instruction from the control unit 20, and outputs a decoding code (decode 1) of a type corresponding to the code to the coefficient register 66. I do.
- the coefficient register 66 holds decode 1 output from the demodulation code storage unit 64.
- the first demodulation filter 62 performs a product-sum operation on the code coefficient of decodel held in the coefficient register 66 and the value of the received signal held in the signal register 60 in accordance with the instruction of the control unit 20 to obtain a codel. And demodulates the received signal to obtain a signal (OUT1).
- the demodulation filter 62 is composed of an FIR filter or the like, and has a required order in advance.
- the codel is a Barker code
- the first demodulation filter 62 calculates a matched filter, a mismatched filter, and a deconvolution filter by calculating codel and decodel. Acts as a filter.
- a mismatch filter coefficient is used as decode 1
- the larger the order of decode 1 and the longer the code length the more the time side lobe can be reduced.
- the first demodulation filter 62 having a calculation capability capable of calculating the decode 1 of the order (for example, the 31st order) which becomes the required time side lobe level is prepared.
- the codel is a Golay code
- a matched filter coefficient obtained by inverting the codel coefficient on the time axis is used as the decodel, and the first demodulation filter 62 operates as a matched filter that performs a product-sum operation on these. Therefore, in the case of a Golay code, the arithmetic capability required for the first demodulation filter 62 is only required to be able to calculate decodel of the same order as the code length (number of code elements).
- Case 4th order computing power is sufficient.
- the computing power required for the first demodulation filter 62 differs depending on the type of code used as codel and the type of decodel. Therefore, as the first demodulation filter 62, a filter having a calculation capability of the maximum order required according to the type of code stored in the code storage unit 51 in advance is provided. This allows the first demodulation filter 40 to demodulate whatever code is selected as the codel.
- the received signal OUT1 demodulated by each of the first demodulators 40 by the codel having a large code interval is phase-shifted by the phasing adder 42 by a predetermined different delay time. Are delayed and added to be bundled into one received signal. Thereby, focusing at the time of receiving a wave is realized.
- the added received signal is not yet demodulated by code2. Therefore, the encoding by code2 is demodulated by the second demodulator 44.
- the second demodulator 44 has the same configuration as the first demodulator 40 as shown in FIG. 4, and includes a signal register 68, a demodulation code storage unit 72, a coefficient register 74, and a second demodulation filter. 70.
- the decoding process by the second demodulator 44 will be described with reference to FIG.
- demodulation code storage unit 72 decoding codes (de CO de2) respectively corresponding to all types of modulation codes (code2) stored in the code storage unit 50 are stored in advance.
- the demodulation code storage unit 72 outputs decode2 corresponding to code2 selected by the transmission unit 12 to the coefficient register 74 in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 20. As a result, decode2 is held by the coefficient register 74.
- the second demodulating filter 70 outputs the output signal of the phasing addition 42 held in the signal register 68. Is demodulated by multiplying and summing with the coefficient of decode2 held in the coefficient register 74 to obtain a demodulated received signal (OUT2). As a result, the received signal is demodulated in all the codec modulations, the energy of the received signal is converged in the time axis direction, and becomes a short pulse signal having an amplitude reflecting the reflection intensity of the subject.
- the operation of the demodulation process of the second demodulation filter 70 is the same as that of the first demodulation filter 62.
- the second demodulation filter 70 has a computing power of the maximum order required depending on the type of code2.
- the received signal demodulated in two steps by the receiving unit 14 is passed to the signal processing unit 46, and predetermined signal processing instructed by the control unit 20 is performed as necessary.
- predetermined signal processing instructed by the control unit 20 is performed as necessary.
- a complementary code such as a Golay code
- received signals of two or more transmissions and receptions performed by inverting the code are added.
- a short pulse signal having an amplitude reflecting the reflection intensity of the subject is obtained.
- the above is the configuration and processing of the receiving unit 14.
- the image forming unit 16 forms an ultrasonic image (for example, a B-mode image or an M-mode image) by performing image processing after signal processing, and causes the display unit 18 to display the image.
- the received signal (OUT 2) in FIG. 6 in the coded transmission / reception technique, when the energy of the received signal is converged in the time axis direction by demodulation, the energy before and after the signal to be originally obtained is obtained. An unnecessary signal called a time side lobe is generated.
- the first effect that the time side lobe can be reduced without increasing the circuit scale is obtained.
- the second effect that a stray error due to switching of the focus stage of the dynamic focus can be prevented can be obtained.
- FIGS. 7A to 7C show, as a comparative example, a demodulation in a case where the second demodulator 44 in the configuration of FIG. 1 is not used and the first demodulator 40 performs a collective demodulation. It is a figure showing the waveform of the received signal after. 7 (a) uses a mismatch filter of order (number of taps) 63 as demodulation filter 62 of first demodulator 40, and FIG. 7 (b) uses a mismatch filter of number 131 taps. .
- the modulation code of the transmission signal codex of code length 20 in FIG.
- the first demodulator 40 and the second demodulator 44 Demodulation can be performed in two stages. Therefore, even when a 31-tap mismatch filter is used as each of the first and second demodulation filters 62 and 70, the waveform of the received signal after demodulation is shown in FIG. 7 (c).
- the signal level of the time side lobe is about 0.03 dB, which has a time side lobe reduction effect (rejection effect) equal to or greater than that of FIG. 7 (b).
- the number of operation circuits is 31 X k required for the first demodulation filter 62 and 31 required for the second demodulation filter 70, and the total number of operation circuits of the filter is (31 X k) +31. . Therefore, a time side lobe reduction effect equal to or greater than that of the comparative example (131 X k) using a filter of 131 taps can be obtained with a number of operation circuits equal to or less than half.
- the circuit scale can be made smaller than when performing the demodulation processing collectively in one stage while maintaining the rejection level of the time side lobe at a desired level.
- the first effect is not limited to the case where the modulation code is the Barker code, and is the same even when the Golay code is used, for example.
- the code length of the modulation code is 64
- a 64th-order matched filter is required to demodulate with a single-stage demodulation filter
- 64 X k arithmetic circuits are required.
- an 8th-order matched filter must be used as the demodulation filters 62 and 70, respectively.
- a dynamic focus processing function known as a focusing technique at the time of reception is mounted on the phasing addition section 42.
- a plurality of sampling points (reflection sources) set in the depth direction of the subject are grouped into a plurality of focus stages, and focus data is commonly set for each focus stage.
- the phasing addition unit 42 By phasing the received signal by the phasing addition unit 42 using the force data, it becomes possible to focus the ultrasonic beam at the time of reception in a relatively wide and wide range in the depth direction.
- the focus data is switched each time the focus stage changes. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 8 (a), the phasing addition unit 42 outputs the focus data B to the force setting time T for phasing the received signal using the focus data A in the focus stage Fn. Switch to focus stage Fn + 1 using.
- the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that performs such dynamic focus processing adopts the coding / reception transmission / reception technology and performs the demodulation after the phasing addition, the reception signal waveform corresponding to one code element of the reception signal may be generated.
- the focus stage switching process is performed. For example, when the transmission waveform is modulated by the composite modulation code codeX shown in FIG. 3, an encoded received signal as shown in FIG. 8B is obtained. This received signal is modulated by code elements D-2,..., D, 'D + 2 of a codel having a long code interval, and a code element corresponding to code 2 which further codes these code elements. .
- the focus stage When the focus stage is switched in the middle of the received signal waveform of one code element D of such an encoded reception signal, the first half of the code element D has the power belonging to the processing time of the focus stage Fn, and the second half has the focus stage Fn + 1. , And the received signal waveform of the code element D is discontinuous at the time T because the phase is adjusted by different focus data. For this reason, the demodulation processing of the code element D is not performed normally, and a time side lobe as shown in FIG. 9A occurs in the demodulated signal due to the generated error. This phenomenon becomes more conspicuous as the code length constituting the code element that causes a demodulation error becomes larger.
- the first demodulator 40 and the second demodulator 44 are arranged before and after the phasing addition section 42, and the code interval (the time of the code element) Modulation with large width
- the code codel is demodulated
- the modulation code code2 having a small code interval is demodulated after the phasing addition unit 42.
- the code element having a large code interval has been demodulated, so that the discontinuous processing by switching the focus stage during phasing is performed in the middle of the code element having a large code interval. None. Therefore, the time side groove can be reduced. Note that focus level switching may occur in the middle of the code of code2 with a small code interval. Since only one code element of code2 causes an error, the time side lobe caused by it is small.
- the time side port caused by the discontinuous processing of the switching of the focus stage is provided.
- discontinuous processing in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus can be performed by changing the aperture in the variable aperture selection unit built in the transmission / reception switch group 13 or by increasing the amplification factor of the TGC processing performed by the amplifier 34. If the level of the time side lobe of the demodulation error caused by the switching is large, the demodulators 40 and 44 can be arranged before and after the level.
- the first demodulator 40 and the second demodulator 44 are arranged before and after the variable aperture selection unit or before and after the amplifier 34, a demodulation error caused by discontinuity of the reception waveform due to the aperture switching process, or TGC It is possible to reduce the time side lobe of the demodulation error caused by the discontinuity of the received waveform due to the amplification factor switching process.
- the first and first demodulators 40 and 44 are arranged before the AZD converter 36, demodulators for analog signals are used.
- the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the first embodiment.
- the modulation element of the first modulation code is modulated by the second modulation code of the plurality of modulation codes to form a composite modulation code, and further, in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 20, the modulation element is formed.
- the code element of the composite modulation code may be modulated by another modulation code.
- the phasing addition is performed in one step by the phasing unit 42.
- the transducers (output channels) constituting the probe 10 are divided into a plurality of groups, Each glue
- the received signals are phasing-added by the first phasing addition sections arranged for each group, and the outputs of all the first phasing addition sections are further phasing-added by the second phasing addition sections.
- This technique is described in, for example, JP-A-2003-225237.
- the first demodulators 40 can be respectively arranged after the first phasing addition section, and the second demodulators 44 can be arranged after the second demodulators 44.
- the number of first demodulators 40 can be reduced as compared with the configuration of FIG. 1, and the circuit scale can be further reduced.
- the types of the first and second modulation codes code1 and code2 can be appropriately selected according to the characteristics of the imaging part, the contents of diagnosis, the number of arithmetic circuits that can be arranged in the imaging device, and the like. . codel and code2 may be different types of codes.
- code2 shown in FIG. 3 is the power used as a Barker code in the above description. Since this code string is the same as a Golay code having a code length of 4, it can be used as a Golay code. In this case, since code X is a composite code of Barker codel and Golay code code2, the second demodulator that demodulates code2 uses code2 inverted with respect to the time axis as decode2.
- the demodulation filter 70 functions as a demodulation filter for Golay code.
- Barker codes and chirp codes are suitable for short-time imaging because they have the feature of being able to extract information on the force of an examination site that moves, such as blood flow and contrast agent, by one transmission / reception.
- a synthetic modulation code generated by general coding power such as a Barker code, a Golay code, and a Chirp code is used.
- the feature of the present invention lies in that two or more codes are combined instead of those combined. That is, by modulating each code element of the other code with all code elements of one code, the first effect of reducing the circuit scale and the second effect of reducing the time side lobe described above. And at the same time (Second Embodiment)
- the first demodulator 40 is disposed after the phasing addition section 42.
- Other configurations are the same as in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 10 The configuration of FIG. 10 in which the first demodulator 40 is arranged after the phasing adder 42 has the second effect of reducing the time side lobe associated with the focus stage switching described in the first embodiment. Although it cannot be obtained, the first effect of reducing the circuit scale while reducing the time side lobe at the time of demodulation can be sufficiently obtained. This is because, by arranging the first demodulator 40 after the phasing and adding unit 42, it is not necessary to arrange the first demodulator 40 for each transducer of the probe 10, so the first demodulator 40 As with the second demodulator 44, the circuit size of the first embodiment is further reduced as compared with the configuration of the first embodiment in which only one unit is used.
- the two-stage configuration of the first demodulator 40 and the second demodulator 44 reduces the circuit scale of one demodulation device compared to the conventional one-stage configuration.
- the power required to use a demodulation filter with 131 taps is used.
- the time side lobe can be reduced to a level equal to or lower than the level of 131 taps with two stages of 31 taps as in Fig. 7 (c).
- both the first and second demodulators 40 and 44 are arranged after the phasing and adding section 42, either of the first and second demodulators 40 and 44 may be in the preceding stage. Even if the second demodulator 44 is placed after the phasing adder 42, and the first demodulator 40 is placed after it,
- the second demodulator 44 is arranged before the phasing addition section 42.
- Other configurations are the same as in the first embodiment.
- the second demodulator 44 and the first demodulator 40 are arranged in front of the phasing adder 42 in the configuration shown in FIG. Since the demodulation of the received signal is completed before the phasing addition, the effect is obtained that the time side lobe does not occur due to the demodulation error accompanying the focus stage switching described in the first embodiment. On the other hand, it is necessary to arrange the second demodulators 44 by the number of transducers of the probe 10, so that the effect of reducing the circuit scale is smaller than in the first and second embodiments. The effect is sufficiently obtained as compared with the case where the one-stage demodulator is arranged in the stage preceding the phasing addition unit 42.
- a demodulation filter with 131 taps must be used as in Fig. 7 (b). If the number is k, the number of operation circuits is 131 X k.However, as shown in Fig. 11, by using a two-stage configuration, as shown in Fig. 7 (c), 31 taps and two stages are equivalent to 131 taps and one stage The time side lobe can be reduced below the level.
- first and second demodulators 40 and 44 are both arranged before the phasing addition section 42, either of the first and second demodulators 40 and 44 may be arranged at the previous stage. Even if the second demodulator 44 is arranged at the subsequent stage of the probe 10 and the first demodulator 40 is arranged at the subsequent stage, no problem occurs.
- FIG. 12 differs from that of the first embodiment in that a composite code storage unit 90 is arranged in the transmission waveform generation unit 24, and a plurality of composite modulation codes in which two types of modulation codes code1 and code2 are pre-combined are used. It is stored.
- One of the combined modulation codes codeX is selected by the combined code selection unit 88 according to the control signal from the control unit 20.
- the selected codeX is passed to the waveform selection unit 32.
- the first demodulator 40 and the second demodulator 44 output control signals for selecting the codel and decode2 corresponding to the codel and code2 constituting the selected codeX from the control unit 20.
- Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment.
- the configuration for generating the composite modulation code is simpler than in the first embodiment, so that the circuit scale can be reduced.
- the combined demodulation code storage unit 90 by storing a plurality of types of combined modulation codes in the combined demodulation code storage unit 90, it becomes easy to select a combined modulation code according to the characteristics of the imaging region, thereby improving the usability of the apparatus. Let it be You can.
- This embodiment can be appropriately combined with the second and third embodiments.
- a fifth embodiment of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 (a), 13 (b) and 16.
- a contrast echo method (contrast echo method), a tissue harmonic imaging method, or the like is performed.
- the contrast echo method is based on the administration of an ultrasonic contrast agent to a subject, and based on the harmonic components (eg, second harmonic and third harmonic) of the ultrasonic wave reflected by the microbubbles of the administered ultrasonic contrast agent. This is a technique for reconstructing an ultrasonic image.
- the Tissue Harmonic Imaging method focuses on the fact that ultrasonic waves cause waveform distortion due to changes in sound pressure due to sound pressure differences when compression waves propagate through a living body, and considers harmonic components caused by the generated waveform distortion. This is a technique for reconstructing an ultrasonic image based on this.
- a contrast echo method and a tissue harmonic imaging method by using an imaging method that emphasizes a harmonic component, an ultrasonic image based on the harmonic component can be clearly reconstructed.
- the harmonic component of the received signal can be emphasized by applying the technique using the composite modulation code described in the first to fourth embodiments.
- a case where the second harmonic of the reflected signal is emphasized will be described as an example.
- the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present embodiment has basically the same configuration as the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the first embodiment, as shown in FIG.
- the first point is that the code synthesizing section 56 of the section 24 is provided with the phase modulation section 130 and the point that at least three types of waveforms of 0 °, 90 ° and 180 ° are stored in the waveform storage section 26 in advance.
- a signal processing unit 46 of the receiving unit 14 includes a band control filter (for example, a band-pass filter) that passes a frequency band signal of a desired harmonic and cuts another frequency band. This is different from the first embodiment in that 140 is built in.
- a band control filter for example, a band-pass filter
- the phase modulating section 130 determines the phase shift amount with respect to the fundamental wave for each code element of the composite modulation code codeX synthesized by the code synthesizing section 56 in the same manner as in the first embodiment. Perform processing to generate Y. Three types of waveforms in the waveform storage unit 26 are selected according to the phase shift amount of the code element of the code Y that has been phase shifted. Also, the bandwidth of the signal processing unit 46 The control filter 140 passes a frequency of a desired harmonic (second harmonic) to be emphasized, attenuates and cuts a fundamental wave.
- code combining section 56 first multiplies the coefficient of code2 by the coefficient of codel to generate a combined modulation code codeX, as in the first embodiment.
- the coefficient of the modulation code X is as follows.
- the phase modulation unit 130 calculates the negative coefficient of the modulation code code2 and the negative coefficient of the modulation code code1 multiplied to obtain the code element. Count the total (degree). That is, for each code element of codeX, the multiplication order of “negative polarity (1 1)” is counted at the time of synthesis. For example, if the coefficient of CO de2 is +1 and the coefficient of codel is +1, the order of the code element of coefficient +1 of codeX obtained by multiplication is 0. If the coefficient of code2 is +1 and the coefficient of codel is 1, the -1 code element of the obtained codeX is obtained by multiplying -1 once, so its order is 1. If the coefficient of code2 is 1 and the coefficient of codel is 1, then the order of the +1 sign element of code X obtained by multiplying 1 by 2 is 2 and the order is 2.
- the first and second code elements are of order 0.
- the third code element is of order 1.
- the order of the fourth code element is 0.
- the fifteenth sign element is multiplied by -1 twice Therefore, the order is 2.
- Phase modulation section 130 determines the amount of phase shift with respect to the fundamental wave for each code element of composite modulation code codeX in accordance with the counted order, and generates code Y represented by the amount of phase shift.
- a fundamental wave is assigned to order 0
- a phase shift of 90 ° is assigned to order 1
- a phase shift of 180 ° is assigned to order 2.
- the first and second code elements of the combined modulation code code Y are 0 ° because they have degree 0.
- the third code element is 90 degrees because it has degree 1.
- the fourth code element is of order 0 and therefore of quantity 0 °.
- the phase shift amounts of the other code elements with respect to the fundamental wave are determined according to the order.
- the fifteenth code element is 180 ° because it has degree 2.
- the phase shift amounts of the respective code elements of the composite modulation code code Y thus obtained are as follows.
- the waveform of the fundamental wave of 0 ° and the phase shift amounts of 90 °, 180 °, and 270 ° with respect to the fundamental wave are stored in advance as shown in FIG.
- the waveform selection unit 32 causes the waveform storage unit 26 to output a waveform corresponding to the phase shift amount for each code element of code Y.
- an ultrasound contrast agent is administered to a subject.
- a transmission signal having a waveform of the composite modulation code codeY is supplied from the transmission unit 12 to the probe 10.
- the probe 10 transmits an ultrasonic wave beam.
- the probe 10 receives the echo echo signal reflected by the microbubbles of the ultrasound contrast agent. Since the received signal output from the probe 10 is modulated by codeY, it is demodulated by the first demodulator 40 and the second demodulator 44, and the demodulation code used at this time is the first embodiment.
- the second harmonic component is further emphasized by attenuating the fundamental wave by the frequency control filter 140 in the signal processing unit 46.
- the fundamental power can be easily separated, and the second harmonic having a large SN ratio can be obtained. Therefore, by forming an ultrasonic image in the image forming unit 16 based on the obtained second harmonic component, the image resolution of the ultrasonic image can be improved.
- each code element of the composite modulation code codeX is set to 90% with respect to the fundamental wave in accordance with the order of (11).
- ° Phase shifting force Not only the second harmonic, but also the third and higher harmonics can be emphasized. For example, when enhancing the third harmonic, the phase may be shifted by 60 ° according to the order, and when enhancing the fourth harmonic, the phase may be shifted by 45 ° according to the order.
- the combined modulation code codeX is synthesized from the two codes codel and code2, the order of (1-1) of the code element is at most 2, and the second harmonic is emphasized. Therefore, the amount of phase shift was 180 ° at the maximum. Meanwhile, it is also possible to combine the combined modulation code codeX from the three codes codel, code2, and code3.
- codex is synthesized from three codes, the order of (-1) of the code element is 3 at the maximum, so a phase shift of 270 ° is assigned to order 3.
- a waveform having a phase shift amount of 270 ° is stored in the waveform storage unit 26 in advance and output.
- codeX as the composite modulation code
- various codes can be combined as in the first embodiment, but when a complementary code such as Golay is used, the code
- the signal processing unit 46 performs processing of inverting the signal and performing transmission / reception twice or more and adding the received signal.
- the arrangement of the demodulators 40 and 44 can be configured in the second or third embodiment. It is also possible to directly store codeY in the combined code storage unit 90 as in the fourth embodiment in FIG.
- a sixth embodiment of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to FIGS.
- the signal since the received signal after demodulation basically contains a component, the signal is cut by the band control filter 140.
- the coded transmission / reception is performed. Perform twice and add the received signals to emphasize the harmonic components while canceling the fundamental components.
- the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present embodiment has substantially the same configuration as that of the fifth embodiment as shown in FIG. 17, but the code synthesizing unit 56 includes a synthetic modulation code codeY (first synthesizing code). Modulation code), and a second code for generating a second combined modulation code codeZ by further shifting the phase of each code element of the first combined modulation code code Y by a predetermined amount. It has a generator 131. Further, as shown in FIG. 18, the signal processing unit 46 includes a band control filter 96, a line memory 92 for temporarily storing the reflection signal output from the band control filter 96, and an output from the band control filter 96.
- a combining circuit 94 for adding and combining the reflected signal output from the line memory 92 and the reflected signal.
- transmission and reception are performed twice, and the harmonic components are emphasized while canceling the fundamental component by adding the two received signals, so that the bandpass filter 96 is basically unnecessary. Force Here, it is arranged to remove a fundamental wave component that cannot be completely offset by the body motion of the subject.
- the phase modulation section 130 of the code synthesis section 56 generates the synthesized modulation code codeY shown in FIG. 19 as the first synthesized modulation code by the processing described in the fifth embodiment.
- second code generation section 131 generates a second combined modulation code codeZ in which the phase of each code element of first combined modulation code codeY is shifted by 180 °.
- the phase of each code element of the first combined modulation code codeY and the phase of each code element of the second combined modulation code codeZ are as follows.
- a transmission signal waveform of the first combined modulation code codeY is supplied from the transmission unit 12 to the probe 10, and a coded ultrasound beam is transmitted.
- the probe 10 receives the reflected echo signal reflected by the microbubbles of the ultrasonic contrast agent.
- the encoded reflected signal converted into an electric signal by each transducer of the probe 10 is subjected to a two-stage demodulation process by decodel and decode2 and a phasing addition process by the reception unit 12, as in the fifth embodiment. Is output to the signal processing unit 46 as a first reflected signal.
- harmonics are emphasized in the first reflected signal.
- the first reflected signal After passing through the band control filter 96, the first reflected signal is temporarily stored in the line memory 92.
- FIG. 18B shows the waveform of the received signal held in the line memory 92.
- a transmission signal waveform of the second combined modulation code codeZ is supplied from the transmission unit 12 to the probe 10, so that the probe 10 transmits a coded ultrasonic beam.
- the scanning line of the coded ultrasonic beam is controlled so as to be the same as the scanning line of the transmission / reception by the first combined modulation code codeY.
- the reflected echo signal is received by the probe 10, and the received signal is subjected to two-stage demodulation processing by decodel and decode2 similar to the case of the first combined modulation code codeY and phasing addition.
- Figure 18 (A) shows the waveform of the received signal.
- the received signal waveform has a 180 ° phase shift with respect to codeY
- the received signal waveform by codeY held in line memory 92 In the signal waveform (Fig. 18 (B)), the polarity of the fundamental wave component is inverted, but the polarity of the harmonic wave component is not inverted. Therefore, by adding the reflected signal by the combined modulation code codeY and the reflected signal by the combined modulation code codeZ by the combining circuit 94, the fundamental component is canceled and the harmonic component is added and emphasized (FIG. 18 (C)). ). Based on the output of the synthesis circuit 94, an ultrasonic image of the harmonic component is reconstructed.
- the fundamental wave of each reflected signal Since the components have inverted polarities, the fundamental component can be suppressed by adding both components. Since the polarity of the second harmonic component is not inverted, the second harmonic component is emphasized by addition. Therefore, since the noise ratio of the second harmonic component increases, the image resolution of the ultrasonic image can be improved.
- the band control filter 96 since the band control filter 96 is provided, even if the fundamental wave component that cannot be canceled only by addition remains due to the body movement of the subject between the two transmissions and receptions, the band control filter 96 does this. Can be eliminated. Therefore, it is possible to reduce a residual fundamental wave which becomes a time side lobe for a harmonic to be emphasized.
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- the above transmission and reception can also be performed.
- the code combining section 56 generates a first combined modulation code, a second combined modulation code, and a third combined modulation code whose phases are shifted by 120 °.
- codeX is generated using a Barker code string or the like, and codeX is generated based on the codeX.
- various codes can be combined.
- the signal processing unit 46 performs processing of inverting the code to obtain one received signal, performing transmission and reception two or more times, and adding the received signal.
- codeY and codeZ are used, transmission and reception are performed twice with codeY and its inverted code, and the received signals are added to obtain a received signal corresponding to codeY. Transmission and reception are performed, and the received signals are added to obtain a received signal corresponding to codeZ, and the received signals of codeX and Y are added by the circuit in FIG. Therefore, four times of transmission and reception are required for obtaining the second harmonic and six times for obtaining the third harmonic.
- the arrangement of the demodulators 40 and 44 can be configured as in the second or third embodiment. Further, it is also possible to directly store codeY and Z in the composite code storage unit 90 as in the fourth embodiment of FIG.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a transmission unit 12 of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a combined modulation unit code codeX combined by a code combining unit 56 in FIG. 2.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a first demodulator 40 and a second demodulator 44 in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a waveform of a received signal demodulated by a first demodulator 40 in FIG. 4 and a waveform of a decoding code decode1.
- FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a waveform of a received signal demodulated by a second demodulator 44 in FIG. 5 and a waveform of a decoded code de CO de2.
- FIG. 7 (a) is a graph showing a signal waveform when a received signal is demodulated by a 63-tap one-stage demodulation filter as a comparative example
- FIG. 7 (b) is a 131-tap comparative example.
- One-stage demodulation FIG. 7C is a graph showing a signal waveform when the received signal is demodulated by the filter
- FIG. 7C shows a case where the received signal is demodulated by the 31-tap 2-stage demodulators 40 and 44 in the configuration of the first embodiment.
- 6 is a graph showing a signal waveform.
- FIG. 8 (a) is an explanatory view showing that the focus data used before and after the switching of the focus stage is different, resulting in discontinuous processing
- FIG. 8 (b) is a diagram of FIG. 3 (&). It is an explanatory diagram showing a case where a focus stage switching process occurs in the middle of a code element D of code 0 (16: ( : 0 del) and a demodulation error occurs.
- Fig. 9 (a) is a graph showing the time side lobe generated in the received signal due to the demodulation error of code element D in Fig. 8 (a), and Fig. 9 (b) shows no demodulation error.
- 6 is a graph showing a signal waveform in the case.
- FIG. 10 This is a block diagram showing the arrangement of the first and second demodulators 40 and 44 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing an arrangement of first and second demodulators 40 and 44 according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a transmission waveform generator 24 according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 13 (a) is a block diagram showing a configuration of a transmission unit 12 according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 13 (b) is a block diagram showing a configuration of a signal processing unit 46. It is.
- FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing that the phase modulation section 130 of FIG. 13 counts the order of 1 for each code element of codeX!
- 15 is an explanatory diagram showing codeY generated by the phase modulation unit 130 of FIG. 13 from the order of codeX, and a transmission waveform of codeY.
- FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing waveforms of fundamental waves and phases of 90 °, 180 °, and 270 ° stored in advance in the waveform storage unit 26 of FIG.
- FIG. 17 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a transmission unit 12 according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a signal processing unit according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing code Y generated by a phase modulation unit 130 in FIG. 17, codeZ generated by a second code generation unit, and their transmission waveforms. Explanation of reference numerals
- Input unit 10 probe, 12 transmitter, 13 transmission / reception switch group, 14 receiver, 16 image configuration unit, 18 display unit, 20 ... Control unit, 22 ... Timing signal generation unit, 24 ... Transmission waveform generation unit, 26 ... Waveform storage unit, 28 ... Transmission amplifier, 32 ... Waveform selection unit, 34 ... Amplifier, 36 AZD Converter, 40 first demodulator, 42 phasing section, 44 second demodulator, 46 signal processing section, 50, 51 code storage section, 52, 53 ⁇ Code selection unit, 56 ⁇ Code synthesis unit, 60 ⁇ Register for signal, 62 ⁇ First demodulation filter, 64 ⁇ Demodulation code storage unit, 66 ⁇ Register for coefficient, 68 ⁇ Register for signal , 70 ...
- second demodulation filter 72 ... demodulation code storage unit, 74 ... coefficient register, 88 ... combination code selection unit, 90 ... combination code storage unit, 92 ... line memory, 94... Synthesis circuit, 96... Band control filter, 130... Phase modulation , 131 ... second code generation unit, 140 ... band control filter.
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