Weighted Capon beamformer combined with coded excitation in ultrasound imaging
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Weighted Capon beamformer combined with coded excitation in ultrasound imaging |h [Elektronische Daten] |c [Seyed Izadi, Ali Mahloojifar, Babak Asl] |
| 520 | 3 | |a Background: Capon-based beamformers are well-known methods to improve the SNR and quality of medical ultrasound images. Furthermore, they can improve the resolution of the images unexpectedly more than conventional DAS beamformers. Another method used in radar, sonar, and ultrasound imaging to increase the SNR is coded excitation with linear frequency-modulated signal (chirp). Method: In this paper, we illustrate that the combination of coded excitation with a Capon beamformer provides better resolution and higher SNR. However, this combination suffers from high sidelobe levels. We propose a weighted Capon beamformer (WCB) with chirp excitation to suppress the sidelobes and obtain a higher contrast with approximately the same resolution as the standard Capon beamformer (SCB). The weights of the WCB are obtained using element-wise multiplication of the weights of the SCB and a desired window (Hanning) with the same dimension. Results: The results show a 20dB reduction in the sidelobe levels in simulated point targets and a 6dB increase in background contrast in simulated cyst phantoms. | |
| 540 | |a The Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine, 2015 | ||
| 690 | 7 | |a Capon |2 nationallicence | |
| 690 | 7 | |a Minimum variance |2 nationallicence | |
| 690 | 7 | |a Adaptive beamformer |2 nationallicence | |
| 690 | 7 | |a Coded excitation |2 nationallicence | |
| 690 | 7 | |a Chirp |2 nationallicence | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Izadi |D Seyed |u Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Ale-Ahmad Avenue, P.o. Box 14115-194, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran |4 aut | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Mahloojifar |D Ali |u Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Ale-Ahmad Avenue, P.o. Box 14115-194, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran |4 aut | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Asl |D Babak |u Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Ale-Ahmad Avenue, P.o. Box 14115-194, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran |4 aut | |
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| 950 | |B NATIONALLICENCE |P 700 |E 1- |a Izadi |D Seyed |u Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Ale-Ahmad Avenue, P.o. Box 14115-194, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran |4 aut | ||
| 950 | |B NATIONALLICENCE |P 700 |E 1- |a Mahloojifar |D Ali |u Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Ale-Ahmad Avenue, P.o. Box 14115-194, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran |4 aut | ||
| 950 | |B NATIONALLICENCE |P 700 |E 1- |a Asl |D Babak |u Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Ale-Ahmad Avenue, P.o. Box 14115-194, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran |4 aut | ||
| 950 | |B NATIONALLICENCE |P 773 |E 0- |t Journal of Medical Ultrasonics |d Springer Japan |g 42/4(2015-10-01), 477-488 |x 1346-4523 |q 42:4<477 |1 2015 |2 42 |o 10396 | ||