Real-Time Volumetric Ultrasound Research Platform with 1024 Parallel Transmit and Receive Channels
Volumetric ultrasound imaging is of great importance in many medical fields, especially in cardiology, but also in therapy monitoring applications. For development of new imaging technologies and scanning strategies, it is crucial to be able to use a hardware platform that is as free and flexible as...
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| author | Christoph Risser Holger Hewener Marc Fournelle Heinrich Fonfara Selina Barry-Hummel Steffen Weber Daniel Speicher Steffen Tretbar |
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| description | Volumetric ultrasound imaging is of great importance in many medical fields, especially in cardiology, but also in therapy monitoring applications. For development of new imaging technologies and scanning strategies, it is crucial to be able to use a hardware platform that is as free and flexible as possible and does not restrict the user in his research in any way. For this purpose, multi-channel ultrasound systems are particularly suitable, as they are able to control each individual element of a matrix array without the use of a multiplexer. We set out to develop a fully integrated, compact 1024-channel ultrasound system that provides full access to all transmission parameters and all digitized raw data of each transducer element. For this purpose, we synchronize four research scanners of our latest “DiPhAS” ultrasound research system generation, each with 256 parallel channels, all connected to a single PC on whose GPUs the entire signal processing is performed. All components of the system are housed in a compact, movable 19-inch rack. The system is designed as a general-purpose platform for research in volumetric imaging; however, the first-use case will be therapy monitoring by tracking radiation-sensitive ultrasound contrast agents. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d2da1197fc1a464ba443eb468d577bae2023-11-22T01:15:29ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172021-06-011113579510.3390/app11135795Real-Time Volumetric Ultrasound Research Platform with 1024 Parallel Transmit and Receive ChannelsChristoph Risser0Holger Hewener1Marc Fournelle2Heinrich Fonfara3Selina Barry-Hummel4Steffen Weber5Daniel Speicher6Steffen Tretbar7Department of Ultrasound, Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, 66280 Sulzbach, GermanyDepartment of Ultrasound, Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, 66280 Sulzbach, GermanyDepartment of Ultrasound, Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, 66280 Sulzbach, GermanyDepartment of Ultrasound, Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, 66280 Sulzbach, GermanyDepartment of Ultrasound, Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, 66280 Sulzbach, GermanyDepartment of Ultrasound, Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, 66280 Sulzbach, GermanyDepartment of Ultrasound, Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, 66280 Sulzbach, GermanyDepartment of Ultrasound, Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, 66280 Sulzbach, GermanyVolumetric ultrasound imaging is of great importance in many medical fields, especially in cardiology, but also in therapy monitoring applications. For development of new imaging technologies and scanning strategies, it is crucial to be able to use a hardware platform that is as free and flexible as possible and does not restrict the user in his research in any way. For this purpose, multi-channel ultrasound systems are particularly suitable, as they are able to control each individual element of a matrix array without the use of a multiplexer. We set out to develop a fully integrated, compact 1024-channel ultrasound system that provides full access to all transmission parameters and all digitized raw data of each transducer element. For this purpose, we synchronize four research scanners of our latest “DiPhAS” ultrasound research system generation, each with 256 parallel channels, all connected to a single PC on whose GPUs the entire signal processing is performed. All components of the system are housed in a compact, movable 19-inch rack. The system is designed as a general-purpose platform for research in volumetric imaging; however, the first-use case will be therapy monitoring by tracking radiation-sensitive ultrasound contrast agents.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/13/5795volumetric imaging1024 channel ultrasound system3D beamformingmatrix arrayultrafast ultrasound imagingultrasound system design |
| spellingShingle | Christoph Risser Holger Hewener Marc Fournelle Heinrich Fonfara Selina Barry-Hummel Steffen Weber Daniel Speicher Steffen Tretbar Real-Time Volumetric Ultrasound Research Platform with 1024 Parallel Transmit and Receive Channels Applied Sciences volumetric imaging 1024 channel ultrasound system 3D beamforming matrix array ultrafast ultrasound imaging ultrasound system design |
| title | Real-Time Volumetric Ultrasound Research Platform with 1024 Parallel Transmit and Receive Channels |
| title_full | Real-Time Volumetric Ultrasound Research Platform with 1024 Parallel Transmit and Receive Channels |
| title_fullStr | Real-Time Volumetric Ultrasound Research Platform with 1024 Parallel Transmit and Receive Channels |
| title_full_unstemmed | Real-Time Volumetric Ultrasound Research Platform with 1024 Parallel Transmit and Receive Channels |
| title_short | Real-Time Volumetric Ultrasound Research Platform with 1024 Parallel Transmit and Receive Channels |
| title_sort | real time volumetric ultrasound research platform with 1024 parallel transmit and receive channels |
| topic | volumetric imaging 1024 channel ultrasound system 3D beamforming matrix array ultrafast ultrasound imaging ultrasound system design |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/13/5795 |
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