Multiplexer Design for a Multi-Array Ultrasonic Imaging System

Conventional ultrasound data-acquisition platforms have a limited number of I/O channels, and thus cannot be directly interfaced with multiple ultrasound transducer arrays. A high-voltage multiplexer is designed to allow a 128-signal DAQ to interface with up to eighteen 128-signal arrays in a time-m...

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Main Author: Marcus, Colin
Other Authors: Dagdeviren, Canan
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/139015
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description Conventional ultrasound data-acquisition platforms have a limited number of I/O channels, and thus cannot be directly interfaced with multiple ultrasound transducer arrays. A high-voltage multiplexer is designed to allow a 128-signal DAQ to interface with up to eighteen 128-signal arrays in a time-multiplexed manner. The multiplexer is then implemented as part of a novel conformable multi-array ultrasound imaging system. Synthetic array ultrasound data is acquired and processed using delay-and-sum beamforming to form individual array images, then the images are combined to provide an expanded field of view compared to a single-array system.
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spelling mit-1721.1/1390152022-01-15T04:06:45Z Multiplexer Design for a Multi-Array Ultrasonic Imaging System Marcus, Colin Dagdeviren, Canan Eldar, Yonina Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Conventional ultrasound data-acquisition platforms have a limited number of I/O channels, and thus cannot be directly interfaced with multiple ultrasound transducer arrays. A high-voltage multiplexer is designed to allow a 128-signal DAQ to interface with up to eighteen 128-signal arrays in a time-multiplexed manner. The multiplexer is then implemented as part of a novel conformable multi-array ultrasound imaging system. Synthetic array ultrasound data is acquired and processed using delay-and-sum beamforming to form individual array images, then the images are combined to provide an expanded field of view compared to a single-array system. S.M. 2022-01-14T14:44:45Z 2022-01-14T14:44:45Z 2021-06 2021-06-24T19:27:57.420Z Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/139015 In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted Copyright MIT http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/ application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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title_short Multiplexer Design for a Multi-Array Ultrasonic Imaging System
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