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Medical Ultrasound Imaging
Front-end
This is a challenging application of ultra fast digital signal processing. The figure below shows a block diagram of a typical ultrasound imaging front-end. NetModule provides building blocks and Intellectual Property Cores for all digital signal processing functions: Transmit and Receive Beam former, B-Mode signal processing, Doppler analysis including Color Doppler.
The reference solutions are based on Xilinx FPGA Platforms.
Application Areas
- Ultrasound scanners for human medicine
- Ultrasound scanners for veterinary applications
- B/M-Mode Imaging
- Doppler / CFM
Target Technologies
- Optimized for Xilinx FPGAs
- Portable to SOC technologies
Features
- For linear and convex transducers
- Extension to phased array transducers
- Scalable number of channels starting at 16
- Supporting ultrasound carrier frequencies up to 10MHz
- Fully digital dynamic focusing without any visible switching artifacts
Figure:
Medical Ultrasound Imaging Front-end
