主权项 |
1. A method of ultrasound nonlinear imaging with high-bit Golay code excitation comprising the steps of:
(a) receiving a first Golay code signal wave, a second Golay code signal wave, a third Golay signal wave, and a fourth Golay signal wave, wherein the first Golay code signal wave includes at least two first second-order harmonic waves and at least one first noise interference wave, the second Golay code signal wave includes at least two second second-order harmonic waves and at least one second noise interference wave, the third Golay code signal wave includes at least two third second-order harmonic waves and at least one third noise interference wave, the fourth Golay code signal wave includes at least two fourth second-order harmonic waves and at least one fourth noise interference wave, the above mentioned at least two first second-order harmonic waves are respective to a first code signal and a second code signal, the above mentioned at least two second second-order harmonic waves are respective to the exchanged second code signal and the first code signal, the above mentioned at least two third second-order harmonic waves are respective to a third code signal and a fourth code signal, the above mentioned at least two fourth second-order harmonic waves are respective to the exchanged fourth code signal and the third code signal, the first code signal and the third code signal compose a first complementary pair, the second code signal and the fourth code signal compose a second complementary pair, and the first complementary pair and the second complementary pair are orthogonal by each other; (b) making the second Golay code signal wave be subtracted from the first Golay code signal wave to eliminate the first noise interference wave and the second noise interference wave to generate a fifth Golay code signal wave, and making the fourth Golay code signal wave be subtracted from the third Golay code signal wave to eliminate the third noise interference wave and the fourth noise interference wave to generate a sixth Golay code signal wave; (c) performing a first compression filtering process and a second compression filtering process to the fifth Golay code signal wave respectively to generate a first compressed code signal wave and a second compressed code signal wave, and performing a third compression filtering process and a fourth compression filtering process to the sixth Golay code signal wave respectively to generate a third compressed code signal wave and a fourth compressed code signal wave; (d) taking a sum of the first compressed code signal wave and the third compressed code signal wave to generate a fifth compressed code signal wave, which includes at least two first compressed second-order harmonic waves, and taking a sum of the second compressed code signal wave and the fourth compressed code signal wave to generate a sixth compressed code signal wave, which includes at least two second compressed second-order harmonic waves; (e) taking the difference between the fifth compressed code signal wave and the sixth compressed code signal wave to generate an image wave which includes at least two imaging second-order harmonic waves; and (f) processing ultrasound nonlinear imaging by using the at least two imaging second-order harmonic waves to generate an ultrasound image; wherein, the first code signal, the second code signal, the third code signal, and the fourth code signal are high-bit code signals with more than four bits. |