| 摘要 |
<p>A method for reducing speckle in an ultrasound image includes generating a transmit scan beam from a single aperture defined on a face of a transducer element array, such that the transmit scan beam originates from the single aperture, generating a first set of ultrasound response scan beams, originating from a first receive aperture, defined as a first set of transducer elements symmetrically across the center of the transmit aperture, generating at least a second set of ultrasound response scan beams, originating from at least a second receive aperture contiguous with the first receive aperture. The at least second receive aperture is defined by at least a second set of transducer elements disposed symmetrically across the center of the transmit aperture. The response scan beams are received simultaneously by the first and the at least second receive apertures, and compounded.</p> |
