Beamforming probe for ultrasound medical imaging system, has signal processor to determine beamforming phase shift derived from spatial location for each transducer unit, and apply phase shift to each signal from units

摘要

The probe has signal connections formed from transducer units and coupled to a signal processor (110). A location memory (108) is connected to the processor and holds a spatial location for a receive aperture. The processor determines a beamforming phase shift derived from the spatial location for each transducer unit in the receive aperture, and applies the respective phase shift to each signal from the units. An independent claim is also included for a method of beamforming in an ultrasound probe.