Double pulse transmission - signal-to-noise ratio improvement in ultrasound imaging

This study investigates a new composing method of double transmission of short coded sequences based on well-known Golay complementary codes, which allow to obtain the higher signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and increase penetration depth. The proposed method can potentially find applicat...

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Main Authors: Ihor TROTS, Andrzej NOWICKI, Marcin LEWANDOWSKI, Wojciech SECOMSKI, Jerzy LITNIEWSKI
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Published: Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences 2008-01-01
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Online Access:https://acoustics.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/aa/article/view/556
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author Ihor TROTS
Andrzej NOWICKI
Marcin LEWANDOWSKI
Wojciech SECOMSKI
Jerzy LITNIEWSKI
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description This study investigates a new composing method of double transmission of short coded sequences based on well-known Golay complementary codes, which allow to obtain the higher signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and increase penetration depth. The proposed method can potentially find application in small parts ultrasonography and play important role in examination of superficial structures, e.g. in dermatology, ophthalmology, etc., where using longer coded sequences leads to increase of a dead zone and single pulse transmission of short sequences does not assure sufficient SNR. This paper discusses the comparison of results obtained during the examination of four different lengths pairs of Golay coded sequences excited at 3.7 MHz: the single 64-bits pair of Golay sequences and combined sequences consisting of two 8-, 16-, and 32-bits Golay codes separated in time. The experimental results have shown that using the double pulse transmission allows to suppress considerably the noise level, the SNR increases by 5.7 dB in comparison with the single pulse transmission of Golay sequences of the same length. The results of this work indicate that double pulse transmission enhances SNR while maintaining the dead zone short.
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spelling doaj-art-e43649afb38d4e6ba7e6b83d40f0e8852025-08-20T03:13:33ZengInstitute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of SciencesArchives of Acoustics0137-50752300-262X2008-01-01334Double pulse transmission - signal-to-noise ratio improvement in ultrasound imagingIhor TROTS0Andrzej NOWICKI1Marcin LEWANDOWSKI2Wojciech SECOMSKI3Jerzy LITNIEWSKI4Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of SciencesInstitute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of SciencesInstitute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of SciencesInstitute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of SciencesInstitute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences This study investigates a new composing method of double transmission of short coded sequences based on well-known Golay complementary codes, which allow to obtain the higher signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and increase penetration depth. The proposed method can potentially find application in small parts ultrasonography and play important role in examination of superficial structures, e.g. in dermatology, ophthalmology, etc., where using longer coded sequences leads to increase of a dead zone and single pulse transmission of short sequences does not assure sufficient SNR. This paper discusses the comparison of results obtained during the examination of four different lengths pairs of Golay coded sequences excited at 3.7 MHz: the single 64-bits pair of Golay sequences and combined sequences consisting of two 8-, 16-, and 32-bits Golay codes separated in time. The experimental results have shown that using the double pulse transmission allows to suppress considerably the noise level, the SNR increases by 5.7 dB in comparison with the single pulse transmission of Golay sequences of the same length. The results of this work indicate that double pulse transmission enhances SNR while maintaining the dead zone short. https://acoustics.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/aa/article/view/556Golay complementary sequencesdouble pulse transmissiondead zone
spellingShingle Ihor TROTS
Andrzej NOWICKI
Marcin LEWANDOWSKI
Wojciech SECOMSKI
Jerzy LITNIEWSKI
Double pulse transmission - signal-to-noise ratio improvement in ultrasound imaging
Archives of Acoustics
Golay complementary sequences
double pulse transmission
dead zone
title Double pulse transmission - signal-to-noise ratio improvement in ultrasound imaging
title_full Double pulse transmission - signal-to-noise ratio improvement in ultrasound imaging
title_fullStr Double pulse transmission - signal-to-noise ratio improvement in ultrasound imaging
title_full_unstemmed Double pulse transmission - signal-to-noise ratio improvement in ultrasound imaging
title_short Double pulse transmission - signal-to-noise ratio improvement in ultrasound imaging
title_sort double pulse transmission signal to noise ratio improvement in ultrasound imaging
topic Golay complementary sequences
double pulse transmission
dead zone
url https://acoustics.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/aa/article/view/556
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