Advanced Ultrasound Imaging

• describe the principles of ultrasound beamforming and conduct relevant calculations.
• explain signal processing methods for estimating blood velocity
• create new imaging techniques by designing new transmission schemes and processing pipeline
• implement a new transmission scheme on an ultrasound research scanner
• write programs in Matlab that implement advanced image formation and signal processing methods.
• evaluate image resolution and contrast through both simulations and in-vitro experiments.
• evaluate blood flow detection performance and blood velocity estimation accuracy through flow phantoms
• write a scientific report explaining the observation made from experiments.

Ultrasound simulation, Advanced ultrasound imaging technique. Signal processing in flow estimation systems (clutter filtering, mean frequency estimation, and vector flow estimation). Practical use of an ultrasound scanner. Designing validation experiments. Image quality analysis. Report writing

22052/22485, Courses in signal processing and biomedical engineering

Lectures, exercises, labs, projects and three reports.

Minimum: 5.

Please be aware that this course will only be held if the required minimum number of participants is met. You will be informed 8 days before the start of the course, whether the course will be held.