The paper gives an introduction to current medical ultrasound imaging systems. The basics
of anatomic and blood flow imaging are described. The properties of medical ultrasound and …

Row–column (RC) arrays have the potential to yield full 3-D ultrasound imaging with a
greatly reduced number of elements compared to fully populated arrays. They, however …

This paper gives a review of the most important methods for blood velocity vector flow
imaging (VFI) for conventional sequential data acquisition. This includes multibeam …

Ultrasonic colour Doppler is an imaging technique that combines anatomical information
derived using ultrasonic pulse-echo techniques with velocity information derived using …

During the past decade, ultrasound has expanded medical imaging well beyond the
“traditional” radiology setting: a combination of portability, low cost, and ease of use makes …

In vivo characterization of intracardiac blood velocity vector fields may provide new clinical
information but is currently not available for bedside evaluation. In this paper, 4-D vector flow …

Conventional ultrasound scanners can display only the axial component of the blood
velocity vector, which is a significant limitation when vessels nearly parallel to the skin …

Synthetic aperture (SA) can be used for both anatomic and functional imaging, where tissue
motion and blood velocity are revealed. Often, sequences optimized for anatomic B-mode …

Transverse oscillation (TO) methods introduce oscillations in the pulse–echo field (PEF)
along the direction transverse to the ultrasound propagation direction. This may be exploited …

Simulation and experimental results from 3-D vector flow estimations for a 62+ 62 2-D row-
column (RC) array with integrated apodization are presented. A method for implementing a …