| CPC G01S 7/52085 (2013.01) [A61B 8/14 (2013.01); A61B 8/4488 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01); G01S 7/52019 (2013.01); G01S 7/52057 (2013.01); G06T 1/20 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |
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1. An ultrasonic imaging system, comprising:
an ultrasonic probe having a plurality of array elements and configured to transmit ultrasonic waves to a region of interest and receive channel echo data corresponding to the ultrasonic waves;
a transmitting and receiving control circuit configured to control the ultrasonic probe to perform transmission of the ultrasonic waves and reception of the channel echo data;
a beam former including a FPGA and a GPU and configured to perform beam forming on the channel echo data by the FPGA and the GPU to obtain beam-formed data;
an image processor configured to generate an ultrasonic image according to the beam-formed data; and
a display configured to display the ultrasonic image;
wherein the beam former has a plurality of beam forming work modes, and the plurality of beam forming work modes comprise at least two of: a first cooperative work mode, a second cooperative work mode, a third cooperative work mode, and a fourth cooperative work mode;
the display is configured to display the plurality of beam forming work modes for a user to select a current beam forming work mode; and
the beam former is configured to perform configuration about beam forming for the FPGA and the GPU under the current beam forming work mode so as to perform the beam forming on the channel echo data to obtain the beam-formed data, wherein
in response to the current beam forming work mode being the first cooperative work mode, the FPGA is configured to perform some steps of a first beam forming procedure and the GPU is configured to perform remaining steps of the first beam forming procedure so as to perform the beam forming on the channel echo data cooperatively to obtain the beam-formed data;
in response to the current beam forming work mode being the second cooperative work mode, the FPGA is configured to perform the beam forming on a same group of channel echo data with a second beam forming procedure to obtain a first group of beam-formed data, the GPU is configured to perform the beam forming on the same group of channel echo data with a third beam forming procedure to obtain a second group of beam-formed data, and the beam former is configured to obtain beam-formed data corresponding to the same group of channel echo data based on the first group of beam-formed data and the second group of beam-formed data;
in response to the current beam forming work mode being the third cooperative work mode, the FPGA and the GPU are configured to perform the beam forming on different groups of channel echo data respectively to obtain the beam-formed data; and
in response to the current beam forming work mode being the fourth cooperative work mode, the FPGA is configured to perform the beam forming on a first part data of a same group of channel echo data to obtain first beam-formed data corresponding to the first part data, the GPU is configured to perform the beam forming on a remaining second part data of the same group of channel echo data to obtain second beam-formed data corresponding to the remaining second part data, and the beam former is configured to obtain beam-formed data corresponding to the same group of channel echo data based on the first beam-formed data and the second beam-formed data.
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