To further improve the quality of the total focusing method(TFM)imaging,an ultrasonic TFM based on phase circular statistics vector(PCSV)has been presented.Firstly,the information of the signal phases of the full matr...To further improve the quality of the total focusing method(TFM)imaging,an ultrasonic TFM based on phase circular statistics vector(PCSV)has been presented.Firstly,the information of the signal phases of the full matrix capture(FMC)aperture data was extracted in the TFM implement processes.The phases of the same focusing pixel were regarded as the samples of the circular statistics.Then the PCSVs determined by the signal amplitudes and phases were acquired using the operation of saturation weighted statistics.Finally,the magnitudes of the PCSV were equivalent to the amplitudes of the TFM image.The results showed the TFM-PCSV was capable of improving SNR by amplifying the contribution of phase information.Also,the method could improve the lateral resolution by enhancing aperture beam directivity.Compared to the phase coherence weighted algorithm SCF and CCF,the TFM-PCSV had a higher tolerance to the error of phases.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51705232,11764030,51705231)the State Key Laboratory of Acoustics(SKLA201806)+3 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province(20192BAB216026)the Superior Science and Technology Innovation Team Special Fund of Jiangxi Province(20171BCB24008)the Education Department Fund Item of Jiangxi Province(GJJ170577,GJJ170621)the Postgraduate Innovation Fund(YC2019046)。
文摘To further improve the quality of the total focusing method(TFM)imaging,an ultrasonic TFM based on phase circular statistics vector(PCSV)has been presented.Firstly,the information of the signal phases of the full matrix capture(FMC)aperture data was extracted in the TFM implement processes.The phases of the same focusing pixel were regarded as the samples of the circular statistics.Then the PCSVs determined by the signal amplitudes and phases were acquired using the operation of saturation weighted statistics.Finally,the magnitudes of the PCSV were equivalent to the amplitudes of the TFM image.The results showed the TFM-PCSV was capable of improving SNR by amplifying the contribution of phase information.Also,the method could improve the lateral resolution by enhancing aperture beam directivity.Compared to the phase coherence weighted algorithm SCF and CCF,the TFM-PCSV had a higher tolerance to the error of phases.