IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2014 Jan;61(1):102-19. doi: 10.1109/TUFFC.2014.6689779.
Although the use of ultrasonic plane-wave transmissions rather than line-per-line focused beam transmissions has been long studied in research, clinical application of this technology was only recently made possible through developments in graphical processing unit (GPU)-based platforms. Far beyond a technological breakthrough, the use of plane or diverging wave transmissions enables attainment of ultrafast frame rates (typically faster than 1000 frames per second) over a large field of view. This concept has also inspired the emergence of completely novel imaging modes which are valuable for ultrasound-based screening, diagnosis, and therapeutic monitoring. In this review article, we present the basic principles and implementation of ultrafast imaging. In particular, present and future applications of ultrafast imaging in biomedical ultrasound are illustrated and discussed.
虽然在研究中已经长期研究了使用超声波平面波传输而不是逐线聚焦波束传输，但这项技术直到最近才通过基于图形处理单元（GPU）的平台的发展成为可能。远不止是一项技术突破，平面波或发散波传输的使用可以实现超大视野的超快帧率（通常比每秒 1000 帧还快）。这一概念还激发了完全新颖的成像模式的出现，这些模式对于基于超声的筛查、诊断和治疗监测具有重要价值。在这篇综述文章中，我们介绍了超快速成像的基本原理和实现。特别是，说明了和讨论了超快速成像在生物医学超声中的现有和未来应用。
