Semiconductor Technologies Accelerate Development of Ultrasound Specific Integrated Circuits

摘要

Ultrasound imaging is one of the most important medical imaging methods due to its safety, cost effectiveness, and real-time capability. Conventional ultrasonic imaging systems use frequencies from 2 MHz to 20 MHz with a resolution of millimeter level. They are widely used in monitoring fetuses, as well as diagnosing diseases of internal organs such as the heart, liver, gallbladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, etc. Current ultrasound systems can visualize both internal organs with B-mode imaging and blood flow with ultrasound Doppler.