Abstract
In this study, the point spread function (PSF) of an ultrasound imaging system was estimated and used as a reference signal in a filtering method for improvement of image quality. The PSF of the imaging system was estimated from measured echo signals from an imaging target. Convolution filters (including deconvolution) were used for improvement of image contrast and spatial resolution. Furthermore, the accuracy in estimation of velocity vectors was evaluated for investigation of the impact of the proposed filters on velocity estimation. In the phantom experiment, contrast of the B-mode image was improved from 76.4 dB to 81.1 dB and 77.8 dB using the convolution and deconvolution filters, respectively. Also, the two-dimensional (2D) velocity distribution in the phantom was estimated by the block matching method, and the bias error (BE) in the estimated lateral velocity was reduced from −19.7% to 2.16% and 2.29% using the convolution and the deconvolution filters, respectively.
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