Sparse deconvolution method for ultrasound images based on automatic estimation of reference signals

Ultrasonics
Haoran JinJian Chen

Abstract

Sparse deconvolution is widely used in the field of non-destructive testing (NDT) for improving the temporal resolution. Generally, the reference signals involved in sparse deconvolution are measured from the reflection echoes of standard plane block, which cannot accurately describe the acoustic properties at different spatial positions. Therefore, the performance of sparse deconvolution will deteriorate, due to the deviations in reference signals. Meanwhile, it is inconvenient for automatic ultrasonic NDT using manual measurement of reference signals. To overcome these disadvantages, a modified sparse deconvolution based on automatic estimation of reference signals is proposed in this paper. By estimating the reference signals, the deviations would be alleviated and the accuracy of sparse deconvolution is therefore improved. Based on the automatic estimation of reference signals, regional sparse deconvolution is achievable by decomposing the whole B-scan image into small regions of interest (ROI), and the image dimensionality is significantly reduced. Since the computation time of proposed method has a power dependence on the signal length, the computation efficiency is therefore improved significantly with this strategy. The...Continue Reading

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