Advanced Beamforming Algorithms for Transthoracic Ultrasound Imaging

心血管疾病（CVD）仍然是全球死亡的主要原因（根据WHO，每年1790万人），其中最常见的表现IHD仍然是主要原因。IHD的死亡率相似，男性和女性稳定性缺血性心脏病（IHD）的死亡率分别为17%和18%。心脏的经胸超声成像通过胸壁进行。肋骨的存在导致狭窄的观察窗，通过该观察窗可以对心脏（大的移动目标）进行成像，从而导致由于后胸部位置而对诸如左主冠状动脉（LMCA）的结构的详细解剖结构的次优成像。基于最先进的2D矩阵换能器、微泡造影剂和优化的特定应用成像机制和信号处理链的组合的深层结构。

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of deaths globally (17.9m each year according to WHO) of which the most common manifestation, IHD, remains the prominent cause. IHD accounts for similar mortality rates, 17% and 18%, of all deaths in men and women respectively stable Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD).Transthoracic ultrasound imaging of the heart is performed through the chest wall. The presence of rib bones results in a narrow viewing window through which the heart, a large moving target, can be imaged, resulting in suboptimal imaging the detailed anatomy of structures such as the Left Main Coronary Artery (LMCA) due to the posterior chest location.This project aims to develop biomedical signal processing techniques specially optimised to image these small, deep structures based on a combination of state-of-the-art 2D matrix transducers, microbubble contrast agents and optimised application specific imaging regimes and signal processing chains.