Patent ID: 6866631

Claim:
A system for ultrasonic imaging, comprising: a signal generator unit for generating at least two out-of-phase pulses, wherein said signal generator unit may modulate at least two sine waves with an envelope function to produce a modified version of said at least two out-of-phase pulses, said signal generator unit further converting said at least two out-of-phase pulses into at least two out-of-phase acoustical pulses; a signal transmitter unit coupled to said signal generator unit for transmitting said at least two out-of-phase acoustical pulses into media of interest; a receiver and raw data averager unit for receiving said at least two acoustical pulses modified by said media of interest, wherein data from said at least two modified acoustical pulses are averaged in a data set as a function of channel number and time; and a data processing unit coupled to said receiver and raw data averager unit, wherein said data processing unit constructs image data from said modified acoustical pulses, an output from said data processing unit is further coupled to an image display unit.