Abstract: Disclosed are a focused ultrasound device and an image transducer protection method. The focused ultrasound device according to an embodiment comprises: an ultrasound probe structure including a treatment transducer for transmitting a focused ultrasound signal and an image transducer for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic image signal; a reception switch for selecting a plurality of first elements among elements of the image transducer as protection areas and deactivating same, and selecting a plurality of second other elements among the elements of the image transducer as reception areas and activating same; an image beamformer for forming a reception beam signal by focusing ultrasonic echo signals received from the plurality of second elements; an image generation unit for generating an image for a target area in an object on the basis of the reception beam signal; and a control unit for controlling the selection of the protection areas and reception areas by means of a reception switch.

Abstract: A software-based ultrasound imaging system is disclosed. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a method and an architecture for efficiently transmitting, processing, and storing channel data in the software-based ultrasound imaging system are provided.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for performing a beamforming by using unfocused ultrasounds are disclosed. Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for performing a beamforming, when processing an ultrasound image obtained by transmitting unfocused ultrasounds to a field-of-view and receiving reflection signals from the field-of-view, which include calculating transmission delay times taken by ultrasounds transmitted by transmit elements of a transducer to arrive at a receive focusing point, calculating reception delay times taken by reflection ultrasound signals reflected at the receive focusing point to arrive at receive elements of the transducer, and applying the calculations of the transmission delay times and the reception delay times to reception signals at the receive elements.

Abstract: A software-based ultrasound imaging system is disclosed. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a method and an architecture for efficiently transmitting, processing, and storing channel data in the software-based ultrasound imaging system are provided.