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    Integrated ultrasonic imaging systems based on CMUT arrays: Recent progress
    (IEEE, 2004) Wygant, Ira O.; Zhuang, Xuefeng; Yeh, David T.; Nikoozadeh, Amin; Oralkan, Ömer; Ergün, Arif Sanlı; Karaman, Mustafa; Khuri-Yakub, Butrus Thomas
    This paper describes the development of an ultrasonic imaging system based on a two-dimensional capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) array. The transducer array and front-end electronics are designed to fit in a 5-mm endoscopic channel. A custom-designed integrated circuit, which comprises the front-end electronics, will be connected with the transducer elements via through-wafer interconnects and flip-chip bonding. FPGA-based signal-processing hardware will provide real-time three-dimensional imaging. The imaging system is being developed to demonstrate a means of integrating the front-end electronics with the transducer array and to provide a clinically useful technology. Integration of the electronics can improve signal-to-noise ratio, reduce the number of cables connecting the imaging probe to a separate processing unit, and provide a means of connecting electronics to large two-dimensional transducer arrays. This paper describes the imaging system architecture and the progress we have made on implementing each of its components: a 16×16 CMUT array, custom-designed integrated circuits, a flip-chip bonding technique, and signal-processing hardware.
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    A sequential Monte Carlo method for blind phase noise estimation and data detection
    (IEEE, 2005) Panayırcı, Erdal; Çırpan, Hakan Ali; Moeneclaey, Marc
    In this paper, a computationally efficient algorithm is presented for blind phase noise estimation and data detection jointly, based on a sequential Monte Carlo method. The basic idea is to treat the transmitted symbols as " missing data" and draw samples sequentially of them based on the observed signal samples up to time t. This way, the Bayesian estimates of the phase noise and the incoming data are obtained through these samples, sequentially drawn, together with their importance weights. The proposed receiver structure is seen to be ideally suited for high-speed parallel implementation using VLSI technology.
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    Low complexity inter-mode selection for H.264
    (IEEE, 2006) Ba, Seydou Nourou; Altunbaşak, Yücel; Ateş, Hasan Fehmi
    The coding efficiency of the H.264/AVC standard enables the transmission of high quality video over bandwidth limited networks. Due to the use of multiple Macroblock (MB) partitions, the Motion estimation module has extremely high complexity that makes it unpractical for most real-time applications on resource-limited platforms such as hand held devices. In this paper we propose a novel algorithm that significantly reduces the encoding complexity while maintaining high rate distortion performance. The proposed method reduces the Motion estimation (ME) computational complexity by accurately predicting the optimal MB partitions and restricting the number of candidate modes based on a-priori probabilities computed from spatio-temporal information. The experimental results show that the speed up of UmHexagonS [1] (one of the most efficient ME algorithms) can be doubled while maintaining the coding efficiency of Full Search.
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    Evaluation of CMUT annular arrays for side-looking IVUS
    (IEEE, 2009) Şişman, Alper; Zahorian, Jaime S.; Gürün, Gökçe; Karaman, Mustafa; Balantekin, Müjdat; Değertekin, Fahrettin Levent; Hasler, Paul E.
    Side-looking (SL) IVUS probes are extensively used for management of cardiovascular diseases. Currently SL-IVUS imaging probes use either a single rotating transducer element or solid-state arrays. Probes with single rotating piezoelectric transducer have simple front-end, but have fixed focused operation, and suffers from motion artifacts. Solid-state SL-IVUS imaging probes use piezoelectric transducer arrays and electronic beam-forming. Synthetic phased array processing of signals detected with small-sized elements in these arrays limits the SNR achievable with these probes. In this study, we explore a new SL-IVUS probe architecture employing rotating phased annular CMUT arrays. We tested and compared imaging performance of the existing and proposed probe configurations through simulated point spread functions. We also two fabricated sample annular array designs operating at 20-MHz and 50-MHz. Our experimental measurements on the 20-MHz array in oil shows 105% fractional bandwidth. The 50-MHz array with parylene coating shows approximately 40% fractional bandwidth measured in water. We also present imaging results acquired from wire-targets to test the experimental point-spread functions.
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    Spectral correlation of a digital pulse stream modulated by a cyclostationary sequence in the presence of timing jitter
    (IEEE-INST Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc, 2009-02) Öner, Mustafa Mengüç
    Cyclostationarity is an inherent characteristic of many communication signals, which can be exploited for performing various signal processing tasks. Imperfections in the signal generation that affect the cyclic statistics of a signal may lead to a degradation in the performance of signal processing algorithms which make use of this cyclostationary behaviour. One typical source of imperfection encountered in digital signalling techniques is random jitter in the pulse timing. In this work, we systematically derive analytical expressions for the cyclic statistics of digital baseband signalling schemes in the presence of timing jitter, under the assumption that the generating wide sense cyclostationary data sequence and the stationary jitter process are statistically independent.
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    Integration of 2D CMUT arrays with front-end electronics for volumetric ultrasound imaging
    (IEEE-INST Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc, 2008-02) Wygant, Ira O.; Zhuang, Xuefeng; Yeh, David T.; Oralkan, Ömer; Ergün, Arif Sanlı; Karaman, Mustafa; Khuri-Yakub, Butrus Thomas
    For three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound imaging, connecting elements of a two-dimensional (2D) transducer array to the imaging system's front-end electronics is a challenge because of the large number of array elements and the small element size. To compactly connect the transducer array with electronics, we flip-chip bond a 2D 16 x 16-element capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) array to a custom-designed integrated circuit (IC). Through-wafer interconnects are used to connect the CMUT elements on the top side of the array with flip-chip bond pads on the back side. The IC provides a 25-V pulser and a transimpedance preamplifier to each element of the array. For each of three characterized devices, the element yield is excellent (99 to 100% of the elements are functional). Center frequencies range from 2.6 MHz to 5.1 MHz. For pulse-echo operation, the average -6-dB fractional bandwidth is as high as 125%. Transmit pressures normalized to the face of the transducer are as high as 339 kPa and input-referred receiver noise is typically 1.2 to 2.1 mPa/root Hz. The flip-chip bonded devices were used to acquire 3D synthetic aperture images of a wire-target phantom. Combining the transducer array and IC, as shown in this paper, allows for better utilization of large arrays, improves receive sensitivity, and may lead to new imaging techniques that depend on transducer arrays that are closely coupled to IC electronics.
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    A novel nonlinear frequency modulated chirp signal for synthetic aperture radar and sonar imaging
    (Millî Savunma Üniversitesi, 2016-01-20) Bayındır, Cihan
    In order to maintain average power levels as well as high range resolution, phasecoded signals are used in radar and sonar signal processing. One of the most commonly used phase-coded signals is the linear frequency modulated chirp waveform. Various nonlinear frequency-modulated chirps are offered as alternatives to linear frequency modulated chirp. In this paper a new nonlinear frequency modulated chirp waveform is proposed. Properties like bandwidths, point spread functions and Fourier transforms are given for the proposed chirp signal. Synthetic imagery for spotlight imaging geometry is reconstructed by using the polar format and Stolt format processing techniques using the linear frequency-modulated (LFM) and proposed nonlinear frequency modulated chirp. Comparisons are presented, and it is shown that proposed waveform can improve the sonar image resolution.
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    Fast inter-mode decision and selective quarter-pel refinement in H.264 video coding
    (IEEE, 2008) Ateş, Hasan Fehmi
    In H.264 video coding standard, there exist several inter - prediction modes that use macroblock partitions with variable block sizes. Choosing a rate-distortion optimal coding mode for each macroblock is essential for the best possible coding performance, but also prohibitive due to the heavy computational complexity associated with the required rate-distortion calculations. Likewise, sub-pel motion refinement improves the coding efficiency, but becomes a major computational bottleneck when integer-pel search is executed fast. In this paper, we present a simple strategy to reduce the complexity of quarter-pel refinement and inter-mode decision with minimum loss of coding efficiency. Based on the results of the half-pel motion estimation step, our method evaluates the likelihood of each inter-coding mode being optimal. Then, quarter-pel refinement and actual rate and distortion are computed for only those coding modes with sufficient chance of being optimal. We claim that this method minimizes optimal mode estimation error at a given level of refinement and mode decision complexity. Simulation results show that the algorithm speeds up quarter-pel search and inter-mode selection modules by a factor of about 6 with less than 0.12 dB PSNR loss.
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    Etkileşimli öğrenme ile akciğer tomografi hacim taramalarında nodül tespiti
    (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016-06-20) Çam, İlker; Tek, Faik Boray
    Bu bildiride akciğer BT taramalarında otomatik nodül tespiti yapmak üzere geliştirdigimiz yeni ve özgün bir yöntem sunulmaktadır. Önerdiğimiz yöntem, akciğer organına ve belirli bir nodül tipine bağlı kalmaksızın genelleştirilmiş bir yaklaşım sunmaktadır. Böylelikle akciğer bölütlemesine ihtiyaç duymamaktadır. Düşük doz radyasyonlu ve çeşitli tipte (katı ve kırık cam görünümlü, yüzeye ve damara ilişik) 10 mm’den küçük nodüllerden oluşan zorlu bir tarama kümesinde (Anode09) sınamalar yapılmıştır. Tarama başına ortalama 8 yanlış tespit için nodül tespit duyarlılığı %52’dir. Yarışmada ilk altıya giren algoritmalarla karşılaştırılabilir düzeydedir.
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    Energy harvesting cooperative multiple access channel with decoding costs
    (IEEE, 2016) Arafa, Ahmed M.; Kaya, Onur; Ulukuş, Şennur
    We consider an energy harvesting cooperative multiple access channel (AC) with decoding costs. In this setting, users cooperate at the physical layer (data cooperation) in order to increase the achievable rates. Data cooperation comes at the expense of decoding costs: each user spends some amount of its harvested energy to decode the message of the other user, before forwarding both messages to the receiver. The decoding power spent is an increasing convex function of the incoming message rate. We characterize the optimal power scheduling policies that achieve the boundary of the maximum departure region subject to energy causality constraints and decoding costs by using a generalized water-filling algorithm.