N2 - The paper presents the optimization problem for the multi-element synthetic transmit aperture method (MSTA) in ultrasound imaging applications. The optimal choice of the transmit aperture size is made as a trade-off between the lateral resolution, penetration depth and the frame rate. Results of the analysis obtained by a developed optimization algorithm are presented. The maximum penetration depth and lateral resolution at given depths are chosen as optimization criteria. The results of numerical experiments carried out in MATLABĀ® using synthetic aperture data of point reflectors obtained by the FIELD II simulation program are presented. The visualization of experimental synthetic aperture data of a tissue mimicking phantom and in vitro measurements of the beef liver performed using the SonixTOUCH Research system are also shown. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/101571/PDF/07_paper.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/101571 PY - 2012 IS - No 1 EP - 55 DO - 10.2478/v10168-012-0007-6 KW - ultrasound imaging KW - synthetic aperture KW - beamforming A1 - Lewandowski, Marcin A1 - Tasinkevych, Yuriy A1 - Nowicki, Andrzej A1 - Trots, Ihor PB - Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Committee on Acoustics VL - vol. 37 DA - 2012 T1 - Optimization of the Multi-element Synthetic Transmit Aperture Method for Medical Ultrasound Imaging Applications SP - 47 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/101571 T2 - Archives of Acoustics