Transducer array imaging system
First Claim
1. A method for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium, comprising:
- receiving a first digital data representing a first ultrasound wave, wherein the first ultrasound wave is at a first location;
receiving a second digital data representing a second ultrasound wave, wherein the second ultrasound wave is at the first location; and
combining the first and second digital data at a second location, wherein the first location is relatively remote from the second location.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments include a method, system, and device for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium. The novel method includes transmitting a non-beamformed or beamformed ultrasound wave into the medium, receiving more than one echoed ultrasound wave from the medium, and converting the received echoed ultrasound wave into digital data. The novel method may further transmit the digital data. In some embodiments, the transmitting may be wireless. The novel device may include transducer elements, an analog-to-digital converter in communication with the transducer elements, and a transmitter in communication with the analog-to-digital converter. The transducers may operate to convert a first electrical energy into an ultrasound wave. The first electrical energy may or may not be beamformed. The transducers also may convert an echoed ultrasound wave into a second electrical energy. The analog-to-digital converter may convert the electrical energy into digital data, and the transmitter may transmit the digital data.
182 Citations
109 Claims
-
1. A method for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium, comprising:
-
receiving a first digital data representing a first ultrasound wave, wherein the first ultrasound wave is at a first location; receiving a second digital data representing a second ultrasound wave, wherein the second ultrasound wave is at the first location; and combining the first and second digital data at a second location, wherein the first location is relatively remote from the second location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
-
-
57. A method for processing an ultrasound echo wave, comprising:
-
receiving a plurality of wirelessly transmitted ultrasound echo waves at a substantially similar time; and determining the characteristics a medium by superimposing the received echo waves.
-
-
58. A system for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium, comprising:
-
a receiver for receiving a first digital data representing a first ultrasound wave, wherein the first ultrasound wave is at a first location, wherein said receiver receives a second digital data representing a second ultrasound wave, and wherein the second ultrasound wave is at the first location; a data store for storing the first and second digital data; and a processor for combining the first and second digital data at a second location to create an image, wherein the first location is relatively remote from the second location. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108)
-
-
109. A method for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium, comprising:
-
receiving digital data; determining from the received digital data a first time of an ultrasound wave to travel from a first transducer element to a second transducer element; and determining from the received digital data a second time of the ultrasound wave to travel from a third transducer element to a fourth transducer element.
-
Specification