Transducer array imaging system
First Claim
1. A device for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium, comprising:
- an array of transducers;
a transceiver in communication with the array of transducers, wherein the transceiver communicates ultrasound data wirelessly;
a power source for providing electrical energy to at least one of the transducers; and
a power controller in communication with the power source, wherein the power controller adjusts the electrical energy from the power source.
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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.
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53 Claims
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1. A device for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium, comprising:
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an array of transducers; a transceiver in communication with the array of transducers, wherein the transceiver communicates ultrasound data wirelessly; a power source for providing electrical energy to at least one of the transducers; and a power controller in communication with the power source, wherein the power controller adjusts the electrical energy from the power source. - 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)
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30. A method for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium, comprising:
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providing electrical energy to at least one transducer in an array of transducers; communicating ultrasound data wirelessly with a transceiver; and adjusting the electrical energy provided to the transducer. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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