Ultrasound Measurement System and Method
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Abstract
An ultrasound measurement system including a handheld display and processing means, an ultrasound transducer, a processing means of a substantially similar weight to the handheld display and processing means, and a transmission cable interconnecting the handheld display and processing means with the ultrasound transducer and processing means, the cable being of sufficient length to provide a means to mechanically locate the system around the neck of a user.
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48 Claims
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1-29. -29. (canceled)
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30. An ultrasound system including:
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a. a handheld display and processing unit having; (1) a display, and (2) a first processor; b. a probe unit having; (1) an ultrasound transducer, (2) transmit circuitry stimulating the ultrasound transducer to emit ultrasonic signals into a body to be imaged, (3) receive circuitry receiving echo signals from the ultrasound transducer in response to echoes returned from a body to be imaged, and (4) a position and/or orientation sensor; (a) sensing relative or absolute position and/or orientation of the probe unit, and (b) outputting the position and/or orientation of the probe unit as position data, c. an interface; (1) providing two way communication between the probe unit and the display and processing unit, (2) including at least one communications channel transmitting the echo signals from the receive circuitry to the first processor; wherein the first processor processes; A. the echo signals from the receive circuitry, and B. the position data, for viewing on the display as an ultrasound image - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. An ultrasound system including a handheld display and processing unit having:
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a. a display; b. an interface providing two way communication between an ultrasound probe unit and the display and processing unit; c. a processor; (1) processing digital image data and position and/or orientation data received from the ultrasound probe unit, and (2) displaying successively received digital image data in correct spatial relation based on the position and/or orientation data to form an ultrasound image. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47)
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48. A method for obtaining an ultrasound image comprising:
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a. applying a probe unit to a body to be imaged, the probe unit including an ultrasound transducer and a position/orientation sensor; b. moving the probe unit relative to the body; c. receiving reflected ultrasound echoes as electrical signals from the ultrasound transducer, d. translating the electrical signals into ultrasound scanline data, e. receiving position and/or orientation data from the position/orientation sensor, f. combining the position and/or orientation data with contemporaneously generated ultrasound scanline data, g. transmitting the combined data to the display and processing unit, h. displaying images generated from the ultrasound scanline data in correct spatial relation based on the received position and/or orientation data to form an ultrasound image.
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