PORTABLE ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM
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1. An ultrasound imaging system comprising:
- a hand-held probe housing having a transducer array circuit including a transducer array that detects ultrasound signals;
a sampling circuit that samples detected ultrasound signals to generate sampled ultrasound signals;
a beamformer integrated circuit that delays the sampled ultrasound signals and generates delayed, sampled ultrasound signals;
a control circuit that generates delay signals;
a hand-held data processor housing having a memory, a battery and a data processor, the data processor generating ultrasound images from the electronic representation of the region of interest with a graphical user interface (GUI);
a cable electronically connecting the hand-held probe housing to the hand-held data processor housing; and
a display on the hand-held data processor housing for displaying ultrasound images with the graphical-user interface, the ultrasound images being transferred to the display using the data processor.
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Abstract
A portable ultrasound imaging system includes a scan head coupled by a cable to a portable battery-powered data processor and display unit. The scan head enclosure houses an array of ultrasonic transducers and the circuitry associated therewith, including pulse synchronizer circuitry used in the transmit mode for transmission of ultrasonic pulses and beam forming circuitry used in the receive mode to dynamically focus reflected ultrasonic signals returning from the region of interest being imaged.
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35 Claims
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1. An ultrasound imaging system comprising:
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a hand-held probe housing having a transducer array circuit including a transducer array that detects ultrasound signals; a sampling circuit that samples detected ultrasound signals to generate sampled ultrasound signals; a beamformer integrated circuit that delays the sampled ultrasound signals and generates delayed, sampled ultrasound signals; a control circuit that generates delay signals; a hand-held data processor housing having a memory, a battery and a data processor, the data processor generating ultrasound images from the electronic representation of the region of interest with a graphical user interface (GUI); a cable electronically connecting the hand-held probe housing to the hand-held data processor housing; and a display on the hand-held data processor housing for displaying ultrasound images with the graphical-user interface, the ultrasound images being transferred to the display using the data processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An ultrasound imaging system comprising:
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a hand-held probe housing having a transducer array, the transducer array receiving signals from a region of interest and that generates an input signal; a beam transmission integrated circuit that controls transmission of ultrasound signals by the transducer array; a sampling circuit that samples the input signal to generate sampled ultrasound signals; a beamformer integrated circuit that delays the sampled ultrasound signals to generate delayed, sampled ultrasound signals; a control circuit that generates delay signals that are stored in a first memory; and a cable that connects the hand-held probe housing to a hand-held computer, the hand-held computer having a second memory, a battery, a data processor, and a liquid crystal display such that the electronic representation is processed with the data processor to generate ultrasound images using a graphical user interface, the ultrasound images being displayed on the display. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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