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Portable ultrasound imaging system

  • US 5,957,846 A
  • Filed: 11/17/1997
  • Issued: 09/28/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of scanning a region of interest with ultrasound energy to image a fluid moving within the region of interest comprising:

  • providing a portable ultrasound imaging system including a transducer array and a beamforming circuit within a handheld probe, a data processing system, and an interface that connects the handheld probe to the data processing system;

    delivering ultrasound energy to fluid moving within the region of interest;

    collecting ultrasound energy returning to the transducer array from the fluid; and

    generating an image of the fluid from the ultrasound energy detected by the transducer array.

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