Ultrasonic diagnostic imaging with cordless scanhead transmission system
First Claim
1. An ultrasonic probe which wirelessly communicates with an ultrasound system for display of ultrasonic information acquired by said probe, said probe comprising:
- a multielement transducer array which produces ultrasonic image information signals in response to received ultrasonic echoes;
a source of header data providing information characterizing said ultrasonic image information signals; and
a transmitter, responsive to said ultrasonic image information signals and said source of header data which wirelessly transmits ultrasonic image information and header data,wherein said ultrasound system includes a receiver for receiving said transmitted ultrasonic image information and said header data for display of said ultrasonic image information on the basis of said characterizing information.
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Abstract
An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system is provided with cordless scanheads which wirelessly transmit ultrasonic image signals to the imaging system. The transmitted image signals are accompanied by header and trailer information which identify display characteristics of the image signals for accurate processing and display by the ultrasound system, and also delineates discrete units of information such as data for a complete scanline or image frame. Communication protocol headers and trailers are described which define the communication and coding protocols for the transmitted ultrasound information.
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25 Claims
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1. An ultrasonic probe which wirelessly communicates with an ultrasound system for display of ultrasonic information acquired by said probe, said probe comprising:
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a multielement transducer array which produces ultrasonic image information signals in response to received ultrasonic echoes; a source of header data providing information characterizing said ultrasonic image information signals; and a transmitter, responsive to said ultrasonic image information signals and said source of header data which wirelessly transmits ultrasonic image information and header data, wherein said ultrasound system includes a receiver for receiving said transmitted ultrasonic image information and said header data for display of said ultrasonic image information on the basis of said characterizing information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An ultrasonic probe which wirelessly communicates with an ultrasound system for display of ultrasonic information acquired by said probe, said probe comprising:
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a multielement transducer array which produces ultrasonic image information signals in response to received ultrasonic echoes; a source of header data providing information characterizing said ultrasonic image information signals; a source of trailer data corresponding to said header data; and a transmitter, responsive to said ultrasonic image information signals and said sources of header and trailer data which wirelessly transmits ultrasonic image information preceded by header data and followed by trailer data, wherein said ultrasound system includes a receiver for receiving said transmitted ultrasonic image information and said header and trailer data for display of said ultrasonic image information on the basis of said characterizing information. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. An ultrasonic probe which wirelessly communicates with an ultrasound system for display of ultrasonic information acquired by said probe, said probe comprising:
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a multielement transducer array which produces ultrasonic image information signals in sequences of scanline data in response to received ultrasonic echoes; a source of header data providing information characterizing said ultrasonic image information signals and information characterizing a wireless communications protocol; a source of trailer data corresponding to said header data; and a transmitter, responsive to said ultrasonic image information signals and said sources of header and trailer data which wirelessly transmits a communications protocol header, sequences of scanline data preceded by ultrasonic image information headers, and a communications protocol trailer, wherein said ultrasound system includes a receiver for receiving said transmitted ultrasonic image information and said header and trailer data for display of said ultrasonic image information on the basis of said characterizing information. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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