Ultrasound probe with integrated electronics
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1. An ultrasound imaging system comprising:
- a probe housing having a transducer array;
an interface housing having a beamforming circuit, a memory, a system controller integrated circuit and a digital communication control circuit, the interface housing being connected to the probe housing with a first cable; and
a personal computer connected to the digital communication control circuit with a standard communication interface such that the personal computer receives a digitized representation of a region of interest, the digitized representation having single element data from at least one of a transducer array element, the personal computer storing instructions to process and display the digitized representation.
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Abstract
A hand-held ultrasound system includes integrated electronics within an ergonomic housing. The electronics includes control circuitry, beamforming and circuitry transducer drive circuitry. The electronics communicate with a host computer using an industry standard high speed serial bus.
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1. An ultrasound imaging system comprising:
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a probe housing having a transducer array;
an interface housing having a beamforming circuit, a memory, a system controller integrated circuit and a digital communication control circuit, the interface housing being connected to the probe housing with a first cable; and
a personal computer connected to the digital communication control circuit with a standard communication interface such that the personal computer receives a digitized representation of a region of interest, the digitized representation having single element data from at least one of a transducer array element, the personal computer storing instructions to process and display the digitized representation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of ultrasound imaging comprising:
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providing a probe housing having a transducer array that is connected to a first circuit board assembly having a beamforming circuit and a second circuit board assembly having a memory, a system controller integrated circuit and a digital communication control circuit;
connecting the digital communication control circuit to a personal computer with a standard communication interface; and
forming an image of a region of interest in a display in communication with the personal computer in response to the personal computer receiving and processing a digitized electronic representation of the region of interest. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An ultrasound imaging system comprising:
a probe housing having a transducer array;
a circuit board assembly having a beamforming circuit, a memory, a system controller integrated circuit and a communication circuit, the circuit board assembly being mounted in an interface housing that is connected to the probe housing with a first cable; and
a body mounted personal computer connected to the communication control circuit with a standard communication interface such that the personal computer receives a digitized representation of a region of interest, the digitized representation having single element data from at least one of a transducer array element, the personal computer storing instructions to process and display the digitized representation. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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