Transducer array imaging system
First Claim
1. A method for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium, comprising:
- receiving at a handheld probe a plurality of non-beamformed ultrasound echo waves, the plurality of non-beamformed ultrasound echo waves produced by the transmission of non-beamformed ultrasound waves into the medium, wherein the receiving is performed at an acquisition frame rate of at least 17 frames per second;
converting the plurality of non-beamformed ultrasound echo waves to digital data at the handheld probe, the digital data representing the plurality of non-beamformed ultrasound echo waves;
arranging the digital data into a data stream at the handheld probe; and
wirelessly transmitting the data stream from the handheld probe, wherein the transmitting is performed at a transmission frame rate at least as fast as the acquisition frame rate.
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Abstract
The disclosed embodiments include a method, system, and device for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium. The novel method includes transmitting a non-beamformed or beamformed ultrasound wave into the medium, receiving more than one echoed ultrasound wave from the medium, and converting the received echoed ultrasound wave into digital data. The novel method may further transmit the digital data. In some embodiments, the transmitting may be wireless. The novel device may include transducer elements, an analog-to-digital converter in communication with the transducer elements, and a transmitter in communication with the analog-to-digital converter. The transducers may operate to convert a first electrical energy into an ultrasound wave. The first electrical energy may or may not be beamformed. The transducers also may convert an echoed ultrasound wave into a second electrical energy. The analog-to-digital converter may convert the electrical energy into digital data, and the transmitter may transmit the digital data.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium, comprising:
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receiving at a handheld probe a plurality of non-beamformed ultrasound echo waves, the plurality of non-beamformed ultrasound echo waves produced by the transmission of non-beamformed ultrasound waves into the medium, wherein the receiving is performed at an acquisition frame rate of at least 17 frames per second; converting the plurality of non-beamformed ultrasound echo waves to digital data at the handheld probe, the digital data representing the plurality of non-beamformed ultrasound echo waves; arranging the digital data into a data stream at the handheld probe; and wirelessly transmitting the data stream from the handheld probe, wherein the transmitting is performed at a transmission frame rate at least as fast as the acquisition frame rate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A device for conducting ultrasound measurements of a medium, the device being a handheld probe, the device comprising:
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a receiver for receiving a plurality of non-beamformed ultrasound echo waves at the handheld probe, the plurality of non-beamformed ultrasound echo waves produced by the transmission of non-beamformed ultrasound waves into the medium, wherein the receiver is configured to receive at an acquisition frame rate of at least 17 frames per second; an analog-to-digital converter in communication with the receiver for converting the plurality of non-beamformed ultrasound echo waves to digital data in the handheld probe, the digital data representing the plurality of non-beamformed ultrasound echo waves; a multiplexer in communication with the analog-to-digital converter for multiplexing the digital data into a data stream in the handheld probe; and a transmitter in communication with the multiplexer for wirelessly transmitting the data stream from the handheld probe, the transmitter configured to transmit the data stream at a transmission frame rate at least as fast as the acquisition frame rate. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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