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Hand-held ultrasound system with single integrated circuit back-end

An ultrasonic system and integrated circuit technology, applied in the field of ultrasonic systems, can solve problems such as short system running time

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-05-14
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
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It also requires more battery power to run the system, and / or the system may run for less time when relying on battery power

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[0015] FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an ultrasound system 100 that uses components that facilitate a smaller system 100 and lower power consumption. For example, system 100 may be hand-held, hand-held, or pocket-sized. Alternatively, the system 100 can also be cart-based, and at the same time it is smaller, lighter and more portable than traditional vehicle-based ultrasound systems, and consumes less total power. Alternatively, the ultrasound system 100 may interface with other on-board components, such as a separate monitor and keyboard (not shown).

[0016] Ultrasound system 100 includes probe 106 , front end 118 , and back end 120 . Front end 118 generally refers to the electronic circuitry that controls transmit and receive beamforming and real-time control of probe 106 . Front end 118 is typically implemented in hardware using one or more circuit boards.

[0017] In the past, backend 120 was implemented using multiple circuit boards and other hardware components that...

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The invention provides a portable ultrasound system provided with a single integrate circuit back-end. The ultrasound system comprises a front-end and a back-end. The front-end acquires ultrasound data indicative of a subject and comprises a probe, transmitter, receiver and beamformer. The probe has a plurality of transducer elements which are driven by the transmitter to transmit ultrasonic signals into the subject. The receiver detects returned echoes based on the ultrasonic signals, and the beamformer receives the returned echoes from the receiver and outputs a beamformed signal. The back-end comprises a single integrated circuit (IC). The back-end receives the beamformed signal from the front-end. The back-end processes the beamformed signal and outputs ultrasound image data based on the beamformed signal.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates generally to ultrasound systems, and more particularly to compact ultrasound systems. Background technique [0002] Ultrasound systems in use today are mostly relatively large, vehicle-mounted and / or wheel-mounted. These systems host one or more probes for different types of scanners. These systems may be based on a personal computer (PC) platform and have multiple circuit boards. Since these systems are difficult to carry or move by one person, these systems are not hand-held or hand-held, instead they are wheeled, rolled, transported by elevator to different floors, or moved by special vehicles to different physical locations. Thus, the physical constraints of a mobile ultrasound system limit its portability while also requiring a certain amount of space while operating the system. [0003] Physicians want to be able to use ultrasound systems during surgery, in the operating room or when performing ultrasound-guided p...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61B8/00
CPCG01S15/8906G01S7/52082
Inventor N·哈尔曼娄震海季凯
Owner GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
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