Invention Application
- Patent Title: ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER PROBE BASED ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION FOR CONTINUOUS WAVE DOPPLER, AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
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Application No.: PCT/EP2021/066166Application Date: 2021-06-16
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Publication No.: WO2021259714A1Publication Date: 2021-12-30
- Inventor: SAVORD, Bernard, Joseph
- Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Applicant Address: High Tech Campus 52
- Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: High Tech Campus 52
- Agency: PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS
- Priority: US63/042,601 2020-06-23
- Main IPC: G01S7/52
- IPC: G01S7/52 ; G01S15/89 ; A61B8/06 ; A61B8/463 ; A61B8/488 ; G01S15/8913 ; G01S15/8915 ; G01S15/8979 ; G01S7/5203 ; G01S7/52066 ; G01S7/5208
Abstract:
An ultrasound system includes a transducer array configured to generate analog ultrasound signals. The system includes one or more analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) in communication with the transducer array. The ADCs is configured to convert the analog ultrasound signals to digital ultrasound signals. The system includes a processor circuit in communication with the ADCs. The processor circuit includes digital in-phase/quadrature (I/Q) mixers configured to generate digital continuous wave (CW) Doppler signals based on the digital ultrasound signals. The processor circuit is configured to process the digital CW Doppler signals, generate a graphical representation of a distribution of blood flow velocities over a plurality of cardiac cycles, and output the graphical representation to a display in communication with the processor circuit.
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