Portable ultrasound imaging system
    23.
    发明授权
    Portable ultrasound imaging system 失效
    便携式超声成像系统

    公开(公告)号:US5839442A

    公开(公告)日:1998-11-24

    申请号:US496805

    申请日:1995-06-29

    IPC分类号: G01S7/52 G01S15/89 A61B8/00

    摘要: A portable ultrasound imaging system includes a hand-held scan head coupled by a cable to a portable battery-powered data processor and display unit, preferably in the form of a lap-top computer. The scan head enclosure houses an array of ultrasonic transducers and the circuitry associated therewith, including pulse synchronizer circuitry used in the transmit mode to time transmission of ultrasonic pulses and beam forming circuitry used in the receive mode to dynamically focus reflected ultrasonic signals returning from the region of interest being imaged. Because the pulse synchronizer and beam forming circuits are integrated on small chips, they can be included in the scan head, resulting in a portable low-power system. Also, since the beam forming and summation functions are performed in the scan head in proximity to the transducer elements, signal loss is substantially reduced, resulting in much higher image quality. In addition, the focused summed signal is transferred to the data processor and display unit by a cable which is far less sophisticated and expensive than the cables used in prior systems to transfer all of the transducer signals to a console signal processing unit.

    摘要翻译: 便携式超声成像系统包括手持扫描头,其通过电缆耦合到便携式电池供电的数据处理器和显示单元,优选地以膝上型计算机的形式。 扫描头外壳包含一组超声波换能器和与之相关联的电路,包括在发射模式中使用的脉冲同步器电路,用于在接收模式下使用超声波脉冲和波束形成电路的时间传输,以动态聚焦从该区域返回的反射超声波信号 感兴趣的被成像。 因为脉冲同步器和波束形成电路集成在小芯片上,所以它们可以包括在扫描头中,从而产生便携式低功率系统。 此外,由于在扫描头中靠近换能器元件执行波束形成和求和功能,所以信号损耗显着降低,导致高得多的图像质量。 此外,聚焦的和信号通过电缆传送到数据处理器和显示单元,该电缆远远低于用于将所有传感器信号传送到控制台信号处理单元的现有系统中使用的电缆的复杂和昂贵。

    Portable ultrasound imaging system
    27.
    发明授权
    Portable ultrasound imaging system 失效
    便携式超声成像系统

    公开(公告)号:US5690114A

    公开(公告)日:1997-11-25

    申请号:US599816

    申请日:1996-02-12

    摘要: A portable ultrasound imaging system includes a hand-held scan head coupled by a cable to a portable battery-powered data processor and display unit, preferably in the form of a lap-top computer. The scan head enclosure houses an array of ultrasonic transducers and the circuitry associated therewith, including pulse synchronizer circuitry used in the transmit mode to time transmission of ultrasonic pulses and beam forming circuitry used in the receive mode to dynamically focus reflected ultrasonic signals returning from the region of interest being imaged. Because the pulse synchronizer and beam forming circuits are integrated on small chips, they can be included in the scan head, resulting in a portable low-power system. Also, since the beam forming and summation functions are performed in the scan head in proximity to the transducer elements, signal loss is substantially reduced, resulting in much higher image quality. In addition, the focused summed signal is transferred to the data processor and display unit by a cable which is far less sophisticated and expensive than the cables used in prior systems to transfer all of the transducer signals to a console signal processing unit.

    摘要翻译: 便携式超声成像系统包括手持扫描头,其通过电缆耦合到便携式电池供电的数据处理器和显示单元,优选地以膝上型计算机的形式。 扫描头外壳包含一组超声波换能器和与之相关联的电路,包括在发射模式中使用的脉冲同步器电路,用于在接收模式下使用超声波脉冲和波束形成电路的时间传输,以动态聚焦从该区域返回的反射超声波信号 感兴趣的被成像。 因为脉冲同步器和波束形成电路集成在小芯片上,所以它们可以被包括在扫描头中,从而产生便携式低功率系统。 此外,由于在扫描头中靠近换能器元件执行波束形成和求和功能,所以信号损耗显着降低,导致高得多的图像质量。 此外,聚焦的和信号通过电缆传送到数据处理器和显示单元,该电缆远远低于用于将所有传感器信号传送到控制台信号处理单元的现有系统中使用的电缆的复杂和昂贵。