Conservation of Time and Energy through Zone Image Acquisition Technology

Problemstellung: Develop a new ultrasound imaging technology that first, conserves time during image acquisition and allocates the conserved time to time intensive image processing algorithms without an impact on frame rate, and second, conserve transmit and receive energy to enable large scale miniaturization and battery operation. Methode: An ultrasound imaging system was designed with a novel architecture that enables storage of transducer element RF data prior to beamformation. The system consists of a channel domain memory, Digital Signal Processors (DSP), and post processing electronics necessary for displ…