EP 3600059 A1 20200205 - HIGH PERFORMANCE HANDHELD ULTRASOUND
Title (en)
HIGH PERFORMANCE HANDHELD ULTRASOUND
Title (de)
HAND-ULTRASCHALL MIT HOHER LEISTUNG
Title (fr)
DISPOSITIF À ULTRASONS PORTATIF À HAUTE PERFORMANCE
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 201715467656 A 20170323
- US 201715470793 A 20170327
- US 201715470798 A 20170327
- US 201715470700 A 20170327
- US 2018024059 W 20180323
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2018175905A1] A handheld ultrasound device may comprise components configured to provide decreased size, weight, complexity, and power consumption. The handheld ultrasound device may comprise a beamformer configured to implement and compress a flag table in place of a delay table. These improvements can decrease the amount of memory used to generate ultrasound images, which can decrease the size, weight, and power consumption of the handheld ultrasound device. Ultrasound image data on a handheld imaging probe can be compressed on the handheld imaging probe prior to transmission from the probe in order to decrease the amount of data transmitted from the probe. The compressed data may comprise compressed pixels to maintain spatial image resolution. The compression circuitry may comprise an amount of memory related to a dynamic range of the compressed data that is independent of the dynamic range of the input data, which can decrease memory, power consumption, and latencies.
IPC 8 full level
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G10K 11/34 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G01S 7/003 (2013.01); G01S 7/52034 (2013.01); G01S 7/52046 (2013.01); G01S 7/5208 (2013.01); G01S 7/52082 (2013.01); G01S 15/8915 (2013.01); G10K 11/346 (2013.01); A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); G01S 7/52068 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2018175905 A1 20180927; AU 2018237597 A1 20191017; CA 3057587 A1 20180927; EP 3600059 A1 20200205; EP 3600059 A4 20201223
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 2018024059 W 20180323; AU 2018237597 A 20180323; CA 3057587 A 20180323; EP 18771485 A 20180323