Network-based ultrasound imaging system

US11016191B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Maui Imaging, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Josef R. Call · Campbell, US
• Henry A. Davis · Ash Fork, US
• David M. Smith · Saratoga, US
• David J. Specht · San Jose, US
• Viet Nam Le · San Jose, US
• Lang J. McHardy · San Jose, US
• Joseph DiGiovanni · Los Altos Hills, US
• Nathan W. Osborn · Palo Alto, US
• Bruce R. Ritzi · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 3, 2019
• Grant date: May 25, 2021
• Expiry date: Sep 3, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F3/14
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Systems and methods for network-based ultrasound imaging are provided, which can include a number of features. In some embodiments, an ultrasound imaging system images an object with three-dimensional unfocused pings and obtains digital sample sets from a plurality of receiver elements. A sub-set of the digital sample sets can be electronically transferred to a remote server, where the sub-set can be beamformed to produce a series of two-dimensional image frames. A video stream made up of the series of two-dimensional images frames can then be transferred from the remote server to a display device.