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System and method for optical data transmission in ultrasound imaging

US7615009B2 · kind B2 · utility

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27References

13Claims

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Glen Peter Koste · Niskayuna, US
Samhita Dasgupta · Niskayuna, US
Matthew Christian Nielsen · Scotia, US
Min-Yi Shih · Clifton Park, US
Robert John Filkins · Niskayuna, US
Todd Ryan Tolliver · Clifton Park, US
Bruno Hans Haider · Ballston Lake, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 22, 2007
Grant date	Nov 10, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 26, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D30/70
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system and method for optical transmission of ultrasound data signals from a probe to an image processing system is provided. By using a silicon-based optical modulator to encode ultrasound data signals onto an optical signal, an optical transmission link between the ultrasound probe and the image processing system can achieve a high signal to noise ratio with a lower power input.

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