Patent · US Active

System and method for medical imaging with robust mode switching via serial channel

US8317707B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SONOWISE, INC. · US

Inventors

Shengtz Lin · Cupertino, US
Tony Wu · Taipei, TW

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 30, 2010
Grant date	Nov 27, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 10, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S7/52074
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In one embodiment of the invention, there is an ultrasound processing system that communicates images over a single asynchronous serial channel according to a scheme that does not require an isochronous serial channel and that switches among ultrasound imaging modes robustly. For example, the system is configured to packetize ultrasound image data of at least one ultrasound imaging mode into a stream of data frames and to convey the stream of data frames via the asynchronous channel. Each data frame includes indication of the ultrasound imaging mode and includes ultrasound-imaging-mode-specific imaging parameters. Other embodiments exist.

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