Computed volume sonography

US9213086B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC. · US

Inventors

• Juin-Jet Hwang · Mercer Island, US
• Clinton T. Siedenburg · Marysville, US
• Ramachandra Pailoor · Woodinville, US
• Mitchell Kaplan · Bothell, US
• Garet Nenninger · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 26, 2007
• Grant date: Dec 15, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 31, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S15/8993
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system performs ultrasound parameter estimation at specific advantageous sets of points in a two- or three-dimensional field of view within re-configurable, massively parallel, programmable architectures. A power efficient system is used for processing the data, thereby increasing the ability of the system for mobile ultrasound applications. Various architectural aspects provide the ability to simultaneously accept a large number of channels of data characterized by a continuous, simultaneous flow at high sample rates. The input data is routed at high rates to a distributed and large number of processing elements, memory, and connections for simultaneous parameter estimation at multiple points in the field of view, thereby enabling data streaming through the architecture.