Patent ID: 11931209
Assignee: IMV IMAGING (UK) LTD
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. An ultrasound scanner comprising:
an ultrasound probe which comprises one or more ultrasound sources and receivers,
at least one battery,
transmit circuitry configured to apply electrical signals to the ultrasound sources to generate ultrasound pulses and transmit them into a scan region,
receive circuitry configured to measure ultrasound echoes received at the ultrasound receivers from the scan region,
a beam processor configured to process the measured ultrasound echoes and output ultrasound measurement data, the ultrasound measurement data comprising measurements of ultrasound echoes from each of a series of scan positions in the scan region, and
a controller configured to regulate the transmission of ultrasound pulses into the scan region by the ultrasound source and to process the ultrasound measurement data, or data derived therefrom, to determine an amount of movement of the ultrasound probe, and to reduce the average rate at which ultrasound pulses are generated responsive to the determined amount of movement of the ultrasound probe meeting at least one inactivity criterion.