Patent ID: 8684933
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: A61B,G01S

Abstract:
1. A portable ultrasound imaging system, comprising: an ultrasound transducer configured to direct acoustic ultrasound signals into a body and produce corresponding electronic echo signals therefrom; a mechanical mechanism configured to orient the ultrasound transducer in a desired direction; a transmitter configured to control production of the acoustic ultrasound signals from the ultrasound transducer; a receiver configured to receive the electronic echo signals from the ultrasound transducer and to process and digitize the electronic echo signals; and a processor configured to control the mechanical mechanism for orienting the ultrasound transducer and to produce image data for gray scale B-mode tissue images from the digitized echo signals, wherein the processor is further configured to produce image data for color flow images from the digitized echo signals by: wherein the processor controls the mechanical mechanism such that the data for each of the number of ensemble beams in the desired direction is obtained before the ultrasound transducer is oriented in a new direction.