Patent ID: 8490489
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: A61B,G01S

Abstract:
1. A method for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium, comprising: receiving at a handheld probe a plurality of non-beamformed ultrasound echo waves, the plurality of non-beamformed ultrasound echo waves produced by the transmission of non-beamformed ultrasound waves into the medium, wherein the receiving is performed at an acquisition frame rate of at least 17 frames per second; converting the plurality of non-beamformed ultrasound echo waves to digital data at the handheld probe, the digital data representing the plurality of non-beamformed ultrasound echo waves; arranging the digital data into a data stream at the handheld probe; and wirelessly transmitting the data stream from the handheld probe, wherein the transmitting is performed at a transmission frame rate at least as fast as the acquisition frame rate.