Patent ID: 8690782
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: A61B,G01S

Abstract:
1. A system for storing imaging information from multiple receive events, the system comprising: a transducer having a plurality of elements and configured to receive a first acoustic signal from a first receive event and a second acoustic signal from a second receive event, the second receive event occurring after the first receive event and the first and second receive events being in response to first and second successive transmit firings, respectively; and a memory in communication with the transducer to receive element data from the plurality of elements, the memory configured in a first section and a second section, the memory further configured to store first and second imaging data in the first and second sections, respectively, the first and second imaging data based on the first and second acoustic signals, respectively, received by at least one of the same elements at different times, the first section configured to store the first imaging data and not the second imaging data, and the second section configured to store the second imaging data and not the first imaging data; wherein the first and second receive events comprise reception of the first and second acoustic signals for a full scan depth in response to the first and second transmit firings, respectively, the first and second receive events each being for separate reception along the full scan depth in succession such that an adder is configured to generate first beams while the second imaging data from the second receive event is being stored, and configured to then generate second beams from the second imaging data while the first imaging data is replaced by third imaging data associated with a third transmit firing.