Patent ID: 8220334
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: A61B,G01S

Abstract:
1. A method for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium, comprising: receiving an ultrasound echo wave at a first transducer element of a transducer array in a handheld probe of an ultrasound system; receiving the ultrasound echo wave at a second transducer element of the transducer array in the handheld probe of the ultrasound system; receiving the ultrasound echo wave at a third transducer element of the transducer array in the handheld probe of the ultrasound system; processing into digital data the ultrasound echo wave received at the first transducer element and the ultrasound echo wave received at the second transducer element, the processing precluding data representative of the ultrasound echo wave received at the third transducer element from being included in the digital data, and the processing not including beamforming data representative of the ultrasound echo wave received at the first transducer element with data representative of the ultrasound echo wave received at the second transducer element; and transmitting the digital data to a location relatively remote from the handheld probe.