Patent ID: 8235900
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: A61B,G01S

Abstract:
1. An ultrasound imaging system, comprising: a transmitter configured to deliver one or more ultrasound pulses to a patient; a receiver configured to receive and process one or more ultrasound echoes from the patient; a systems control that is configured to cause the transmitter to deliver the one or more ultrasound pulses to the patient and the receiver to receive and process the one or more ultrasound echoes from the patient according to one or more imaging parameters; an imaging performance evaluator that is configured to determine a plurality of performance evaluation parameters from the one or more ultrasound echoes; a negative feedback controller that is configured to: a memory unit that is configured to store the performance evaluation parameter thresholds; and a feedback architecture configuration & control unit that is programmed to implement different imaging performance evaluators and to reconfigure the negative feedback controller for different imaging applications, wherein the different imaging applications include one or more of different imaging modes, imaging different patient types, and imaging different parts of a human body.