Patent ID: 8241217
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: A61B,G01S

Abstract:
1. A portable ultrasound imaging system comprising: a plurality of ultrasound probes having different scanning transducer arrays, at least one of the plurality of ultrasound probes having a transducer array with at least 128 transducer elements; and a handheld display device connectable to each of the plurality of the ultrasound probes, the handheld display device including an ultrasound image flat panel display, a user interface, a processing system configured to process beamformed image data to provide Doppler data, a memory configured to store beamformed image data in the handheld display device and a battery, the beamformed image data being generated by an integrated circuit with a plurality of selectable delay settings, such that each of the plurality of ultrasound probes having different scanning transducer arrays has a different selection of delay settings.