Software-based hand-held ultrasound color Doppler imaging system

Due to improved portability and patient acceptability, a recently-developed hand-held ultrasound machine has been tested in various emerging clinical applications, e.g., ambulatory healthcare. For miniaturization, in a hand-held ultrasound machine, application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) ha...

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Published in2009 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium pp. 1844 - 1847
Main Authors Hyuntaek Lee, Hak-yeol Sohn, Changhan Yoon, Yang Mo Yoo, Tai-kyong Song
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.09.2009
Subjects
Acoustic imaging
Acoustic pulses
Biomedical acoustics
color Doppler imaging
digital signal processor
Hand-held ultrasound machine
In vivo
Optical imaging
Optical microscopy
Optical scattering
Physics
software-based system architecture
SONOS devices
Ultrasonic imaging
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Summary:Due to improved portability and patient acceptability, a recently-developed hand-held ultrasound machine has been tested in various emerging clinical applications, e.g., ambulatory healthcare. For miniaturization, in a hand-held ultrasound machine, application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) have been widely used. However, since the clinical utility of a hand-held ultrasound machine is continuously evolving, it would be appropriate to have improved functional flexibility, especially in mid and back-end processing. In this paper, we present a software-based hand-held ultrasound system where a single digital signal processor (DSP) is utilized to support color Doppler imaging in real time.
ISBN:142444389X
9781424443895
ISSN:1051-0117
DOI:10.1109/ULTSYM.2009.5441727