- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for low-power ultraportable ultrasound imaging
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Application No.: US15793969Application Date: 2017-10-25
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Publication No.: US10935645B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Siddhartha Sikdar , Parag Chitnis , Nima Akhlaghi , Elizabeth Tarbox , Paul Otto , Paul Gammell
- Applicant: George Mason University
- Applicant Address: US VA Fairfax
- Assignee: George Mason University
- Current Assignee: George Mason University
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Fairfax
- Agency: Ballard Spahr LLP
- Main IPC: G01S7/52
- IPC: G01S7/52 ; G01N29/06 ; G01S15/89 ; G01N29/26 ; G01N29/34 ; G01N29/42 ; A61B8/08 ; G01N29/07 ; G01N29/265 ; A61B8/00

Abstract:
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for ultrasound imaging comprising Time Delay Spectrometry. A frequency swept signal can be transmitted through a medium, such as human tissue. The signal can be a low-voltage signal (e.g., 0 volts to 5 volts peak-to-peak) transmitted for long duration (e.g., 20 milliseconds) at various frequencies. As the signal propagates through the medium it can be reflected and delayed. A delay associated with the signal the can cause a change in the associated frequencies. The signal can be filtered to retain only frequencies in an audio frequency range. The signal can be beamformed and processed to produce an image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180113205A1 Method And Apparatus For Low-Power Ultraportable Ultrasound Imaging Public/Granted day:2018-04-26
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