Wrist bound ultrasound-on-a-chip device

    公开(公告)号:AU2018330436A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-06

    申请号:AU2018330436

    申请日:2018-09-06

    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to an apparatus including an ultrasound-on-a-chip device configured to be bound to a user's wrist. The ultrasound-on-a-chip device may include a two-dimensional array of ultrasonic transducers. The transducers may be capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs) and may be configured to emit ultrasound waves having a frequency between approximately 5-20 MHz. A coupling strip may be coupled to the ultrasound-on-a-chip device to reduce the air gap between the ultrasound-on-a-chip device and the user's wrist. The ultrasound-on-a-chip device may be waterproof and may be able to perform both transverse and longitudinal ultrasound scanning without being rotated. The ultrasound-on-a-chip device may be configured to calculate pulse wave velocity through a blood vessel in a user's wrist.

    METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR OFFLOADING ULTRASOUND DATA

    公开(公告)号:CA3096219A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-17

    申请号:CA3096219

    申请日:2019-04-09

    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to wirelessly offloading, from a wearable ultrasound device, ultrasound data sufficient for forming one or more ultrasound images therefrom. The wearable ultrasound device may include an ultrasound patch. Indications that may be monitored with such a device, and therapeutic uses that may be provided by such a device, are also described. Methods and apparatuses are also described for compounding multilines of ultrasound data on an ultrasound device configured to collect the ultrasound data. Additionally, certain aspects of the technology relate to non-uniform grouping of ultrasound transducers that share a transmit/receive circuit in an ultrasound device.

    METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING AN ULTRASOUND DEVICE WITH IMAGING PARAMETER VALUES

    公开(公告)号:CA3081761A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-23

    申请号:CA3081761

    申请日:2018-11-15

    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to configuring an ultrasound device with ultrasound imaging presets. Some embodiments include configuring an ultrasound device with different sets of imaging parameter values without receiving user input regarding configuration of the ultrasound device between configuration of the ultrasound device with one set of imaging parameter values and configuration of the ultrasound device with another set of imaging parameter values. Some embodiments include automatically configuring an ultrasound device with a set of imaging parameter values based on automatically determining an anatomical location being imaged by the ultrasound device. Some embodiments include automatically configuring an ultrasound device with a cardiac preset when a cardiac region is being imaged and automatically configuring the ultrasound device with an abdominal preset when an abdominal region is being imaged during a FAST or eFAST exam.

    Ultrasonic imaging compression methods and apparatus

    公开(公告)号:AU2019201147A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-07

    申请号:AU2019201147

    申请日:2019-02-19

    Abstract: An ultrasound device, comprising: at least one ultrasonic transducer element integrated on a semiconductor die; an analog receive circuit integrated on the semiconductor die, the analog receive circuit arranged to receive an output signal from the at least one ultrasonic transducer element; and a receive compression circuit integrated on the semiconductor die and configured to generate a compressed digital signal prior to any image reconstruction process being performed, the receive compression circuit comprising: a data reduction circuit having an input connected to an output of the analog receive circuit, the data reduction circuit configured to generate the compressed digital signal; and a digital signal processing block in communication with the data reduction circuit, the digital signal processing block arranged to receive the compressed digital signal and perform at least a portion of an image reconstruction process; wherein an output of the digital signal processing block is configured to be transmitted from the semiconductor die as a data stream. co a.,a 4-' 4-' C c -o L r4 0 + + + + r-U No N L +N+ kN xx

    Ultrasonic imaging compression methods and apparatus

    公开(公告)号:AU2015247501B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-29

    申请号:AU2015247501

    申请日:2015-04-17

    Abstract: To implement a single-chip ultrasonic imaging solution, on-chip signal processing may be employed in the receive signal path to reduce data bandwidth and an output data module may be used to move data for all received channels off-chip as a digital data stream. The digitization of received signals on-chip allows advanced digital signal processing to be performed on-chip, and thus permits the full integration of an entire ultrasonic imaging system on a single semiconductor substrate. The on-chip digitization of received signals also enables the on-chip integration of ultrasound processing and/or pre-processing to reduce the burden on off-chip computing. Data compression architectures are disclosed to facilitate the transfer of data off-chip as a digital data stream in accordance with the bandwidth requirements of standard commercially- available output interfaces.

    Serial interface for parameter transfer in an ultrasound device

    公开(公告)号:AU2017240665A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-11

    申请号:AU2017240665

    申请日:2017-03-31

    Abstract: Circuitry for ultrasound devices is described. A multi-level pulser is described, which can support time-domain and spatial apodization. The multi-level pulser may be controlled through a software-defined waveform generator. In response to the execution of a computer code, the waveform generator may access master segments from a memory, and generate a stream of packets directed to pulsing circuits. The stream of packets may be serialized. A plurality of decoding circuits may modulate the streams of packets to obtain spatial apodization.

    SERIAL INTERFACE FOR PARAMETER TRANSFER IN AN ULTRASOUND DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:CA3018870A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-05

    申请号:CA3018870

    申请日:2017-03-31

    Abstract: Circuitry for ultrasound devices is described. A multi-level pulser is described, which can support time-domain and spatial apodization. The multi-level pulser may be controlled through a software-defined waveform generator. In response to the execution of a computer code, the waveform generator may access master segments from a memory, and generate a stream of packets directed to pulsing circuits. The stream of packets may be serialized. A plurality of decoding circuits may modulate the streams of packets to obtain spatial apodization.

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