Abstract:
본명세서에설명된기술의양태들은원격의료를이용한초음파데이터수집에관한것이다. 지시자전자디바이스는지시자증강현실인터페이스를디스플레이를위해생성하고, 지시자증강현실인터페이스상에서, 초음파이미징디바이스를이동시키기위한명령을수신할수 있다. 지시자증강현실인터페이스는초음파이미징디바이스를보여주는비디오및 비디오상의화살표들의중첩을포함할수 있고, 화살표들각각은초음파이미징디바이스를이동시키기위한가능한명령에대응한다. 사용자전자디바이스는, 지시자전자디바이스로부터, 초음파이미징디바이스를이동시키기위한명령을수신하고, 사용자전자디바이스상에서보여진사용자증강현실인터페이스상에, 초음파이미징디바이스를이동시키기위한명령을디스플레이를위해생성할수 있다. 사용자증강현실인터페이스는초음파이미징디바이스를보여주는비디오및 명령에대응하는비디오상에중첩된화살표를포함할수 있다.
Abstract:
Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) ultrasonic transducers (CUTs) and methods for forming CUTs are described. The CUTs may include monolithically integrated ultrasonic transducers and integrated circuits for operating in connection with the transducers. The CUTs may be used in ultrasound devices such as ultrasound imaging devices and/or high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) devices.
Abstract:
Ultrasound imaging devices and heads up displays, as well and systems utilizing both are described. In some embodiments, ultrasound data or images may be displayed on a heads up display, which may be a head-mounted display. One or more users may manipulate the images. Image capture devices and sensors may also be implemented.
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 a high-speed serial data module may be used to move data for all received channels off-chip as 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. Various novel waveform generation techniques, transducer configuration and biasing methodologies, etc., are likewise disclosed. HIFU methods may additionally or alternatively be employed as a component of the "ultrasound- on- a-chip" solution disclosed herein.
Abstract:
Ultrasound devices and methods are described, including a repeatable ultrasound transducer probe having ultrasonic transducers and corresponding circuitry. The repeatable ultrasound transducer probe may be used individually or coupled with other instances of the repeatable ultrasound transducer probe to create a desired ultrasound device. The ultrasound devices may optionally be connected to various types of external devices to provide additional processing and image rendering functionality.
Abstract:
An ultrasound-on-a-chip device has an ultrasonic transducer substrate with plurality of transducer cells, and an electrical substrate. For each transducer cell, one or more conductive bond connections are disposed between the ultrasonic transducer substrate and the electrical substrate. Examples of electrical substrates include CMOS chips, integrated circuits including analog circuits, interposers and printed circuit boards.
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. 00 0o -oo co L N + N + N + N + rn m xx
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.
Abstract:
Apparatus and methods are described that include ultrasound imaging devices, which may operate in a transmissive ultrasound imaging modality, and which may be used to detect properties of interest of a subject such as index ofrefraction, density and/or speed of sound. Devices suitable for performing high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), as well as HIFU and ultrasound imaging, are also described.
Abstract:
Micromachined ultrasonic transducers formed in complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) wafers are described, as are methods of fabricating such devices. A metallization layer of a CMOS wafer may be removed by sacrificial release to create a cavity of an ultrasonic transducer. Remaining layers may form a membrane of the ultrasonic transducer.