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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2023
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Waukesha, WI (US);
Harald Weichenberger, Oberhofen am Irrsee, AT;
Reinhold Brüstle, Frankenburg am Hausruck, AT;
GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for increasing a data transfer rate and an amount of digital data that may be transmitted to a probe of an ultrasound system, including beam setup data used by modern electronic four-dimensional (e4D) probes to generate a transmit signal. Transmit/receive channels of a cable coupling the probe to the console may be used to send the digital data when not in use. In particular, the digital data may be transmitted during a window of time at the end of a receive mode, after a receive signal has been received and prior to initiating a transmit signal of a subsequent transmit/receive cycle. In some embodiments, a use of the transmit/receive channels for different types of data may be controlled using a switch. In other embodiments, a pulser of the ultrasound system may be advantageously used to encode and transmit the digital data.