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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2023
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Bernard Joseph Savord, Andover, MA (US);
Jeffrey Daniel Sherman, Cambridge, MA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A system and method are provided for controlling an ultrasound probe having a transducer array of transducer elements. The method includes receiving echo signals at the transducer elements reflected in near and/or far fields of a medium, and outputting electrical echo signals; digitizing the electrical echo signals; multiplexing the digitized echo signals to output a first set of the digitized echo signals corresponding to a first set of transducer elements of the plurality of transducer elements defining a small aperture for receiving the echo signals reflected in the near field; grouping transducer elements of a second set of transducer elements into sub-arrays providing a second set of digitized echo signals; summing together the digitized echo signals from the second set of the transducer elements within each sub-array for receiving echo signals reflected in the far field, wherein the second set of transducer elements contains more transducer elements than the first set of the transducer elements; and outputting an echo data stream including the first and/or second sets of the digitized echo signals to a host system via a communication interface having a fixed maximum bandwidth.