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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1998
Leo R Catallo, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Juin-Jet Hwang, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Lauren S Pflugrath, Seattle, WA (US);
ATL Ultrasound, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Abstract
An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system is provided with cordless scanheads which wirelessly transmit ultrasonic image signals to the imaging system. The transmitted image signals are accompanied by header and trailer information which identify display characteristics of the image signals for accurate processing and display by the ultrasound system, and also delineates discrete units of information such as data for a complete scanline or image frame. Communication protocol headers and trailers are described which define the communication and coding protocols for the transmitted ultrasound information.