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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2011
Blake W. Little, Bothell, WA (US);
Thomas M. Duffy, Snohomish, WA (US);
Justin Coughlin, Seattle, WA (US);
Blake W. Little, Bothell, WA (US);
Thomas M. Duffy, Snohomish, WA (US);
Justin Coughlin, Seattle, WA (US);
FUJIFILM Sonosite, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are systems and methods which efficiently control storage of and/or access to data which includes repetitive data or data which is used by different modes, processes, etcetera. Embodiments provide control for storage of and/or access to large amounts of data used in ultrasound system beam forming for image generation using a hierarchy of sequencers for controlling storage of and/or access to data. A frame sequencer may provide control at a frame level while an address sequencer is implemented to provide control at a data access level.