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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2012
Erik Normann Steen, Moss, NO;
Menachem Halmann, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Alexander Sokulin, Kiryat Tivon, IL;
Arcady Kempinski, Haifa, IL;
Erik Normann Steen, Moss, NO;
Menachem Halmann, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Alexander Sokulin, Kiryat Tivon, IL;
Arcady Kempinski, Haifa, IL;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An ultrasound system includes an ultrasound probe having a transducer array for acquiring ultrasound data and a first beamformer for partially beamforming the information received from the transducer array, and a portable host system in communication with the ultrasound probe, the portable host system including a second beamformer to perform additional beamforming on the partially beamformed data received from the ultrasound probe.