US 12,204,023 B2
Network-based ultrasound imaging system
Josef R. Call, Campbell, CA (US); Henry A. Davis, Ash Fork, AZ (US); David M. Smith, Lodi, CA (US); David J. Specht, Tucson, AZ (US); Viet Nam Le, San Jose, CA (US); Lang J. McHardy, San Jose, CA (US); Joseph James Digiovanni, II, Los Altos Hills, CA (US); Nathan W. Osborn, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Bruce R. Ritzi, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Maui Imaging, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Maui Imaging, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/330,699.
Application 18/330,699 is a continuation of application No. 17/330,301, filed on May 25, 2021, granted, now 11,709,265.
Application 17/330,301 is a continuation of application No. 16/559,017, filed on Sep. 3, 2019, granted, now 11,016,191, issued on May 25, 2021.
Application 16/559,017 is a continuation of application No. 15/500,933, granted, now 10,401,493, issued on Sep. 3, 2019, previously published as PCT/US2015/045703, filed on Aug. 18, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/038,602, filed on Aug. 18, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2024/0125927 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01S 15/89 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/14 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 15/8929 (2013.01) [A61B 8/14 (2013.01); A61B 8/483 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); A61B 8/523 (2013.01); A61B 8/565 (2013.01); G01S 7/52053 (2013.01); G01S 15/89 (2013.01); G01S 15/8925 (2013.01); G01S 15/8993 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of ultrasound imaging comprising, the steps of:
transmitting an unfocused three-dimensional ping into an object from a transmitter element of a transducer array in a probe of a data capture device;
receiving echoes of the unfocused three-dimensional ping from one or more reflectors with a plurality of receiver elements of the transducer array;
converting analog signals from each of the plurality of receiver elements into a dataset of digital sample sets from all the receiver elements;
beamforming the dataset of digital sample sets locally with the data capture device with first beamforming and image generation parameters to generate a first ultrasound image;
displaying the first ultrasound image to a first operator of the data capture device; communicating at least a portion the dataset of digital sample sets to a network-based image generation system;
beamforming the dataset of digital sample sets remotely with the network-based image generation system with second beamforming and image generation parameters different than the first beamforming and image generation parameters to generate a second ultrasound image;
displaying the second ultrasound image to a second operator of the network-based image generation system.