Architecture and Algorithms for a Fully Programmable Ultrasound System.

Abstract

Diagnostic ultrasound has become a popular imaging modality because it is safe, non- invasive, relatively inexpensive, easy to use, and capable of real-time imaging. In order to meet the high computation and throughput requirements, ultrasound machines have been designed using algorithm-specific fixed-function hardware with limited reprogrammability. As a result, improvements to the various ultrasound algorithms and additions of new ultrasound applications have been quite expensive, requiring redesigns ranging from hardware chips and boards up to the complete machine. On the other hand, - a fully programmable ultrasound machine could be reprogrammed to quickly adapt to new tasks and offer advantages, such as reducing costs and the time-to-market of new ideas.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 15, 1999
Accession Number
ADA370250

Entities

People

  • George W. York

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Waves
  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Application-Specific Integrated Circuits
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Vision
  • Computers
  • Doppler Effect
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Gray Scale
  • Image Processing
  • Operating Systems
  • Parallel Computing
  • Parallel Processing
  • Signal Processing
  • Ultrasounds

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Medical Imaging.
  • Neural Network Machine Learning.