Methods and Apparatus for Conformable Medical Data Acquisition Pad and Configurable Imaging System

A translator board apparatus with a supporting software application comprising:

• a set of controlling electronics for communication with a data acquisition pad including:
• a data processing capability for a large 2D/3D data set;
• a memory storage for storing at least a portion of the 2D/3D data set;
• and a transmitting system for interconnecting the data acquisition pad and an existing front-end electronic systems.

An imaging computer processing system comprising:

• an imaging data acquisition pad with a plurality of microfabricated transceivers that are connected to a conductive pathway supported by a gel-like carrier base;
• a translator board coupled to the image data acquisition pad to facilitate sending and receiving signals to and from the plurality of microfabricated transceivers;
• an external hardware link connecting the translator board to a microprocessor capable of controlling and processing the signals exchanged with the plurality of microfabricated transceivers;
• and
• a software program stored in a memory storage accessible by the microprocessor for processing the signals from the imaging data acquisition pad in order to generate imaging data that can be representatively displayed on a visual monitor.