Acoustic system quality assurance and testing

A system for testing an acoustic system including a testing device, the testing device comprising:

• an interface adapted to communicatively interface with a plurality of channels of the acoustic system;
• a switch matrix communicatively coupled with the interface and adapted to select one of the plurality of channels and receive a signal from the acoustic system via the selected one of a plurality of channels, wherein the signal includes a pattern of pulses including Doppler pulses;
• a pulse detection module communicatively coupled with the switch matrix and adapted to detect at least one Doppler pulse from the pattern of pulses of the signal;
• and
• an echo pulse synthesizer communicatively coupled with the switch matrix and pulse detection module and adapted to respond to the signal from the acoustic system by generating an echo pulse based on the detected at least one Doppler pulse wherein the echo pulse is frequency shifted from the detected at least one Doppler pulse and mimics a response to the detected at least one Doppler pulse for a selected acoustic probe.

A machine-readable medium having stored therein a series of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to test an acoustic system by:

• receiving a signal from the acoustic system at a testing device coupled with the acoustic system via one of a plurality of channels between the acoustic system and the testing device, wherein the signal includes a pattern of pulses including Doppler pulses;
• detecting at least one Doppler pulse from the pattern pulses of the signal with the testing device;
• and
• responding to the signal from the acoustic system by generating an echo pulse with the testing device based on the detected at least one Doppler pulse wherein the echo pulse is frequency shifted from the detected at least one Doppler pulse and mimics a response to the detected at least one Doppler pulse for a selected acoustic probe.