Ultrasound imaging system and method for temperature management
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsBruno Hans Haider, Krishnakumar Sundaresan, Boris Constantine Joesaar
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Abstract
A temperature management system and a method of monitoring temperature in an ultrasound imaging system is provided. The system includes an ultrasound probe. The ultrasound probe includes at least one ultrasound transducer and a plurality of application specific integrated circuits. Further, the system includes at least one temperature sensing device disposed on at least one of the plurality of application specific integrated circuits. The temperature sensing devices are disposed in such a way that the sensing devices are in thermal contact with at least one heat producing region of the ultrasound probe.
Claims25
An ultrasound imaging system comprising:
- at least one ultrasound probe, wherein the ultrasound probe comprises at least one ultrasound transducer and a plurality of application specific integrated circuits;
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- one or more temperature sensing devices disposed on at least one of the plurality of application specific integrated circuits such that the temperature sensing devices are in thermal contact with one or more heat producing regions of the ultrasound probe.
An ultrasound imaging system comprising:
- at least one ultrasound probe, wherein the ultrasound probe comprises at least one ultrasound transducer and a plurality of application specific integrated circuits;
- one or more temperature sensing devices disposed on the plurality of application specific integrated circuits thermally coupled with one or more heat producing regions of the ultrasound probe;
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- a calibration circuit coupled to the one or more temperature sensing devices, wherein the calibration circuit calibrates an output of the temperature sensing devices based on determination of an error induced in the output of the one or more temperature sensing devices.
A method for temperature management of an ultrasound imaging system, the method comprising:
- disposing one or more temperature sensing devices on a plurality of application specific integrated circuits of the ultrasound imaging system;
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- controlling operations of the plurality of application specific integrated circuits based on an output of at least one of the one or more temperature sensing devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.