Processing circuitry, system and method for reducing electrical power consumption in an ultrasound imaging probe based on interlaced data acquisition and reconstruction algorithm

A method to be performed at an apparatus of an ultrasound imaging device, the apparatus including one or more processors to be coupled to transducer elements of an ultrasonic transducer of the imaging device, the method including:

• performing rounds of image generation for the ultrasound imaging device, each round including:
• causing an interlaced activation of the transducer elements to generate a transmitted ultrasonic waveform toward a target to be imaged and to collect electrical signals defining a reduced power partial frame including existing receive (Rx) scanlines interlaced with missing Rx scanlines, the electrical signals generated from ultrasonic waves reflected from the target and based on the transmitted ultrasonic waveform;
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• processing the reduced power partial frame along with an input frame to generate a reconstructed frame therefrom;
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• at least one of generating display signals to cause each reconstructed frame to be displayed on a display, or causing each reconstructed frame to be stored in memory, wherein the input frame, after an initialization round of the rounds of image generation, corresponds to a previous reconstructed frame of a previous round of image generation.

One or more tangible non-transitory computer-readable media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform operations including:

• performing rounds of image generation for an ultrasound imaging device, each round including:
• causing an interlaced activation of transducer elements to generate a transmitted ultrasonic waveform toward a target to be imaged and to collect electrical signals defining a reduced power partial frame including existing receive (Rx) scanlines interlaced with missing Rx scanlines, the electrical signals generated from ultrasonic waves reflected from the target and based on the transmitted ultrasonic waveform;
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• processing the reduced power partial frame along with an input frame to generate a reconstructed frame therefrom;
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• at least one of generating display signals to cause each reconstructed frame to be displayed on a display, or causing each reconstructed frame to be stored in memory, wherein the input frame, after an initialization round of the rounds of image generation, corresponds to a previous reconstructed frame of a previous round of image generation.