Transcranial ultrasound devices and methods
AssigneeTeraTech Corporation
InventorsAlice M. Chiang, Noah Berger
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Abstract
Exemplary embodiments provide systems and methods for portable medical ultrasound for transcranial ultrasound imaging. Preferred embodiments utilize a hand portable, battery powered system having a display and a user interface operative to control imaging and display operations. A keyboard control panel can be used alone or in combination with touchscreen controls to actuate a graphical user interface. The system includes a transducer assembly to image, measure and monitor a condition of a patient or deliver a therapeutic signal to the patient.
Claims29
A portable medical ultrasound device comprising:
- a transducer probe housing including a transducer array for generating transcranial ultrasound signals;
- a portable housing, the housing having a computer in the housing, the computer including at least one processor and at least one memory, and a display, the processor controlling transmission of an ultrasound signal through a cranium wherein the processor is programmed with brain imaging presets for ultrasound imaging through one or more selected cranial windows;
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- an ultrasound beamformer processing circuit that transmits ultrasound pulses with the transducer array to perform tissue pulsatility imaging of intracranial tissue through the one or more selected cranial windows, the ultrasound beamformer processing circuit being communicably connected to the computer.
A method of transcranial imaging of the brain comprising:
- actuating a transducer probe including a transducer array for generating transcranial ultrasound signals, the transducer probe communicatively connected to an ultrasound system having a computer in a portable housing, the computer including at least one processor and at least one memory, and a display, the processor controlling transmission of an ultrasound signals through a cranium wherein the processor is programmed with brain imaging presets for ultrasound imaging through one or more selected cranial windows;
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- operating an ultrasound beamformer processing circuit that transmits ultrasound pulses with the transducer array to perform tissue pulsatility imaging of intracranial tissue through the one or more selected cranial windows, the ultrasound beamformer processing circuit being communicably connected to the computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.