System and method of ultrasonic mammography

A system for ultrasonic mammography comprising:

• an ultrasonic mammography device for constructing an ultrasonic image of a breast, wherein the ultrasonic mammography device includes a support structure having an ultrasonic transducer mounted on the support structure in a predetermined position for constructing an image of the breast;
• a personal digital assistant operatively connected to said ultrasonic transducer via a communication link;
• a patient computer system operatively connected to said personal digital assistant via a second communication link, wherein said patient computer system includes a memory, a processor, a display device and an input device;
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• a healthcare provider computer system operatively connected to said patient computer system via a communications network, wherein said healthcare provider computer system includes a memory, a processor, a display device and a input device and activation of said ultrasonic transducer generates a data signal that is transmitted to said personal digital assistant via said communication link, and transmission of said signal to said healthcare provider computer system via said second communication link, for constructing the image of the breast.

A system for ultrasonic mammography comprising:

• an ultrasonic mammography device having a predetermined number of ultrasonic transducers, with each having a processor, a transmitter and a receiver in a predetermined position, and each arranged wherein said ultrasound mammography device is positioned over the breast of the patient;
• a personal digital assistant operatively connected to said ultrasonic transducer via a communication link, wherein said personal digital assistant includes a memory, a processor, a display screen, an input mechanism, and a wireless communication mechanism for wireless communication via the internet;
• a healthcare provider computer system in communication with said personal digital assistant via a communications network, wherein said healthcare provider computer system includes a memory, a processor, a display device and an input device;
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• activation of said ultrasonic transducer generates transmission of a data signal to said personal digital assistant via said communication link, and wireless transmission of said signal between said personal digital assistant and said healthcare provider computer system over the communications network for analysis by the healthcare provider.

A method of ultrasonic mammography, said method comprising the steps of:

• positioning an ultrasonic mammography device having an ultrasonic transducer on the patient to obtain an image of the patient's breast;
• activating the ultrasonic transducer to generate a signal, wherein the ultrasonic transducer includes a processor, a transmitter and a receiver;
• transmitting the signal from the ultrasonic transducer to a personal digital assistant, wherein the personal digital assistant includes a memory, a processor, a display screen and an input mechanism;
• transmitting the signal from the personal digital assistant via a communications network to a healthcare provider computer, wherein the healthcare provider computer includes a memory, a processor, a display screen and an input device;
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• using the signal to construct an image of the patient's breast.