Ultrasound system with parallel processing architecture

A method of processing ultrasound information in a medical diagnostic imaging ultrasound system having multiple CPUs configured to perform parallel ultrasound operations, said method comprising:

• collecting data sets representative of patient ultrasound scans of an area of interest of a patient;
• dividing a scan conversion operation into parallel scan conversion tasks;
• instructing multiple CPUs to perform, in parallel, scan conversion tasks upon said data sets to form scan converted data sets, said multiple CPUs processing said scan conversion operations simultaneously and in parallel;
• reassigning uncompleted scan conversion tasks among said multiple CPUs based upon completion of at least one of said scan conversion tasks;
• and
• presenting to a user ultrasound information related to said ultrasound scan based on said scan converted data sets.

An ultrasound apparatus for presenting medical diagnostic imaging ultrasound information to a user representative of an ultrasound scan of an area of interest, said apparatus comprising:

• an input receiving data values representative of echo signals of patient ultrasound scans of an area of interest of a patient;
• multiple CPUs configured to perform ultrasound operations in parallel upon data values received at said input;
• operating modules for instructing said multiple CPUs to perform ultrasound operations upon said data values to produce ultrasound information, at least one of said operating modules dividing a corresponding ultrasound operation into a plurality of tasks, each of said multiple CPUs being assigned a unique task, said CPUs performing said tasks associated with a single ultrasound operation in parallel, at least one of said operating modules reassigning uncompleted tasks among said multiple CPUs based upon completion of at least one task from said plurality of tasks;
• and
• an output for presenting said ultrasound information to a user.