Portable Ultrasound Technology

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses how current portable devices are changing imaging diagnostics. The paper focuses on GE's Logiq Book XP Ultrasound System and shows how it fulfills the market need for a relatively low cost, mobile and flexible ultrasound device. The paper looks at its advantages over existing systems and stresses how the GE Logiq Book XP is an important addition to the growing field of portable ultrasound devices.

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Introduction: The Portable Revolution
GE's Logiq Book XP Ultrasound System
Discussion
Conclusions

From the Paper:

"Ultrasound technology bounces acoustic waves off samples, extracting images and data from the reflected signals by using relatively inexpensive electronics that switch between transmitting and receiving (Rollins, 2005). Ultrasound technology exists in a variety of forms from analog to digital, from pulsed to continuous wave, and from 2D to 3D to 4D images. One of the most advanced ultrasound systems is a continuous wave (CW) Doppler ultrasound that colorizes time-controlled images to calculate fluid velocities within the body (Allan, 2006; Tuite, 2005). Unfortunately, ultrasound technology isn't traditionally considered portable. CW Doppler ultrasound devices, in particular, require large computer boards to function (Allan, 2006). The end result is that most ultrasound equipment is large, ungainly, and expensive."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Allan, R. (2006, June 8). Advances trigger an ultrasonic boom: impressive technology gains in sensors, signal processing, and software push ultrasound imagers into a host of new medical applications. Electronic Design, 54(12), pp. 43-49.
• Rollins, A.M. (2006, January 6). Another way to peer inside the body: optical coherence tomography combines interferometry and high-tech light sources to capture images of living tissue. Machine Design, 77(1), pp. 90-92.
• Tuite, D. (2005, May 26). Chip gets to the heart of ultrasound designs: with this CW Doppler IC, designers can be rid of analog delay lines and crosspoint switches in devices that locate arterial blockages. Electronic Design, 53(11), p. 44.

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