SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECONFIGURING AN ULTRASOUND DEVICE

摘要

Systems and methods (the “utility”) presented herein provide for the assessment of acousto-electrical probes, such as their connections (e.g., transducer leads) and their response characteristics. For example, the utility may provide for readily evaluating transducer leads that have been broken and/or detached from transducers within an ultrasound probe. Due to the increasing complexity of ultrasound probes, identification of broken and/or detached transducer leads also becomes increasingly complex. Being able to identify such disconnected transducer leads may enable a person to repair, or “reterminate”, these transducer leads leading to a potentially substantial cost savings, the least of which being incurred by avoiding total replacement of an ultrasound probe.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
determining, using a processor, a type of acoustic device connected to a connection interface based on a number of transducers associated with the acoustic device and communication between the processor and the acoustic device; generating, using the processor and the connection interface, a pulsed control signal to stimulate a selected transducer of the acoustic device; converting an acoustic pulse, received by the connection interface from the selected transducer in response to the pulsed control signal, into an electronic signal; analyzing at least one of a frequency characteristic or a phase characteristic of the electronic signal to determine an operating status of the selected transducer; and facilitating repair of the selected transducer based on the operating status and analysis of the at least one of frequency characteristic or phase characteristic of the electronic signal.