Modern ultrasound pervades almost all parts of the hospital world and is used in many departments for diagnostic purposes and to guide invasive procedures.

Current scanners consist of a console and a transducer connected through a multi-coax cable with around 192 connections.

This basic setup limits the applicability of modern ultrasound, and many companies have developed scanners in a more compact form with a smaller display. They still have a cable though, and often very severe compromises have been made regarding their features. More importantly, the image quality has been degraded.

The aim of the project is the development of a fully portable scanning system, without a transducer cable, using a tablet as a display device. The basic idea is to use the sequential beamforming (SASB) framework developed and investigated at the Center for Fast Ultrasound Imaging (CFU) for the data acquisition. The project evaluates the suitable imaging schemes, investigates the compromises needed for an integrated circuit implementation, and demonstrates the consequences of the different choices on image quality and power consumption.

About Tommaso
Tommaso holds a Master Degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Bologna (Italy).

His previous research interests include Multi-scale Analysis and Compressive Sensing of Ultrasonic wavefields for Non-Destructive Evaluation purposes.

Tommaso is currently working on the development of a compact portable scanner for modern Ultrasound Imaging systems.