Implementation of Automatic Digital Ultrasonic Image Acquisition on a Microcomputer

8 May 1989

proceedings article
Published by SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng

Vol. 1091, 83-89
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.976441

Abstract

An ultrasonic imaging system has been integrated into an existing Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) module in the Pediatric Radiology Section at UCLA. A microcomputer (IBM-PC/XT) manages the acquisition and transfer of ultrasonic images through an Ethernet network to the host computer. The microcomputer is configured with: (1) a video frame grabber that can store four ultrasound (512x512) images, (2) a network interface board employing TCP/IP protocol, (3) a 32 megabyte winchester disk, and (4) a software system which coordinates acquisition, temporary storage, and PACS transfer.

Keywords

IMAGE ACQUISITION
ULTRASONICS
PACS
ULTRASONOGRAPHY
NETWORKS
VIDEO
RADIOLOGY
SOFTWARE
INTERFACES
COMPUTING SYSTEMS
DATA STORAGE
FRAME GRABBERS

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