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Area of Science:

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Biomedical Engineering

Background:

Open platform (OP) ultrasound systems are primarily developed for research applications.
They enable advancements in techniques like synthetic aperture, plane wave, and shear wave elastography, and vector flow imaging.
OP systems provide flexibility in parameters often fixed in clinical scanners.

Purpose of the Study:

To discuss the development of OP ultrasound systems from both research and commercial perspectives.
To compare software- and hardware-based architectures regarding resources and programmability.
To highlight the role of OP systems in advancing 3-D imaging and ultrasound algorithms.

Main Methods:

Discussion of software-based architectures, often utilizing graphics processing units for real-time beamforming.
Analysis of hardware-based architectures, employing field-programmable gate arrays and digital signal processors.
Consideration of OP systems with extended channel counts (>256) for 3-D imaging development.

Main Results:

Comparison of software and hardware architectures based on resources and programmability.
Identification of key features of OP ultrasound scanners: customizable transmit waveform, access to pre-beamformed data, and real-time imaging capability.
Discussion on the impact of increased channel counts on 3-D imaging.

Conclusions:

The increasing maturity of OP ultrasound scanners is expected to accelerate the development of novel ultrasound imaging algorithms.
OP systems are crucial for pushing the boundaries of ultrasound research and developing next-generation imaging techniques.
Both software and hardware approaches offer distinct advantages in OP system design.