Ultrasound Machine for Distributed Diagnosis and Home Use

Abstract

In this paper, we present a home ultrasound machine that could be used in a distributed diagnosis and home healthcare (D2H2) setting. It will enable remote screening, diagnosis and monitoring of the patient by addressing limitations of the current practice and lead to improved healthcare delivery. For the home ultrasound machine, we have developed a reconfigurable and programmable architecture and efficient front-end algorithms to significantly reduce the hardware complexity while providing improved flexibility to adapt to different clinical applications. Several technical and non-technical challenges for realization of the home ultrasound machine setting are also discussed