Ultrasonic battlefield imager

Loral has demonstrated a 42×64 element ultrasound transducer array and C-scan camera. This will be followed by a 128×128 array and camera during the second phase of the program. Overcoming the one coax wire per element constraint of conventional ultrasound systems, gathering 3D data, and presenting it in a user friendly format enables system design concepts previously considered impossible. A novel approach for ultrasound transducer design and a system concept that displays the picture of a full coronal view promises to make systems less expensive and their pictures easier to understand. The possibility of making a system which is truly portable for battlefield or EMT/ambulance-based care is equally exciting