During the COVID-19 pandemic, an ultraportable ultrasound smart probe has proven to be one of the few practical diagnostic and monitoring tools for doctors who are fully covered with personal protective equipment. The real-time, safety, ease of sanitization, and ultraportability features of an ultrasound smart probe make it extremely suitable for diagnosing COVID-19. In this article, we discuss the implementation of a smart probe designed according to the classic architecture of ultrasound scanners. The design balanced both performance and power consumption. This programmable platform for an ultrasound smart probe supports a 64-channel full digital beamformer. The platform’s size is smaller than 10 cm $\times5$ cm. It achieves a 60-dBFS signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and an average power consumption of ~4 W with 80% power efficiency. The platform is capable of achieving triplex B-mode, M-mode, color, pulsed-wave Doppler mode imaging in real time. The hardware design files are available for researchers and engineers for further study, improvement or rapid commercialization of ultrasound smart probes to fight COVID-19.

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加速智能超声换能器探头开发的可编程平台

在COVID-19大流行期间，事实证明，超便携式超声波智能探头是为数不多的，完全覆盖了个人防护设备的医生的实用诊断和监控工具之一。超声智能探头的实时性，安全性，易清洁性和超便携性使其非常适合诊断COVID-19。在本文中，我们将讨论根据超声扫描仪的经典体系结构设计的智能探针的实现。该设计平衡了性能和功耗。这个用于超声波智能探头的可编程平台支持64通道全数字波束形成器。平台尺寸小于10厘米 $ \ times5 $ 厘米。它具有60dBFS的信噪比（SNR）和约4 W的平均功耗，而电源效率为80％。该平台能够实时实现三重B模式，M模式，彩色脉冲波多普勒模式成像。硬件设计文件可供研究人员和工程师进一步研究，改进或快速商业化超声智能探头以对抗COVID-19。