Research · Introduction

An open ultrasound platform for research

Most clinical ultrasound scanners are closed systems. You see the image, but not the data behind it — and you cannot change how that data is acquired. TELEMED takes a different approach.

One computer for everything

Our scanners are compact USB beamformers that work with an ordinary Windows PC. The same computer that runs the ultrasound also runs your own software, controls your experimental hardware and records everything in one place.

You choose how deep to go

From exporting measurements to programming individual transmit channels — five levels of access, each building on the one before.

ArtUs scanner with I/O synchronisation connectors wired to a Tektronix oscilloscope, a linear transducer and a laptop showing ultrasound and RF data — ArtUs with the I/O module: line and frame trigger signals checked on an oscilloscope while the laptop shows the ultrasound image and RF data in real time.

One computer, one setup

Ultrasound that runs in step with your instruments

A TELEMED research scanner is a compact box on your desk, not a closed console. Connect a transducer, a laptop and your lab equipment — and every ultrasound line and frame can trigger, or be triggered by, the rest of your experiment.

Lineoutput
Lineinput
Frameoutput
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ScanStartoutput
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I/O synchronisation

Five levels of access

Level1Echo Wave II

Start with ready software

Our standard scanning software already covers many research tasks — without writing a line of code.

Save images and reports to Excel (XLSX). Measurement results are collected on a separate “Data” sheet, ready for statistical analysis.
Control freeze/run, file saving and loading, and patient data from your own application with Windows WM_COPYDATA commands.
Export cine loops as individual PNG, BMP or JPG frames.
Connect two beamformers with identical transducers to one computer and record two scanning planes at the same time.

Download Echo Wave II

Level2Usgfw2 SDK

Build your own software

Develop custom scanning applications for any TELEMED system. The Usgfw2 SDK gives access to ultrasound frames and individual scan lines, and lets you control the scanner in all imaging modes.

C++C#DelphiVBOther COM languagesWindows 10 and 11, 32/64-bit

Documentation and sample code are included. The SDK is free after signing an NDA. An Android SDK is also available for MicrUs and MicrUs Pro.

Request the SDK

Level3ArtUs

Access beamformed RF data

ArtUs EXT-1H, ArtUs EXT-2H and ArtUs CEXT-1H with the RF module stream beamformed RF data to the PC in real time. Ready-to-use tools in C++, MATLAB, Python and LabVIEW let you:

view B-mode and RF data side by side;
adjust scanning parameters;
record RF data to disk;
review annotated recordings offline.

MATLAB scripts walk you through each step of the conventional B-mode image formation chain. This opens the way to quantitative tissue characterisation, new ultrasound biomarkers, parametric imaging and advanced speckle reduction.

Beamformed RF data

Level4ArtUs USS-2H

Go down to the channel level

For the most demanding experiments, ArtUs USS-2H provides:

raw RF data from up to 64 individual receive channels;
beamformed RF and I/Q data at four signal-processing stages — five data access points together with the raw channel data;
fully programmable transmission: custom per-channel delays, 3-level excitation pulses with PWM, arbitrary apertures and acquisition sequences;
I/O synchronisation as a standard feature.

Documented configurations cover plane-wave, compound plane-wave and passive (receive-only) acquisition. A C++ reference application with full source code and a Channel Data Viewer with an interactive delay-and-sum beamformer help you get results from day one.

Channel RF data

Level5I/O synchronisation

Synchronise with your lab equipment

I/O synchronisation adds line and frame trigger inputs and outputs, plus a ScanStart signal to start and stop scanning. It is standard on ArtUs USS-2H and available as an option for ArtUs EXT-1H, EXT-2H and CEXT-1H; MicrUs and SmartUs offer synchronisation as an option as well.

Ultrasound can trigger your equipment or be triggered by it, so it runs in step with:

Motion captureEMGForce platesRobotic systemsStimulation devices

I/O synchronisation

Used in laboratories worldwide

More than 450 universities, university hospitals and research institutes in 50 countries have used TELEMED systems. Their work spans sports science, rehabilitation, robotics, cardiology, medical imaging and acoustics.

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Ultrasound for Research

Introduction