Advances in Ultrasound Imaging Architecture: The Future Is Now

Abstract

Ultrasound imaging architecture, the underlying engineering design and structure that enables an imaging platform to perform its wide and varied array of clinical applications, has evolved significantly over the past two decades. By integrating technological advances and innovative design elements into contemporary premium-level imaging systems, many of the constraints associated with conventional imaging architecture have been mitigated. This progress has opened the door to the introduction of novel diagnostic capabilities into the sonographic armamentarium. Of necessity, then, is the need for a concomitant evolution of educational endeavors; didactic and clinical approaches that will ensure that sonography practitioners remain competent as the future of our profession and scopes of practice unfold. This paper, and the associated supplemental white paper, offers a synopsis of advanced ultrasound imaging architecture that, hopefully, can serve as a springboard for development of similarly evolved educational endeavors.