Fast ultrasound signal and image processing on a tablet device

During the last decade, portable ultrasound devices have been proven beneficial in a variety of situations (e.g. OB/GYN, point of care and cardiovascular applications). The aim of this work is to investigate the feasibility of implementing standard signal and image processing algorithms on a tablet device, instead of the scanner's backend unit. Furthermore, the additional benefit of using the tablet's graphical processing unit to offload the CPU intensive tasks and balance the battery consumption was tested.