Chapter 5. Product Structure 5 - 9
PC Part
It consists of the Scan Converter and image output circuits for displaying the ultrasound
information generated by the Ultrasound System Part on the monitor. It also performs control
panel and interface functions.
The ultrasound image information from the Ultrasound System Part is connected to PC Part at
PCIF with DMA method, and the ultrasound image is displayed through the software DSC and
VGA.
Previous type of the ultrasound image scanner uses the Hardware DSC method, but WS80A
uses the Software DSC and the ultrasound images are displayed on a LCD monitor.
PC Power Supply uses Micro ATX as standard, and it supplies power to PC Part.
The PC Part consists of the following:
• PCIE(Peripheral Component Interconnect Express)
• DVI(Digital Video Interface)
• VGA(Video Graphics Array)
• PC Mother Board
• Rear Panel
• PC Power Supply