Real-time B-mode
Live longitudinal and transverse imaging with adjustable depth.
Our primary focus
Medical Ultrasound
Diagnostic ultrasound is where A&W spends most of its time today. We design medical ultrasound devices and imaging systems end to end — from transducers and the analog front end through FPGA beamforming, B-mode and Doppler imaging, AI-assisted analysis, and the clinical software — all built to medical-device standards.
B-modeM-modeColor Doppler
Spectral DopplerBeamformingTransducers
Point-of-CareISO 13485
Clinical platform
Our ultrasound application in action
A real A&W clinical ultrasound interface — live B-mode imaging with AI-annotated structures, real-time probe force & motion guidance, a guided acquisition workflow, and on-screen tissue measurements.
AI annotation
Automatic segmentation of tissue boundaries and target structures.
Force & motion guidance
Probe force and accelerometer feedback for consistent, repeatable scans.
Guided workflow
Step-by-step acquisition with on-screen elastic-modulus (EM) measurements.
What we build
Ultrasound imaging, end to end
Full-system expertise across the ultrasound signal chain — the same depth we bring to every MedTech program, focused on diagnostic imaging.
Transducers & Probes
Transducer selection, characterization, and front-end matching across linear, curved, and phased-array probes.
Phased arrayCurved / linear
Front-End & Beamforming
Low-noise analog front ends and real-time transmit/receive beamforming on FPGA for high frame rates and image quality.
FPGATX/RX beamforming
Imaging Modes
B-mode, M-mode, and color, power & spectral (PW/CW) Doppler — with the DSP pipelines behind each mode.
B / M-modeDoppler
Image Processing & Optimization
Speckle reduction, harmonic imaging, compounding, and tuning for clarity, penetration, and diagnostic confidence.
Speckle reductionHarmonics
AI-assisted Imaging
Deep learning for view recognition, auto-measurement, organ segmentation, and image enhancement at the point of care.
SegmentationAuto-measurePyTorch
Point-of-Care & Portable
Compact, power-efficient, handheld and cart-based systems — with the clinical UI/UX and connectivity to match.
POCUSHandheldConnectivity
MedTech-grade by design
Built for the clinical bar
Medical ultrasound is a regulated medical device, and we engineer it that way from day one. Our medical-device DNA — ISO 13485, FDA, risk management, and rigorous documentation — is built into the process, not bolted on at the end.
- Quality management system aligned to ISO 13485
- Design controls, risk analysis & management (ISO 14971)
- FDA pathways & design history file support
- Electrical safety & EMC to IEC 60601
- Verification & validation across the full system
Where it's used
Imaging across clinical specialties
Cardiology
Echocardiography and Doppler flow for cardiac structure and function.
Radiology & Abdominal
General imaging of organs, soft tissue, and abdominal structures.
OB / GYN
Obstetric and gynecological imaging with biometry and measurement.
Vascular
Arterial and venous flow assessment with color and spectral Doppler.
MSK & Interventional
Musculoskeletal imaging and real-time procedure guidance.
Point-of-Care (POCUS)
Fast, portable assessment at the bedside and in the field.
Related capabilities
The engineering behind our ultrasound work
An ultrasound system is built from these disciplines. Each has its own page if you want the detail — or need one of them on its own for a different project.
Analog Front-End & Signal Chain
Low-noise receive paths, transducer characterisation and matching, ADC and data conversion, transmit chains.
Read more →FPGA, ASIC & RTL Design
Real-time transmit and receive beamforming in fabric, RTL design in VHDL and Verilog, HDL verification.
Read more →Signal Processing & DSP
The imaging and Doppler pipelines: B-mode and M-mode, colour, power and spectral Doppler, filtering and estimation.
Read more →Hardware, PCB & Schematics
Schematic capture, multi-layer PCB layout, mixed-signal and power design for the electronics.
Read more →Embedded Software
Firmware, drivers, real-time processing and the device application layer.
Read more →Custom AI Models & Training
Segmentation, automated measurement and acquisition guidance trained on your imaging data.
Read more →Building an ultrasound system?
From a new probe and front end to a full point-of-care imaging platform with AI, tell us where you are and we'll help you get to a cleared, deployable product.