G01S 15/8925
The array being a two-dimensional transducer configuration, i.e. matrix or orthogonal linear
Official title: {the array being a two-dimensional transducer configuration, i.e. matrix or orthogonal linear arrays}
G01S15/8925 (The array being a two-dimensional transducer configuration, i.e. matrix or orthogonal linear) appears on 625 US grants and 748 published applications in this corpus.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and apparatus for performing diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound simultaneously662US 5,558,092 AImaRx Pharmaceutical Corp. · 1996
- Beamforming methods and apparatus for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging using two-dimensional transducer array332US 6,013,032 AHewlett-Packard Company · 2000
- Ultrasonic transducer assembly and method for three-dimensional imaging301US 5,503,152 ATetrad Corporation · 1996
- Apparatus for obtaining a three-dimensional reconstruction of anatomic structures through the acquisition of echographic images272US 5,159,931 A1992
- Diagnostic medical ultrasound systems and methods using image based freehand needle guidance253US 6,733,458 B1Acuson Corporation · 2004