Acoustic lens for ultrasonic transducer probe with a manufactured textured surface

An ultrasound probe for imaging internal anatomy of a patient comprising:

• a probe enclosure;
• a transducer array located in the probe enclosure;
• an acoustic lens formed of a molded polymer, forming a part of the probe enclosure between the transducer array and an exterior of the probe enclosure, the acoustic lens having a manufactured textured external surface;
• and
• a coating of acoustic gel located on the manufactured textured external surface and retained on the manufactured textured external surface by filling recesses or valleys of the manufactured textured external surface,
• wherein the acoustic lens and the coating of acoustic gel are adapted to acoustically couple ultrasound energy into the internal anatomy of the patient, and
• wherein the manufactured textured external surface is adapted to scatter ultrasound waves reflected back to the ultrasound probe from ribs in the internal anatomy of the patient to thereby reduce reverberation artifacts in an image.