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AssigneeDuke University
InventorsStephen W. Smith, Edward D. Light, Eric Christopher Pua, Jesse T. Yen
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Methods of scanning using a two dimensional (2D) ultrasound transducer array are disclosed. The 2D ultrasound transducer arrays include at least one row of ultrasound transducer elements that is configured to extend in a curved dimension of the array and at least one column of ultrasound transducer elements that is configured to extend in a linear dimension of the array. A 2D ultrasound transducer array can be used to scan by defining a sub-aperture of the 2D ultrasound transducer array that includes a plurality of ultrasound transducer elements in the curved dimension of the array and in the linear dimension of the array and exciting the ultrasound transducer elements included in the sub-aperture to generate a transmit/receive ultrasound beam. Related 2D ultrasound transducer arrays and elements are also disclosed.
A method of scanning using a two dimensional (2D) ultrasound transducer array having at least one row of ultrasound transducer elements configured to extend in a curved dimension of the array and at least one column of ultrasound transducer elements configured to extend in a linear dimension of the array, the method comprising:
A two dimensional (2D) ultrasound transducer array comprising:
A two dimensional (2D) ultrasound transducer array comprising:
A two dimensional (2D) ultrasound transducer array comprising:
An ultrasound transducer element comprising:
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