Ultrasound calibration fixture
AssigneeCarestream Health, Inc.
InventorsLynn M. La Pietra, Michael R. Spaeth
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Abstract
A fixture for securing a sonography transducer in place against a test surface of a phantom has a cap having a cap surface, wherein the cap is formed to seat against an edge of the phantom and to maintain spacing between the cap surface and the test surface. One or more cutouts in the cap surface are dimensioned to accept the sonography transducer. One or more flexible supports within or adjacent the one or more cutouts are configured to stabilize at least one side of the transducer within the cutout.
Claims10
A fixture for securing a sonography transducer in place against a test surface of a phantom, comprising:
- a cap having a cap surface, wherein the cap is configured to seat against an edge of the phantom and to maintain spacing between the cap surface and the test surface;
- one or more cutouts disposed in the cap surface dimensioned to receive a sonography transducer;
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- one or more flexible supports within or adjacent the one or more cutouts and configured to stabilize at least one side of the transducer within the cutout.
A fixture for securing a sonography transducer in place against a test surface of a sonography phantom, comprising:
- a cap having a cap surface, wherein the cap is formed to fasten against an edge of the phantom and to maintain spacing between the cap surface and the test surface;
- one or more cutouts in the cap surface dimensioned to accept the sonography transducer;
- at least one flexible support within or adjacent the one or more cutouts and configured to hold the transducer in position against the phantom test surface;
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- one or more brackets extending outward from the cap surface configured to secure the transducer in place.
A method for securing a sonography transducer in place against a test surface of a phantom, comprising:
- maintaining spacing between a cap surface and a test surface by seating a cap having a cap surface against an edge of a sonography phantom;
- inserting a sonography transducer into a cutout in the cap surface and against the phantom test surface;
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- stabilizing at least one side of the sonography transducer within the cutout against one or more flexible supports within or adjacent the cutout.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.