Surface compliant ultrasound transducer array
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsRamon Quido Erkamp, Shyam Bharat, Man Nguyen, Jun Seob Shin, Jean-Luc Francois Robert
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Abstract
An ultrasound transducer array (100) is disclosed comprising an array of elongate support members (110) displaceable and/or deformable relative to each other in the elongation direction of said elongate support members, each elongate support member having a patient facing surface carrying an ultrasound transducer tile (120); and a plurality of sensors (115), each adapted to detect the relative displacement and/or deformation of one of said elongate support members. An ultrasound system (10) including such an ultrasound transducer array and an operating method (200) of such an ultrasound system are also disclosed.
Claims16
An ultrasound transducer array comprising:
- an array of elongate support members displaceable and/or deformable relative to each other in the elongation direction of said elongate support members, each elongate support member having a patient facing surface carrying an ultrasound transducer tile;
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- a plurality of sensors, each adapted to detect the relative displacement of one of said elongate support members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.