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US 6,120,452 AGranted
Apparatus for three dimensional imaging
AssigneeGuided Therapy Systems, LLC
InventorsPeter G. Barthe, Michael H. Slayton
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging that utilizes a one, one and one-half or two dimensional scanhead for performing three dimensional imaging. The method and apparatus limits acoustic reverberations by swinging or rotating an array of ultrasound transducer elements about the longitudinal axis of the probe of an ultrasound transducer apparatus to enable the transducers to maintain a constant and concentric position with the acoustic membrane of the probe.
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An apparatus for ultrasound imaging comprising:
- a first housing module;
- a second housing module connected to said first housing module;
- a fluid impervious seal separating said first and second housing modules;
- at least one ultrasound transducer contained in said first housing module;
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- a flexible printed circuit board contained within said first and second housing modules which traverses the fluid impervious seal separating the first and second housing modules, said flexible printed circuit board being connected to said at least one ultrasound transducer contained in said first housing module and to means for providing power contained in said second housing module.
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