Method and apparatus for medical diagnostic ultrasound real-time 3-D transmitting and imaging
AssigneeAcuson Corporation
InventorsJohn A. Hossack, Thilaka S. Sumanaweera
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Abstract
A medical diagnostic ultrasound real-time 3-D transmitting and imaging system generates multiple transmit beam sets using a 2-D transducer array. Each transmit beam set includes multiple simultaneous ultrasound transmit beams. The system acquires multiple receive beam sets in response to the transmit beams, and each receive beam set includes multiple simultaneous receive beams. A real-time, three-dimensional medical diagnostic ultrasound image is formed in response to these receive beams. Several techniques for reducing cross talk in such a system are discussed.
Claims26
A medical, diagnostic, ultrasound, real-time, 3-D transmitting method comprising:
- (a) providing a 2-D transducer array and a transmit beamformer coupled with the 2-D transducer array;
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- (b) generating multiple transmit beam sets with the 2-D transducer array and the transmit beamformer, each transmit beam set comprising multiple simultaneous transmit beams.
A medical, diagnostic, ultrasound, real-time, 3-D transmitting system comprising:
- a 2-D transducer array;
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- a transmit beamformer coupled with the 2-D transducer array and operative to generate multiple transmit beam sets with the array, each transmit beam set comprising multiple simultaneous transmit beams.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.