Image producing apparatus
OwnerLionel Reyes, Geoffrey Clarke Shand +1inventors
InventorsLionel Reyes, Geoffrey Clarke Shand, Cesare Giovanni Giorgi
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Abstract
Image producing apparatus 10, 100 comprising means 48, 112 for producing and also receiving an ultrasound signal, the apparatus being arranged such that a plurality of ultrasound signals are sequentially produced in different directions to cover a volume of a required shape, with the signals received being analyzed to provide a three dimensional image of the volume.
Claims43
Image producing apparatus, the apparatus comprising means for producing and also receiving an ultrasound signal, a reflecting mirror for reflecting ultrasound signals, first and second moveable concentric cylindrical members for mounting said ultrasound signal producing and receiving means and said reflecting mirror respectively, means for rotating said second cylindrical member within the apparatus and relative to the first cylindrical member, the first cylindrical member being substantially rotationally fixed within the apparatus, the apparatus being arranged such that a plurality of ultrasound signals are sequentially produced in different directions, and the apparatus also comprising means for analysing the ultrasound signals produced and received so as to produce a three dimensional image therefrom.
Image producing apparatus, the apparatus comprising means for producing and also receiving an ultrasound signal, a first reflecting mirror for reflecting the ultrasound signal, means for rotationally moving said mirror within said apparatus, a second mirror positioned to reflect signals from and to the first mirror and rotatable with the first mirror, means for pivotally moving said second mirror relative to said first mirror so that a plurality of ultrasound signals are sequentially produced in different directions, and means for analysing the ultrasound signals produced and received so as to produce a three dimensional image of a substantially frusto conical volume therefrom.
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