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US 9,791,565 B2Granted
Multi-faced ultrasound transducer element
AssigneeB-K Medical Aps
InventorsSvetoslav I. Nikolov, Jens M. Hansen, Henrik Jensen
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Abstract
An imaging system (300) includes a transducer array (308) with a transducer element (310) with at least two faces (402, 904). Each face faces a different direction. The transducer element includes at least two sub-elements (404, 902). Each sub-element is part of a different face. The at least two sub-elements transmit respective beams at each location along a scan path (806).
Claims22
An imaging system, comprising:
- a transducer array, including:
- a single concave transducer element with at least two faces, each face facing a different direction, the transducer element, including:
- at least two sub-elements, each sub-element part of a different face, wherein the at least two sub-elements transmit respective beams at each location along a scan path and have overlapping scan regions.
A method, comprising:
- positioning a transducer array at a scan position along a scan path,
- wherein the transducer array includes at least one single concave transducer element having at least two sub-elements facing different directions and having overlapping scan regions;
- exciting each of the sub-elements to transmit and receive with the array at the scan position;
- and
- processing the received data using a synthetic aperture algorithm.
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A transducer array, comprising:
- a single concave transducer element with at least three sub-elements arranged on different faces of the transducer element, each sub-element face facing a different direction, wherein the at least three sub-elements transmit and receive at each location along a scan path, and have overlapping scan regions;
- and
- processing the received data using a synthetic aperture algorithm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.