Invention Application
- Patent Title: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STEERING MULTIPLE ULTRASOUND BEAMS
- Patent Title (中): 用于转向多个超声波束的系统和方法
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Application No.: US14447110Application Date: 2014-07-30
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Publication No.: US20160030005A1Publication Date: 2016-02-04
- Inventor: Richard Marion Kulakowski, JR. , Michael Charles Macdonald , Justin Daniel Lanning , Michael Wang
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Main IPC: A61B8/08
- IPC: A61B8/08 ; A61B8/14 ; A61B8/00

Abstract:
An ultrasound system may include a curved probe having a first set of elements that define a first aperture, and a second set of elements that define a second aperture. The probe may be configured to simultaneously transmit first and second ultrasound signals from the first and second apertures, respectively. The first ultrasound signal is configured to be transmitted in a first direction that is parallel with a first beam axis of the first ultrasound signal. The second ultrasound signal is configured to be transmitted in a second direction that is parallel with a second beam axis of the second ultrasound signal. At least one processor is configured to independently steer each of the first and second ultrasound signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US09955950B2 Systems and methods for steering multiple ultrasound beams Public/Granted day:2018-05-01
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