Invention Application
- Patent Title: MAGNETIC RESONANCE COMPATIBLE ULTRASOUND PROBE
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Application No.: US15897964Application Date: 2018-02-15
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Publication No.: US20180271372A1Publication Date: 2018-09-27
- Inventor: Warren Lee , Eric William Fiveland , David Andrew Shoudy , Timothy Fiorillo , Kwok Pong Chan , Lowell Scott Smith , James Sabatini , David Martin Mills , Thomas Kwok-Fah Foo
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Main IPC: A61B5/00
- IPC: A61B5/00 ; A61B5/06 ; A61B8/00

Abstract:
An ultrasound probe configured for use in a multi-modality imaging system includes a body including one or more electrical components of the ultrasound probe, an outermost housing enclosing the ultrasound probe, and an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield disposed between the body and the housing, wherein the EMI shield is configured to reduce interference between the ultrasound probe and one or more different imaging systems of the multi-modality imaging system. The ultrasound probe further includes a transducer disposed on a patient-facing surface of the ultrasound probe and a cable coupled to the body and configured to communicatively couple the ultrasound probe to an ultrasound imaging system of the multi-modality imaging system, wherein the ultrasound probe comprises substantially non-ferromagnetic material.
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