Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasound 3D imaging system
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Application No.: US13012262Application Date: 2011-01-24
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Publication No.: US08348849B2Publication Date: 2013-01-08
- Inventor: Alice M. Chiang , Michael Brodsky , Xingbai He , William M. Wong
- Applicant: Alice M. Chiang , Michael Brodsky , Xingbai He , William M. Wong
- Applicant Address: US MA Burlington
- Assignee: TeraTech Corporation
- Current Assignee: TeraTech Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Burlington
- Agency: McCarter & English LLP
- Main IPC: A61B8/14
- IPC: A61B8/14 ; A61B8/00
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an ultrasound imaging system in which the scan head either includes a beamformer circuit that performs far field subarray beamforming or includes a sparse array selecting circuit that actuates selected elements. When used with second stage beamforming system, three dimensional ultrasound images can be generated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120029357A1 ULTRASOUND 3D IMAGING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2012-02-02
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