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US09239375B2 Ultrasound probe with dynamic focus and associated systems and methods
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超声探头具有动态聚焦及相关系统和方法
- Patent Title: Ultrasound probe with dynamic focus and associated systems and methods
- Patent Title (中): 超声探头具有动态聚焦及相关系统和方法
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Application No.: US13889647Application Date: 2013-05-08
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Publication No.: US09239375B2Publication Date: 2016-01-19
- Inventor: Scott D. Cogan , Shinichi Amemiya , Bruno Hans Haider , Geir Ultveit Haugen
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Niskayuna
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Niskayuna
- Agent Seema S. Katragadda
- Main IPC: H04B1/02
- IPC: H04B1/02 ; G01S7/52 ; G01S15/89 ; G10K11/34

Abstract:
Exemplary ultrasound probes with sub-aperture processing capable of dynamic focus are provided that generally include an array of transducer elements that form a sub-aperture in the ultrasound probe. The transducer elements can be assigned to dynamic delay update groups and an initial delay can be applied to ultrasound signals associated with the transducer elements of the sub-aperture. A sub-aperture processor can be configured to dynamically apply delay updates to the ultrasound signals associated with the transducer elements of the sub-aperture according to the dynamic delay update groups to which the transducer elements are assigned. Exemplary ultrasound systems with a dynamic focus and methods of transmitting ultrasound signals with a dynamic focus are also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140334266A1 Ultrasound Probe with Dynamic Focus and Associated Systems and Methods Public/Granted day:2014-11-13
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