公开(公告)号：US20170135673A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-18

申请号：US14941688

申请日：2015-11-16

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Reinhold Bruestle ,  Stefan Denk ,  Scott William Easterbrook ,  Scott Daniel Cogan ,  Charles Edward Baumgartner

IPC: A61B8/00 ,  G01S7/52

CPC classification number: A61B8/4455 ,  A61B8/4281 ,  A61B8/56 ,  B06B1/0622 ,  G01S7/52079 ,  G01S15/8915

Abstract: A transducer probe is presented. The transducer probe includes a housing having at least one curved surface at a first end. Further, the transducer probe includes a transducer unit including a plurality of electro-acoustic modules and configured to emit ultrasound signals towards a target volume. Also, the transducer probe includes at least one interconnect configured to electrically couple the transducer unit to a probe cable. Furthermore, the transducer probe includes an acoustic standoff positioned between the transducer unit and the curved surface of the housing and configured to propagate the ultrasound signals with minimal attenuation, minimal refraction, or both.