公开(公告)号：US11723626B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-15

申请号：US17099116

申请日：2020-11-16

申请人： MAUI IMAGING, INC.

发明人： David M. Smith ,  Donald F. Specht ,  Linda V. Cabrera ,  Kenneth D. Brewer ,  David J. Specht

IPC分类号： A61B8/00 ,  G01S7/52 ,  G01S15/89 ,  A61B8/14 ,  A61B8/08 ,  B06B1/06

CPC分类号： A61B8/4494 ,  A61B8/145 ,  A61B8/4444 ,  A61B8/4483 ,  A61B8/461 ,  A61B8/467 ,  A61B8/523 ,  A61B8/5207 ,  A61B8/58 ,  G01S7/5205 ,  G01S15/892 ,  G01S15/8913 ,  G01S15/8927 ,  G01S15/8929 ,  G01S15/8934 ,  A61B8/14 ,  B06B1/0622 ,  G01S7/52084

摘要： A Multiple Aperture Ultrasound Imaging (MAUI) probe or transducer is uniquely capable of simultaneous imaging of a region of interest from separate apertures of ultrasound arrays. Some embodiments provide systems and methods for designing, building and using ultrasound probes having continuous arrays of ultrasound transducers which may have a substantially continuous concave curved shape in two or three dimensions (i.e., concave relative to an object to be imaged). Other embodiments herein provide systems and methods for designing, building and using ultrasound imaging probes having other unique configurations, such as adjustable probes and probes with variable configurations.

公开(公告)号：US09220478B2

公开(公告)日：2015-12-29

申请号：US14595083

申请日：2015-01-12

申请人： Maui Imaging, Inc.

发明人： David M. Smith ,  Donald F. Specht ,  Linda V. Cabrera ,  Kenneth D. Brewer ,  David J. Specht

IPC分类号： A61B8/00 ,  G01S15/89 ,  A61B8/08 ,  A61B8/14 ,  B06B1/06 ,  G01S7/52

CPC分类号： A61B8/4494 ,  A61B8/14 ,  A61B8/145 ,  A61B8/4444 ,  A61B8/4483 ,  A61B8/461 ,  A61B8/467 ,  A61B8/5207 ,  A61B8/523 ,  A61B8/58 ,  B06B1/0622 ,  G01S7/5205 ,  G01S7/52084 ,  G01S15/8913 ,  G01S15/892 ,  G01S15/8927 ,  G01S15/8929 ,  G01S15/8934

摘要： A Multiple Aperture Ultrasound Imaging (MAUI) probe or transducer is uniquely capable of simultaneous imaging of a region of interest from separate apertures of ultrasound arrays. Some embodiments provide systems and methods for designing, building and using ultrasound probes having continuous arrays of ultrasound transducers which may have a substantially continuous concave curved shape in two or three dimensions (i.e., concave relative to an object to be imaged). Other embodiments herein provide systems and methods for designing, building and using ultrasound imaging probes having other unique configurations, such as adjustable probes and probes with variable configurations.

摘要翻译： 多孔超声成像（MAUI）探针或换能器独特地能够从超声阵列的单独孔径同时成像感兴趣的区域。 一些实施例提供用于设计，构建和使用具有连续的超声换能器阵列的超声探头的系统和方法，所述超声波探头可具有两维或三维的基本上连续的凹形弯曲形状（即，相对于要成像的物体是凹的）。 本文的其它实施例提供了用于设计，构建和使用具有其他独特配置的超声成像探针的系统和方法，例如具有可变构型的可调探针和探针。