公开(公告)号：US08390181B2

公开(公告)日：2013-03-05

申请号：US12496278

申请日：2009-07-01

申请人： Marino Cerofolini

发明人： Marino Cerofolini

IPC分类号： H02N2/00

CPC分类号： B06B1/0625 ,  A61B8/4494 ,  B06B1/0622 ,  B06B1/0637

摘要： An electronic array probe for ultrasonic imaging includes an array of transmitting and/or receiving electroacoustic transducers arranged in concentric bands in which the transducers are tangent to one other in both radial and circumferential directions. In order to minimize the number of transducers required without compromising dynamic range, a transducer arrangement geometry is provided so that the number of transducers having the same focusing delay is minimal or null.

公开(公告)号：US08324787B2

公开(公告)日：2012-12-04

申请号：US12758365

申请日：2010-04-12

申请人： Marino Cerofolini

发明人： Marino Cerofolini

IPC分类号： H01L41/08 ,  H04R17/00

CPC分类号： B06B1/0622

摘要： An electroacoustic transducer assembly and probe for emitting and receiving acoustic radiation beams. The transducer assembly comprising a plurality of transducer elements, each one composed of an electroacoustic element, arranged side by side and spaced apart along a row having a first end. Starting from transducer element proximate to the first end, adjacent transducer elements are constructed and arranged create an electroacoustic pair. A first element of the electroacoustic pair is constructed and arranged to only transmit acoustic pulses and a second element of the electroacoustic pair is constructed and arranged to only receive acoustic pulses. Each electroacoustic pair share a common connection line which branches off into a transmit branch connected to the first element and a receive branch connected to the second element.

摘要翻译： 用于发射和接收声辐射束的电声换能器组件和探头。 换能器组件包括多个换能器元件，每个换能器元件每个由电声元件组成，并排设置并沿着具有第一端的行间隔开。 从靠近第一端的换能器元件开始，构造和布置相邻的换能器元件产生电声对。 电声对的第一元件被构造和布置成仅传输声学脉冲，并且电声对的第二元件被构造和布置成仅接收声学脉冲。 每个电声对共享共同连接线，其分支到连接到第一元件的发射支路和连接到第二元件的接收支路。

公开(公告)号：US07691064B2

公开(公告)日：2010-04-06

申请号：US10935978

申请日：2004-09-08

申请人： Marino Cerofolini

发明人： Marino Cerofolini

IPC分类号： A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/14

CPC分类号： A61B8/481 ,  G01S7/52038 ,  G01S7/52039

摘要： An ultrasound imaging method for use in the presence of contrast agents is disclosed in which acoustic waves are transmitted at a first fundamental transmission frequency and are focused on at least one scan line. Acoustic beams reflected from the body under examination and the contrast agents are separated into at least one harmonic or subharmonic components along with the fundamental frequency component. The amplitudes of these components compared to determine whether the reflecting material is either body tissue or the contrast agent.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种在存在造影剂的情况下使用的超声成像方法，其中声波以第一基本传输频率传输并且聚焦在至少一条扫描线上。 从身体检查反射的声束和造影剂与基频分量一起分成至少一个谐波或次谐波分量。 比较这些组分的幅度，以确定反射材料是身体组织还是造影剂。

公开(公告)号：US07559897B2

公开(公告)日：2009-07-14

申请号：US10883383

申请日：2004-07-01

申请人： Marino Cerofolini

发明人： Marino Cerofolini

IPC分类号： A61B8/14

CPC分类号： B06B1/0625 ,  A61B8/4494

摘要： An electronic array probe for ultrasonic imaging includes an array of transmitting and/or receiving electroacoustic transducers arranged in concentric bands in which the transducers are tangent to one other in both radial and circumferential directions. In order to minimize the number of transducers required without compromising dynamic range, a transducer arrangement geometry is provided so that the number of transducers having the same focusing delay is minimal or null.

摘要翻译： 一种用于超声波成像的电子阵列探针包括一组发射和/或接收的电声换能器，其布置在同心带中，其中换能器在径向和圆周方向上彼此相切。 为了最小化所需换能器的数量而不损害动态范围，提供换能器布置几何形状，使得具有相同聚焦延迟的换能器的数量是最小的或为零的。

公开(公告)号：US06572548B2

公开(公告)日：2003-06-03

申请号：US09882598

申请日：2001-06-15

申请人： Marino Cerofolini

发明人： Marino Cerofolini

IPC分类号： A61B800

CPC分类号： A61B8/483 ,  A61B8/12 ,  A61B8/14 ,  A61B8/445 ,  A61B8/4461 ,  G01S7/52046 ,  G01S7/52068 ,  G01S7/52085 ,  G01S15/894 ,  G01S15/8993 ,  G10K11/355 ,  Y10S128/916

摘要： A method of ultrasound imaging, including the following steps, transmitting ultrasonic beams generated by transducers (20) into an object volume (v) such as an object body or a part thereof, receiving (20) and storing (3) signals reflected from said object volume, processing and receiving signals into image data associated to image dots or lines of a video display (8), and displaying at least a few image data on the display (8) in accordance with parameters set by a user and related to a predetermined section or projection plane of the image of said object volume. According to the invention, scanning is only performed in the region of the object body which coincides with the section plane or the image projection plane (P) of the object volume along which imaging is to be performed.

摘要翻译： 一种超声波成像方法，包括以下步骤：将由换能器（20）产生的超声波束传送到诸如物体或其一部分的物体体积（v）中，接收（20）并存储（3）从所述 对象体积，处理和接收信号到与视频显示器（8）的图像点或行相关联的图像数据中，并且根据由用户设置的参数和显示器（8）设置的参数在显示器（8）上显示至少几个图像数据 所述对象体积的图像的预定部分或投影平面。 根据本发明，仅在物体的与要进行成像的物体的截面或图像投影面（P）重合的区域进行扫描。

公开(公告)号：US08439841B2

公开(公告)日：2013-05-14

申请号：US13083141

申请日：2011-04-08

申请人： Marino Cerofolini

发明人： Marino Cerofolini

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B5/441 ,  A61B8/0858 ,  G01B17/02

摘要： A method of measuring the thickness of a biological tissue by ultrasounds and a device carrying out such method. The method is implemented with an ultrasound probe that emits ultrasonic pulses within a body under examination and receives echoes generated from structures of the body under examination. The probe includes an array of two or more electro-acoustic transducers and, in combination, means for processing the reception signals and means for orienting one or more lines of sight, along which the emission of the pulses and/or the reception of the echoes is focused, according to different angles with respect to an axis perpendicular to the emitting surface of the probe. The thickness of the biological tissue is calculated by the time interval between the reception of the first echo and the reception of the second echo, which are relevant to the same ultrasonic pulse emitted along at least a line of sight oriented along an axis perpendicular to the surface of the biological tissue, which is defined by the iteration of measurements with the line of sight oriented at different angles and with comparisons between the measured intensity values, the orientation corresponding to the axis perpendicular to the surface of the biological tissue being the one showing the maximum intensity of the first echo.

摘要翻译： 通过超声波测量生物组织的厚度的方法和执行这种方法的装置。 该方法用超声波探头实现，该超声波探头在被检体内发射超声波脉冲，并接收由被检体内结构产生的回波。 探头包括两个或更多个电声换能器的阵列，并且组合地用于处理接收信号的装置和用于定向一个或多个视线的装置，沿着该视线发射脉冲和/或接收回波 根据与探头的发射表面垂直的轴线的不同角度聚焦。 通过接收第一回波与第二回波的接收之间的时间间隔来计算生物组织的厚度，这与沿着垂直于第一回波的轴定向的至少一条视线发射的相同超声波脉冲相关 生物组织的表面，其由以不同角度定向的视线的测量迭代和测量的强度值之间的比较来定义，与垂直于生物组织的表面的轴线相对应的取向是显示 第一次回波的最大强度。

公开(公告)号：US20120010501A1

公开(公告)日：2012-01-12

申请号：US13176136

申请日：2011-07-05

申请人： Marino Cerofolini ,  Barbara Greppi

发明人： Marino Cerofolini ,  Barbara Greppi

IPC分类号： A61B6/00 ,  A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B6/032 ,  A61B5/055 ,  A61B6/4441 ,  A61B6/466 ,  A61B6/503 ,  A61B6/5247 ,  A61B8/065 ,  A61B8/08 ,  A61B8/4245 ,  A61B8/4263 ,  A61B8/5238 ,  G06T7/246 ,  G06T2207/10081 ,  G06T2207/10124 ,  G06T2207/10132 ,  G06T2207/30048 ,  G06T2207/30052

摘要： The present disclosure relates to an imaging system and method for monitoring a body. The system and method provides a first image acquisition means allowing a volumetric three-dimensional image to be acquired in combination with a second two-dimensional image acquisition means.

摘要翻译： 本公开涉及一种用于监测身体的成像系统和方法。 该系统和方法提供第一图像获取装置，允许与第二二维图像获取装置结合获取体积三维图像。

公开(公告)号：US20100222683A1

公开(公告)日：2010-09-02

申请号：US12778175

申请日：2010-05-12

申请人： Marino Cerofolini

发明人： Marino Cerofolini

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/4483 ,  B06B1/0622

摘要： An ultrasound probe particularly for diagnostic purposes includes a first array of ultrasound transducers that generate ultrasound waves by electric excitation and transforming ultrasound waves impinging on them into electric signals. Each transducer is provided with contact electrodes which are connected respectively to a ground potential and to electric signals feeding lines. The first array of transducers includes emitting transducers and is intended only for generating and transmitting ultrasound waves, while a second array of transducers is provided over the first array of emitting transducer and includes receiving transducers for generating the electric receipt signals. The second array of transducers is formed of a material having piezoelectric behavior.

摘要翻译： 特别用于诊断目的的超声波探头包括第一阵列的超声波换能器，其通过电激励产生超声波，并将入射到它们的超声波转换为电信号。 每个换能器设置有分别连接到地电位和电信号馈线的接触电极。 第一阵列换能器包括发射换能器，并且仅用于产生和发射超声波，而在发射换能器的第一阵列上提供第二阵列换能器，并且包括用于产生电接收信号的接收换能器。 换能器的第二阵列由具有压电特性的材料形成。

公开(公告)号：US20060184033A1

公开(公告)日：2006-08-17

申请号：US11334635

申请日：2006-01-18

申请人： Marino Cerofolini

发明人： Marino Cerofolini

IPC分类号： A61B8/14

CPC分类号： A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/4483 ,  B06B1/0622

摘要： An ultrasound probe particularly for diagnostic purposes includes a first array of ultrasound transducers that generate ultrasound waves by electric excitation and transforming ultrasound waves impinging on them into electric signals. Each transducer is provided with contact electrodes which are connected respectively to a ground potential and to electric signals feeding lines. The first array of transducers includes emitting transducers and is intended only for generating and transmitting ultrasound waves, while a second array of transducers is provided over the first array of emitting transducer and includes receiving transducers for generating the electric receipt signals. The second array of transducers is formed of a material having piezoelectric behaviour.

摘要翻译： 特别用于诊断目的的超声波探头包括第一阵列的超声波换能器，其通过电激励产生超声波，并将入射到它们的超声波转换为电信号。 每个换能器设置有分别连接到地电位和电信号馈线的接触电极。 第一阵列换能器包括发射换能器，并且仅用于产生和发射超声波，而在发射换能器的第一阵列上提供第二阵列换能器，并且包括用于产生电接收信号的接收换能器。 换能器的第二阵列由具有压电特性的材料形成。

公开(公告)号：US20050203414A1

公开(公告)日：2005-09-15

申请号：US11104377

申请日：2005-04-12

申请人： Barbara Greppi ,  Marino Cerofolini

发明人： Barbara Greppi ,  Marino Cerofolini

IPC分类号： A61B8/08 ,  A61B10/00 ,  A61B10/02 ,  A61B19/00 ,  A61B8/14

CPC分类号： A61B8/0841 ,  A61B8/06 ,  A61B8/0833 ,  A61B8/463 ,  A61B8/481 ,  A61B8/483 ,  A61B8/5238 ,  A61B8/56 ,  A61B10/0233 ,  A61B2090/378

摘要： A method and apparatus for ultrasound imaging of a biopsy needle or the like during an ultrasound imaging examination, including the steps of alternately performing one or more imaging scans with ultrasound transmit and receive parameters which are adapted for optimized imaging and visualization of the needle and one or more imaging scans with ultrasound transmit and receive parameters adapted for optimized imaging and visualization of the body, in which the needle is inserted, injecting contrast agents in the region to be examined before imaging, and setting ultrasound transmit and receive parameters adapted for optimized imaging and visualization of the body.

摘要翻译： 一种用于超声成像检查期间活检针等的超声成像的方法和装置，包括以下步骤：用超声发射和接收参数交替执行一次或多次成像扫描，所述参数适于优化成像和可视化的针，以及一个 或更多的成像扫描，其中超声发射和接收参数适于优化成像和可视化身体，其中插入针，在成像之前在要检查的区域中注射造影剂，以及设置适于优化成像的超声发射和接收参数 和身体的可视化。