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Device for ultrasound-supported reflection and transmission tomography

US10758208B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FÜR TECHNOLOGIE · DE

Inventors

Hartmut Gemmeke · Blankenloch, DE
Michael Zapf · Karlsruhe, DE
Torsten Hopp · Speyer, DE
Robin Dapp · Gondelsheim, DE
Nicole Ruiter · Durmersheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 19, 2015
Grant date	Sep 1, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 13, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B8/42
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for ultrasound-assisted reflection and transmission tomography includes a measurement volume filled with an ultrasonic coupling medium and having an opening for inserting a body to be examined and a lateral surface remote from the opening, and a number of ultrasonic transducers arranged remotely from the opening of the measurement volume, arranged in direct contact with the ultrasonic coupling medium, and arranged oriented into the measurement volume. The arrangement of the ultrasonic transducers around the measurement volume aperiodically follows a random uniform distribution.

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