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Multiple line of sight ultrasonic apparatus

US4252026A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 15, 1979
Grant dateFeb 24, 1981
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Expiry dateJan 15, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S7/5206
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for pulse-echo ultrasonic examination, particularly in medical diagnostic examination comprised of one or more transducer elements for transmitting divergent pulses of ultrasonic energy into the object under examination and a greater number of transducer elements providing a plurality of received beams for each pulse transmitted.

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