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High resolution ultrasound diagnostic apparatus

US4265121A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 13, 1978
Grant dateMay 5, 1981
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Expiry dateNov 13, 1998

Classification

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

Abstract

A high resolution, ultrasound imaging system is disclosed having a transducer which produces a diverging beam of ultrasound energy of sufficiently large angle so as to impinge on the sound-reflecting object from substantially all positions along the transducer scan path.

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