Ultrasound mammary scanning apparatus
US4298009A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 7, 1980 |
| Grant date | Nov 3, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 7, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S128/915
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Ultrasound breast scanning and diagnosis is achieved by suspending the breast in a water pool, in which is immersed a wide aperture transducer/lens assembly. The water path is defined by two separate segments, an upper one, into which the breast is suspended, contained by a flexible sonically transparent bag member, and the lower being contained in a longitudinally movable tank which is filled to contact with the bag member portion protruding into the tank.
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