System for ultrasonic pan focal imaging and axial beam translation
US4993416A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 25, 1989 |
| Grant date | Feb 19, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 25, 2009 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S15/8934
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention provides a novel method and apparatus which allows concomitant imaging and rapid axial beam translation measurements used to calculate the attenuation characteristics of a target body. The present invention employs an ultrasonic scanner which contains a plurality of matched transducer elements. These elements are staggered on a mechanism which sequentially places each transducer opposite an acoustic window at axially spaced positions along a common axis. The present invention also enables axial beam translation techniques to be adapted to current ultrasonic imaging systems.
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