Ultrasonic visualisation method and apparatus
US5935072A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 27, 1996 |
| Grant date | Aug 10, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 27, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S7/52058
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An ultrasound system comprising a transducer array and means for energising each element, or batches of elements, of the array in turn to generate an ultra sound pulse, means for processing an echo pulse received by each transducer, and control means for controlling the order in which a transducer or transducers are energised and the order in which a transducer or transducers receive an echo pulse, characterised in that the echoes resulting from the transmission of an ultrasonic pulse from any one transducer element are received by at least one other transducer element.
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