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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2016
Bk Medical Aps, Herlev, DK;
Hamed Bouzari, Copenhagen, DK;
Simon Holbek, Copenhagen, DK;
Jorgen Arendt Jensen, Horsholm, DK;
Thomas Lehrmann Christiansen, Copenhagen, DK;
Erik Vilain Thomsen, Lynge, DK;
Matthias Bo Stuart, Horsholm, DK;
B-K Medical ApS, Herlev, DK;
Abstract
A transducer array () for an ultrasound imaging system () includes a row-column addressed 2-D array of transducer elements (). The row-column addressed 2-D includes a first array of 1-D arrays of elements, a second array of 1-D arrays of elements, which is orthogonal to the first array, and a double-curved surface (). In another aspect, an apparatus includes a transducer array with an array-wise addressable 2-D array with a curved surface. The 2-D array includes a set of 1-D column array elements and a set of 1-D row array elements. The apparatus further includes transmit circuitry () that conveys an excitation pulse to the transducer array, receive circuitry () that receives a signal indicative of an ultrasound echo from the transducer array, and a beamformer () that processes the received signal, generating ultrasound image data.