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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2016
Arcscan, Inc., Golden, CO (US);
Andrew K. Levien, Morrision, CO (US);
John D. Watson, Evergreen, CO (US);
Ronald H. Silverman, West Nyack, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a precision ultrasound scanner for imaging, for example, the prostate in a way that produces a superior image of the prostate while removing the iatrogenic risk and patient discomfort associated with other methods of providing an ultrasound image of the prostate. The present disclosure describes an apparatus and method for forming a high precision image of the prostate from outside the patient's body wherein the resolution in sufficient to image, for example, cancerous lesions on the surface of the prostate. To achieve such images, coded excitation, tissue harmonic imaging, advanced transducers operating in the 10 MHz to 40 MHz range is used to achieve a useable signal-to-noise reflection while being able to position the imaging transducer as close as possible to the prostate without risk or discomfort to the patient.