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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2020
Applicant:
Interson Corporation, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Inventors:
Roman Solek, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Patrice Richard, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Albert Lee, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
INTERSON CORPORATION, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G10K 11/34 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); A61B 8/14 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01); G01S 7/524 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/52022 (2013.01); A61B 8/14 (2013.01); A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); B06B 1/0215 (2013.01); B06B 1/0622 (2013.01); G01S 7/524 (2013.01); G01S 7/52085 (2013.01); G01S 15/8918 (2013.01); G01S 15/8927 (2013.01); G10K 11/341 (2013.01); G10K 11/346 (2013.01); B06B 2201/56 (2013.01); B06B 2201/76 (2013.01); G01S 7/52082 (2013.01); G01S 7/52096 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method from improving the image quality achievable with an ultrasound transducer by using a composite aperture for receiving ultrasound echoes. By using two receive cycles per vector, twice as many transducers may be used for receiving ultrasound imaging data than there are physical channels available in the ultrasound probe. An ultrasound probe utilizing a composite aperture can achieve high image quality from a system have reduced power, size, cost and complexity.