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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2016
Applicant:
Verasonics, Inc., Kirkland, WA (US);
Inventors:
John A. Flynn, Seattle, WA (US);
Lauren S. Pflugrath, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Verasonics, Inc., Kirkland, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/14 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); A61B 8/06 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); G10K 11/34 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/52093 (2013.01); A61B 8/06 (2013.01); A61B 8/14 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); A61B 8/485 (2013.01); A61B 8/488 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); A61B 8/5276 (2013.01); B06B 1/0215 (2013.01); G01S 7/5202 (2013.01); G01S 7/52077 (2013.01); G01S 15/8927 (2013.01); G01S 15/8959 (2013.01); G01S 15/8979 (2013.01); G01S 15/8997 (2013.01); G10K 11/346 (2013.01); B06B 2201/76 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method that includes transmitting coded waveforms simultaneously on multiple elements for several frames, constructing a first multi-input, single output (MISO) system from the codes to model transmit-receive paths, solving system and RF data observation by linear model theory, giving an IR set for the medium, and applying the estimates to a secondary MISO system, constructed by analogy to the first, but with pulses convenient for beamforming in the form of a focused set of single-cycle pulses for ideal focused reconstruction.