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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 1985
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1984
Robert Bele, Chessy, FR;
Gilbert Micaletti, Lagny, FR;
CGR Ultrasonic, Meaux, FR;
Abstract
A process of utilizing ultrasound for acquiring data representative of the internal portions of a structure and the display of the data thus obtained. This process includes the emitting of sequences of ultrasound to the structure under consideration and receiving therefrom corresponding echoes. For each sequence two groups of transducer elements are selected for generating ultrasound beams of possible N different focal characteristics sequentially. The ultrasound beams alternate from one group to the other except when a given beam corresponds to the most distant focal zone. In that case, the succeeding emission is carried out without alternating, i.e., the emission is generated from the same group.