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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1986
Jean-Marie Nicolas, Paris, FR;
Patrick Pesque, Perigny, FR;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The combined modality device comprises an ultrasound transducer (10) which is suitable for transmission as well as reception and which is connected to a transmitter stage (20) as well as to a receiver stage (30). The transducer (10) has a bandwidth which at least equals approximately one octave. The transmitter stage (20) comprises a generator for generating activation signals for the transducer (10) with a frequency f.sub.o near the lower limit of said bandwidth, the spectrum of these activation signals excluding the frequency f.sub.1 =2f.sub.o. The receiver stage (30) comprises a B-scan channel and also a B/A processing channel (200) which itself includes a bandpass filter (210) which is centered around said frequency f.sub.1, an envelope detector (220, 230), a comparison circuit (240), a differentiation circuit (250) and a display device (260) whereby measured results in both modalities may be displayed.