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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce C Mitchell, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Leslie M James, Severna Park, MD (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12866008 ;
Abstract
A synthetic four sides boundary scanner array is provided for an ultrasound mammography system. Projector and hydrophone elements are alternately disposed on the four array sides for stepped movement along the four sides during a scan of a breast volume. Electric signals generated by the hydrophone elements are processed to provide image data for displaying the breast volume. A breast scan is performed within the time between a patient's heartbeats.