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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kai Erik Thomenius, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Seth David Silverstein, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600447 ;
Abstract
Data for high-frame-rate high-resolution (i.e., low f-number) ultrasonic imaging are acquired by a technique that involves transmitting multiple physically separated beams simultaneously and acquiring imaging data for more than one scan line during receive. Spatial apodization is used to influence the transmit beamformation and to form two controlled and focused spatially separate beams with a single firing of the transducer array elements and without use of additional timing electronics.