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Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2001

Filed:

Aug. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:

Kenneth R. Erikson, Watertown, MA (US);

Timothy E. White, Acton, MA (US);

R. Calvin Owen, Jr., North Chelmsford, MA (US);

Anthony M. Nicoli, Pepperell, MA (US);

Neal R. Butler, Acton, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ;
Abstract

An ultrasonic camera having a high efficiency ultrasonic lens is coupled to a ultrasonic transmitter/receiver by a stretched membrane interface. The ultrasonic lens provides highly efficient transmission of ultrasound without introducing aberrations. The ultrasound system also uses a quasi incoherent source to reduce speckle noise in the image.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Erikson, Kenneth. (2001). Div: ultrasonic camera (U.S. Patent No. 6325757). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6325757

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