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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leonid S. Barabash, Higley, AZ (US);
Aaron E. LaBarge, San Diego, CA (US);
Gregory W. Saxell, Queen Creek, AZ (US);
Angel T. M. Wang, Goleta, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ;
Abstract
A present invention shows some schemes of a cross transducer with one transmit and one receive array for the three dimensional image acquisition. Designs of the cross transducer with and without a central shared element are described. Conditions for an extension of a frequency range and the method of an extended frequency range for use of the cross transducer are suggested. A new method of image formation allowed by the above is also presented.