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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
May. 22, 2001
Johannes Waldinger, Neubiberg, DE;
Dietmar Kaiser, Moosburg, DE;
Bernhard Mumm, Mammendorf, DE;
Kiyoji Miyamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Tomtec Imaging Systems GmbH, Unterschleibheim, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method or a device for recording ultrasonic images of an object ( ) in which ultrasonic waves are radiated onto the object ( ) by an ultrasonic emitter, and ultrasonic waves reflected by the object ( ) are received by an ultrasonic receiver. For recording individual image partial areas ( ), the ultrasonic emitter or ultrasonic receiver ( ) is displaced along the object ( ) or is at least partially rotated with regard to the object ( ). The corresponding movement (S) of the ultrasonic transmitter or of the ultrasonic receiver ( ) is progressively detected by a detector ( ) and is assigned to the individual image partial areas ( ). As a result, it is possible to record the object ( ) by manually moving the ultrasonic transducer ( ), whereby an incremental detector serves as a detector ( ) for progressively detecting the movement (S). The distances (&dgr;, &dgr;&agr;) between individual image partial areas ( ) can be then be determined by evaluating the progressively detected positions of the ultrasound transducer ( ) which are then assigned to the individual image partial areas ( ).