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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
May. 24, 2004
Applicants:
Andrea Trucco, Genoa, IT;
Simone Curletto, Genoa, IT;
Inventors:
Andrea Trucco, Genoa, IT;
Simone Curletto, Genoa, IT;
Assignee:
Esaote, S.p.A., Casale Monferrato, IT;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for optimizing transmit and receive ultrasound imaging pulses generates transmit pulses from an array of transducers which are energized by excitation signals that are applied to each individual transducer of the array. Each of the excitation signals are individually weighted to optimize the transducers' contribution to a predetermined energy function. Such optimization may also be performed on the received pulses.