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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2004
Jun Kubota, Nagareyama, JP;
Akira Sasaki, Ichikawa, JP;
Hiroshi Furuhata, Kasukabe, JP;
Kazunari Ishida, Kasiwa, JP;
Shinichiro Umemura, Kokubunji, JP;
Takashi Azuma, Kokubunji, JP;
Katsunori Asafusa, Matsudo, JP;
Jun Kubota, Nagareyama, JP;
Akira Sasaki, Ichikawa, JP;
Hiroshi Furuhata, Kasukabe, JP;
Kazunari Ishida, Kasiwa, JP;
Shinichiro Umemura, Kokubunji, JP;
Takashi Azuma, Kokubunji, JP;
Katsunori Asafusa, Matsudo, JP;
Hitachi Medical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Jikei University, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasound probe comprises therapeutic transducers which include a plurality of arrayed first transducer elements and emit therapeutic ultrasounds to a subject, and diagnostic transducers which include a plurality of arrayed second transducer elements and emit diagnostic ultrasounds to the subject and receive the diagnostic ultrasounds, wherein the therapeutic transducers are stacked over the diagnostic transducers.