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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2006
Applicants:
Alice M. Chiang, Weston, MA (US);
Michael Brodsky, Brookline, MA (US);
Xingbai He, Andover, MA (US);
William M. Wong, Milton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Alice M. Chiang, Weston, MA (US);
Michael Brodsky, Brookline, MA (US);
Xingbai He, Andover, MA (US);
William M. Wong, Milton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Teratech Corporation, Burlington, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/14 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to an ultrasound imaging system in which the scan head either includes a beamformer circuit that performs far field subarray beamforming or includes a sparse array selecting circuit that actuates selected elements. When used with second stage beamforming system, three dimensional ultrasound images can be generated.