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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2006
James Mehi, Thornhill, CA;
Ronald E. Daigle, Redmond, WA (US);
Laurence C. Brasfield, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Brian Starkoski, Toronto, CA;
Jerrold Wen, Toronto, CA;
Kai Wen Liu, North York, CA;
Lauren S. Pflugrath, Seattle, WA (US);
F. Stuart Foster, Toronto, CA;
Desmond Hirson, Thornhill, CA;
James Mehi, Thornhill, CA;
Ronald E. Daigle, Redmond, WA (US);
Laurence C. Brasfield, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Brian Starkoski, Toronto, CA;
Jerrold Wen, Toronto, CA;
Kai Wen Liu, North York, CA;
Lauren S. Pflugrath, Seattle, WA (US);
F. Stuart Foster, Toronto, CA;
Desmond Hirson, Thornhill, CA;
VisualSonics Inc., Toronto, CA;
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Toronto, CA;
Abstract
A system for acquiring an ultrasound signal comprises a signal processing unit adapted for acquiring a received ultrasound signal from an ultrasound transducer having a plurality of elements. The system is adapted to receive ultrasound signals having a frequency of at least 20 megahertz (MHz) with a transducer having a field of view of at least 5.0 millimeters (mm) at a frame rate of at least 20 frames per second (fps). The signal processing can further produce an ultrasound image from the acquired ultrasound signal. The transducer can be a linear array transducer, a phased array transducer, a two-dimensional (2-D) array transducer, or a curved array transducer.