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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2008
Applicant:
Franz Steinbacher, Voecklamarkt, AT;
Inventor:
Franz Steinbacher, Voecklamarkt, AT;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/14 (2006.01); G05F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A motor driver for an ultrasound system is provided. The ultrasound system includes a transmitter and receiver, both communicatively coupled to a transducer array of an ultrasound probe. The ultrasound system further includes a digital motor driver for controlling movement of the transducer array.