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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2007
Kjell Kristoffersen, Oslo, NO;
Bruno Hans Haider, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Thomas Halvorsroed, Vestfold, NO;
Steinar Bjaerum, Horten, NO;
Kjell Kristoffersen, Oslo, NO;
Bruno Hans Haider, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Thomas Halvorsroed, Vestfold, NO;
Steinar Bjaerum, Horten, NO;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An ultrasound system comprises a probe including a two-dimensional (2D) array of transducer elements that form an aperture having a plurality of receive elements that are configured to receive ultrasound signals. The transducer elements form at least one transmit sub-aperture that is configured to be interconnected with a fixed group of the transducer elements within the aperture. Transmitters generate electrical transmit signals, and at least one transmit sub-aperture processor (tx SAP) maps the transducer elements within the fixed group of the transducer elements to the transmitters in a transmit configuration based on a beam steering direction.