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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
May. 30, 2008
Scott L. Roth, East Hills, NY (US);
Edward Paul Harhen, Duxbury, MA (US);
Harold M. Hastings, Garden City, NY (US);
Nicolas Heron, New York, NY (US);
Scott L. Roth, East Hills, NY (US);
Edward Paul Harhen, Duxbury, MA (US);
Harold M. Hastings, Garden City, NY (US);
Nicolas Heron, New York, NY (US);
Imacor Inc., Uniondale, NY (US);
Abstract
To keep the temperature of an ultrasound probe down, the probe is operated at a low frame rate (with correspondingly low heat generation) for the vast majority of time. Probe operation is only switched to the high frame rate temporarily at times when high temporal resolution is needed, preferably under operator control. The probe is only operated at the high frame rate for a short period of time, during which a burst of images with high temporal resolution is obtained. After capturing the short burst of images, the frame rate is cut back, which reduces the generation of heat.