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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2009
Jeffrey Hart, Port Royal, PA (US);
Brian Moist, McVeytown, PA (US);
Dennis Clark, Lewistown, PA (US);
Daniel Agius, Newtown, CT (US);
Jeffrey Hart, Port Royal, PA (US);
Brian Moist, McVeytown, PA (US);
Dennis Clark, Lewistown, PA (US);
Daniel Agius, Newtown, CT (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electroncis N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An ultrasound probe includes a transducer array which is moved back and forth to sweep the image plane of the array through a volumetric region for 3D scanning. The transducer array is mounted on a carriage assembly which moves back and forth on a pair of rails inside a fluid compartment in the probe. The rails are preferentially arcuately curved to provide an elevationally divergent scan with a relatively wide aperture in the near field. A cam is provided for a motor-driven cable drive for the carriage assembly which provides relatively linear motion through the path of travel of the transducer array.