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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2007
Charles E. Bradley, Burlingame, CA (US);
Christopher M. Daft, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Paul A. Wagner, San Carlos, CA (US);
Satchi Panda, Fremont, CA (US);
Charles E. Bradley, Burlingame, CA (US);
Christopher M. Daft, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Paul A. Wagner, San Carlos, CA (US);
Satchi Panda, Fremont, CA (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
An ultrasound imaging system may use a capacitive membrane or electrostrictive ultrasound transducer to realize isotropic volumetric imaging with bias-line element selection and a variety of aperture synthesis techniques. Two dimensional beam formation may be performed by using a beamformer to focus along one dimension, and then perform a second round of 'off-line' or 'retrospective' beam formation along the other direction.