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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2011
Koichi Shibamoto, Nasushiobara, JP;
Hiroyuki Shikata, Nasushiobara, JP;
Minoru Aoki, Nasushiobara, JP;
Takashi Takeuchi, Otawara, JP;
Koichi Shibamoto, Nasushiobara, JP;
Hiroyuki Shikata, Nasushiobara, JP;
Minoru Aoki, Nasushiobara, JP;
Takashi Takeuchi, Otawara, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasound probe is provided that may improves specific desensitization of the frequency observed in the frequency characteristics and/or directional characteristics. The ultrasound probe related to this embodiment comprises an ultrasound transducerand a plurality of acoustic matching layersarranged in layers in the direction of irradiation irradiated from the ultrasound transducer, wherein, the plurality of acoustic matching layersform a film and each of the adjacent acoustic impedance of longitudinal waves is substantially the same and has a different Poisson's ratio.