WO1998000064A3 - Volumetric image ultrasound transducer underfluid catheter system - Google Patents

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WO1998000064A3
WO1998000064A3 PCT/US1997/011603 US9711603W WO9800064A3 WO 1998000064 A3 WO1998000064 A3 WO 1998000064A3 US 9711603 W US9711603 W US 9711603W WO 9800064 A3 WO9800064 A3 WO 9800064A3
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Abdul Jamil Tajik
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Abstract

An underfluid ultrasound imaging catheter system (200) includes a catheter (202) having a distal end inserted into an underfluid structure, an ultrasonic transducer array (204) mounted proximate the distal end of the catheter wherein the array (204) has a row of individual transducer crystals (218), a lens (224, 226, 228) mounted on the array (204) for defocusing ultrasound beams in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the array (204) so as to provide a volumetric field of view within which the underfluid features are imaged. Alternatively, the single row of transducer crystals (218) is replaced by multiple rows of transducer crystals (218) so as to provide a volumetric field of view. This imaging catheter system (200) helps an operator see 3-dimensional images of an underfluid environment, such as the 3-dimensional images of fluid-filled cavities of heart, blood vessel, urinary bladder, etc.. Features in such wide volumetric field of view can be imaged, measured, or intervened by an underfluid therapeutic device with an aid of the real-time image.
PCT/US1997/011603 1996-06-28 1997-06-27 Volumetric image ultrasound transducer underfluid catheter system WO1998000064A2 (en)

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