WO2007056104A3 - High frequency array ultrasound system - Google Patents

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WO2007056104A3
WO2007056104A3 PCT/US2006/042891 US2006042891W WO2007056104A3 WO 2007056104 A3 WO2007056104 A3 WO 2007056104A3 US 2006042891 W US2006042891 W US 2006042891W WO 2007056104 A3 WO2007056104 A3 WO 2007056104A3
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transducer
ultrasound
array transducer
high frequency
ultrasound system
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James Mehi
Ronald E Daigle
Laurence C Brasfield
Brian Starkoski
Jerrold Wen
Kai Wen Liu
Lauren S Pflugrath
Stuart F Foster
Desmond Hirson
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Visualsonics Corp
James Mehi
Ronald E Daigle
Laurence C Brasfield
Brian Starkoski
Jerrold Wen
Kai Wen Liu
Lauren S Pflugrath
Stuart F Foster
Desmond Hirson
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Priority to CA2628100A priority Critical patent/CA2628100C/en
Priority to ES06827417T priority patent/ES2402741T3/en
Priority to JP2008539044A priority patent/JP5630958B2/en
Priority to EP06827417A priority patent/EP1952175B1/en
Priority to CN200680050246.3A priority patent/CN101351724B/en
Publication of WO2007056104A2 publication Critical patent/WO2007056104A2/en
Publication of WO2007056104A9 publication Critical patent/WO2007056104A9/en
Publication of WO2007056104A3 publication Critical patent/WO2007056104A3/en
Priority to HK09106667.0A priority patent/HK1129243A1/en

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Abstract

A system for acquiring an ultrasound signal comprises a signal processing unit adapted for acquiring a received ultrasound signal from an ultrasound transducer having a plurality of elements. The system is adapted to receive ultrasound signals having a frequency of at least 20 megahertz (MHz) with a transducer having a field of view of at least 5.0 millimeters (mm) at a frame rate of at least 20 frames per second (fps). The signal processing can further produce an ultrasound image from the acquired ultrasound signal. The transducer can be a linear array transducer, a phased array transducer, a two-dimensional (2-D) array transducer, or a curved array transducer.
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CA2628100A CA2628100C (en) 2005-11-02 2006-11-02 High frequency array ultrasound system
ES06827417T ES2402741T3 (en) 2005-11-02 2006-11-02 Digital transmission beam shaper for an ultrasonic transducer system with distribution
JP2008539044A JP5630958B2 (en) 2005-11-02 2006-11-02 High frequency array ultrasound system
EP06827417A EP1952175B1 (en) 2005-11-02 2006-11-02 Digital transmit beamformer for an arrayed ultrasound transducer system
CN200680050246.3A CN101351724B (en) 2005-11-02 2006-11-02 High frequency array ultrasound system
HK09106667.0A HK1129243A1 (en) 2005-11-02 2009-07-21 High frequency array ultrasound system

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