SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONICALLY ALTERING ULTRASOUND SCAN LINE ORIGIN FOR A THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND SYSTEM
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1. A system for generating a three-dimensional ultrasound scan, comprising:
- a transducer probe having elements arranged in a plurality of dimensions;
a system controller for generating a scan line apparently emanating from a location other than the geographic center of the transducer probe.
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Abstract
A system and method for individually varying the orientation of scan lines in at least two dimensions in an ultrasound scan are disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention includes a system for generating a three-dimensional ultrasound volume scan, comprising a transducer probe having elements arranged in a plurality of dimensions and a system controller capable of generating a scan line apparently emanating from a location other than the geographic center of the transducer probe.
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29 Claims
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1. A system for generating a three-dimensional ultrasound scan, comprising:
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a transducer probe having elements arranged in a plurality of dimensions;
a system controller for generating a scan line apparently emanating from a location other than the geographic center of the transducer probe. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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8. The system of claim 8, wherein the differences in steering angle and elevation angle among the plurality of scan lines vary by regular degrees.
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16. A method for ultrasonically interrogating a volume, comprising:
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providing a transducer probe having elements arranged in a plurality of dimensions; and
generating a scan line that apparently emanates from a location other than the geographic center of the transducer probe. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer readable medium having a program for ultrasonically interrogating a volume, the program comprising logic for:
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generating at least two ultrasound scan slices with a matrix transducer probe, the at least two ultrasound scan slices each including a plurality of scan lines;
where the plurality of scan lines are displaced from each other in a first dimension, and where the at least two scan slices are displaced from each other in a second dimension; and
where each of the plurality of scan lines apparently emanates from a different point on the matrix transducer probe.
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29. A system for generating a three-dimensional ultrasound volume scan, comprising:
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a two-dimensional matrix transducer probe;
a system controller for generating at least two ultrasound scan lines; and
logic for instructing the system controller to generate the at least two scan lines arbitrarily displaced from each other with respect to steering angle and point of origin on the matrix transducer probe.
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