Apparatus and Method for Real Time 3D Body Object Scanning Without Touching or Applying Pressure to the Body Object
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Abstract
An ultrasonic image scanning system for scanning an organic object includes a container for containing a coupling medium for transmitting an ultrasonic signal to the organic object disposed therein whereby a simultaneous multiple direction scanning process may be carried out without physically contacting the organic object. The ultrasonic image scanning system further includes ultrasound transducers for transmitting the ultrasonic signal to the organic object through the coupling medium without asserting an image deforming pressure to the organic object. These transducers distributed substantially around a two-dimensional perimeter of the container and substantially at symmetrical angular positions at approximately equal divisions of 360 degrees over a two-dimensional perimeter of the container. The transducers are further movable over a vertical direction alone sidewalls of the container for a real time three dimensional (3D) image data acquisition. The container further includes sidewalls covered with a baffle layer for reducing an acoustic reverberation.
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44 Claims
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26. An ultrasonic image scanning system for scanning an organic object comprising:
a circular ultrasound probe having a circumference, the probe comprising; a plurality of modules arranged along the circumference, each module comprising a high voltage multiplexer and a plurality of ultrasonic transducers; and a baffle layer positioned in each module in areas surrounding each of the plurality of ultrasonic transducers to reduce an acoustic reverberation associated with ultrasonic image scanning. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 44)
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38. A method for ultrasonically scanning an organic object comprising:
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placing a plurality of modules comprising a plurality of ultrasonic transducers around a container, each module further comprising a high voltage multiplexer; and providing a baffle layer within the module in the areas between each of the plurality of ultrasonic transducers to reduce an acoustic reverberation using the baffle layer. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40)
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41. An ultrasonic image scanning system for scanning an organic object comprising:
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a plurality of modules, each module comprising a high voltage multiplexer and a plurality of ultrasonic transducers, the plurality of ultrasound transducers for transmitting said ultrasonic signal to said organic object through without asserting an image deforming pressure to said organic object, the modules distributed substantially around a two-dimensional perimeter of said container, the ultrasound transducers distributed substantially at symmetrical angular positions at approximately equal divisions of 360 degrees over the two-dimensional perimeter of said container, the transducers further movable over a vertical direction along sidewalls of said container for a real time three dimensional image data acquisition; and a baffle layer positioned in the areas between each of the plurality of ultrasonic transducers to reduce an acoustic reverberation associated with the scanning the organic object. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43)
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