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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COUPLING AN ULTRASOUND SOURCE TO TISSUE

  • US 20130012838A1
  • Filed: 07/11/2012
  • Published: 01/10/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of sensing coupling of a ultrasound source to a target, the method comprising:

  • providing an ultrasound sound source comprising a transducer, an acoustically transparent standoff, an acoustic window at a bottom surface of the standoff, and a frequency sweep function coupled to the transducer;

    emitting ultrasound energy from the transducer;

    receiving reflected energy;

    frequency sweeping the transducer;

    determining the feedback from the frequency sweep is above a threshold level;

    determining of the source is coupled to the target.

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