Curved rectangular/elliptical transducer
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1. An ultrasound single crystal transducer having a radiating surface which conforms generally in shape to a segment of a surface of a solid of revolution of a conic section, said radiation surface having first and second edges.
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An ultrasound transducer for use in an ultrasound visualization and therapy system or the like. The ultrasound transducer is characterized as a single crystal transducer having a radiating surface which conforms generally in shape to a segment of a surface of a solid of revolution of a conic section, the radiating surface having first and second edges which are generally parallel.
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- 1. An ultrasound single crystal transducer having a radiating surface which conforms generally in shape to a segment of a surface of a solid of revolution of a conic section, said radiation surface having first and second edges.
- 8. An ultrasound single crystal transducer having a radiating surface which conforms generally in shape to a segment of a surface of revolution of a conic section, said crystal further having a side opposite said radiating surface, and said crystal further having an edge which defines an ellipse having a major axis longer than its minor axis.
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