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Portable ultrasound imaging system

  • US 5,590,658 A
  • Filed: 06/29/1995
  • Issued: 01/07/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A scan head for an ultrasound imaging system comprising:

  • an array of ultrasonic transducers that receives reflected ultrasonic signals from a region of interest, the transducers converting the received ultrasonic signals into analog electrical signals;

    beam forming circuitry that receives the analog electrical signals and combines the electrical signals from the ultrasonic transducers, the beam forming circuitry including a delay circuit that generates an analog electrical representative of the region of interest;

    a hand-held housing in which the ultrasonic transducers and the beam forming circuitry are housed; and

    an interlace over which a combined electrical representation from the beam forming circuitry is forwarded from the hand-held housing to processing circuitry in a second housing.

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