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Ultrasound imaging with acquisition of imaging data in perpendicular scan planes

  • US 6,537,220 B1
  • Filed: 08/31/2001
  • Issued: 03/25/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An ultrasonic imaging array comprising two independent, interleaved linear subarrays occupying a common array face, the subarrays being independently steerable and focusable in different imaging planes in which:

  • each subarray comprises a plurality of elements and each element comprises at least one subelement;

    each subelement is quadrilateral and has a diagonal;

    adjacent subelements in each element are electrically connected via an interconnect portion; and

    the interconnect portion connecting each pair of adjacent subelements in each element is substantially linear and is aligned with the diagonals of the adjacent subelements.

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