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Volume mechanical transducer for medical diagnostic ultrasound

  • US 8,647,279 B2
  • Filed: 06/10/2010
  • Issued: 02/11/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A transducer array for medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging, the transducer array comprising:

  • a one-dimensional transducer array configured for transmit only operation or transmit and receive operation, the one-dimensional transducer array having, for transmit operation, a plurality of transmit elements distributed along an azimuth dimension with only a single row of the elements in an elevation dimension;

    a multi-dimensional transducer array adjacent an elevation edge of the one-dimensional transducer array, the multi-dimensional transducer array configured for receive only operation, the multi-dimensional transducer array having N×

    M receive elements distributed along the azimuth and elevation dimensions where N and M are both greater than one; and

    a motor configured to move the one-dimensional and multi-dimensional transducer array together along the elevation direction.

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