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Multiple aperture ultrasound array alignment fixture

  • US 9,192,355 B2
  • Filed: 05/14/2013
  • Issued: 11/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of aligning and assembling an ultrasound probe, the method comprising:

  • placing a first transducer array within a first array carrier secured adjacent to a test block containing an ultrasound transmission medium;

    transmitting an ultrasound signal from the first transducer array into the ultrasound transmission medium;

    receiving the ultrasound signal with an ultrasonic sensor;

    determining a corrected alignment of the first transducer array based on the received signal;

    adjusting a position and/or an angulation of the first transducer array relative to the first array carrier with adjustment features of the first array carrier based on the corrected alignment;

    after adjusting the position and/or angulation of the first transducer array relative to the first array carrier, stabilizing the first transducer array in the first array carrier by inserting an acoustic damping material into a space between the first transducer array and the first array carrier, and curing the acoustic damping material.

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