Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bone surface image reconstruction using ultrasound
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Application No.: US14113672Application Date: 2012-04-25
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Publication No.: US10368834B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: F. William Mauldin, Jr. , John A. Hossack , Kevin Owen
- Applicant: F. William Mauldin, Jr. , John A. Hossack , Kevin Owen
- Applicant Address: US VA Charlottesville
- Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
- Current Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Charlottesville
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- International Application: PCT/US2012/034945 WO 20120425
- International Announcement: WO2012/148985 WO 20121101
- Main IPC: A61B8/08
- IPC: A61B8/08 ; A61B8/00 ; G01S7/52 ; G01S15/60 ; G01S15/89 ; A61B34/20 ; A61B17/34 ; A61B90/00

Abstract:
An ultrasonic transducer element can configured to generate ultrasonic energy directed into tissue of a subject and configured to receive a portion of the ultrasonic energy reflected by a target located within the tissue. The ultrasonic transducer can include a surface configured to provide or receive the ultrasonic energy, the surface including an area of greater than or equal to about 4λ2, or the ultrasonic transducer element can be included in an array having a spacing between at least two adjacent ultrasound elements of less than or equal to about ½λ, and the array comprising an aperture that is at least approximately symmetrical in two axes. A three-dimensional representation of one or more of a location, shape, or orientation of at least a portion of the target can be presented via the display.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140046186A1 BONE SURFACE IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION USING ULTRASOUND Public/Granted day:2014-02-13
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