Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic array probe for ultrasonic imaging
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Application No.: US12496278Application Date: 2009-07-01
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Publication No.: US08390181B2Publication Date: 2013-03-05
- Inventor: Marino Cerofolini
- Applicant: Marino Cerofolini
- Applicant Address: IT Milan
- Assignee: Esaote S.p.A.
- Current Assignee: Esaote S.p.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Milan
- Agency: Woodard Emhardt Moriarty McNett & Henry LLP
- Priority: EP03425435 20030701
- Main IPC: H02N2/00
- IPC: H02N2/00

Abstract:
An electronic array probe for ultrasonic imaging includes an array of transmitting and/or receiving electroacoustic transducers arranged in concentric bands in which the transducers are tangent to one other in both radial and circumferential directions. In order to minimize the number of transducers required without compromising dynamic range, a transducer arrangement geometry is provided so that the number of transducers having the same focusing delay is minimal or null.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090270735A1 ELECTRONIC ARRAY PROBE FOR ULTRASONIC IMAGING Public/Granted day:2009-10-29
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