- Patent Title: 3-D flow estimation using row-column addressed transducer arrays
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Application No.: US14599857Application Date: 2015-01-19
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Publication No.: US09855022B2Publication Date: 2018-01-02
- Inventor: Thomas Lehrmann Christiansen , Morten Fischer Rasmussen , Simon Holbek , Erik Vilain Thomsen , Jorgen Arendt Jensen
- Applicant: B-K Medical APS
- Applicant Address: DK Herlev
- Assignee: B-K Medical Aps
- Current Assignee: B-K Medical Aps
- Current Assignee Address: DK Herlev
- Agency: Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co. LPA
- Agent Anthony M. Del Zoppo, III
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00 ; A61B8/08 ; A61B8/06 ; G01S15/89 ; A61B8/14

Abstract:
An ultrasound system includes a 2-D transducer array and a velocity processor. The 2-D transducer array includes a first 1-D array of one or more rows of transducing elements configured to produce first ultrasound data. The 2-D transducer array further includes a second 1-D array of one or more columns of transducing elements configured to produce second ultrasound data. The first and second 1-D arrays are configured for row-column addressing. The velocity processor processes the first and the second ultrasound data, producing 3-D vector flow data. The 3-D vector flow data includes an axial component, a first lateral component transverse to the axial component, and a second lateral component transverse to the axial component and the first lateral component.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160206285A1 3-D FLOW ESTIMATION USING ROW-COLUMN ADDRESSED TRANSDUCER ARRAYS Public/Granted day:2016-07-21
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