Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasound imaging
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Application No.: US14410834Application Date: 2012-06-28
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Publication No.: US09883849B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Henrik Jensen , Gert Seerup , Jan Peter Bagge
- Applicant: Henrik Jensen , Gert Seerup , Jan Peter Bagge
- 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
- International Application: PCT/IB2012/001295 WO 20120628
- International Announcement: WO2014/001833 WO 20140103
- Main IPC: G01S15/89
- IPC: G01S15/89 ; A61B8/00 ; A61B8/08 ; G01S7/52 ; G01S7/521

Abstract:
A method includes concurrently exciting neighboring pairs of transducer elements of an array for at least two transmits, wherein the array has a focus in a range of ten to twenty centimeters with a f-number of five or less. The method further includes receiving first echoes with individual transducer elements of a first sub-set of the transducer elements for a first of the at least two transmits, and receiving second echoes with individual transducer elements of a second sub-set of the transducer elements for a second of the at least two transmits. The method further includes extracting second harmonics from the echoes of the at least two transmits. The method further includes beamforming the extracted second harmonics. The method further includes generating an image based on the beamformed extracted second harmonics.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150126870A1 Ultrasound Imaging Public/Granted day:2015-05-07
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