Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Point source transmission and speed-of-sound correction using multi-aperture ultrasound imaging
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Application No.: US15364075Application Date: 2016-11-29
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Publication No.: US09986975B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Donald F. Specht , Kenneth D. Brewer
- Applicant: MAUI IMAGING, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: MAUI IMAGING, INC.
- Current Assignee: MAUI IMAGING, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Shay Glenn LLP
- Main IPC: A61B8/14
- IPC: A61B8/14 ; A61B8/08 ; A61B8/00 ; G01S7/52 ; G01S15/89

Abstract:
A Multiple Aperture Ultrasound Imaging system and methods of use are provided with any number of features. In some embodiments, a multi-aperture ultrasound imaging system is configured to transmit and receive ultrasound energy to and from separate physical ultrasound apertures. In some embodiments, a transmit aperture of a multi-aperture ultrasound imaging system is configured to transmit an omni-directional unfocused ultrasound waveform approximating a first point source through a target region. In some embodiments, the ultrasound energy is received with a single receiving aperture. In other embodiments, the ultrasound energy is received with multiple receiving apertures. Algorithms are described that can combine echoes received by one or more receiving apertures to form high resolution ultrasound images. Additional algorithms can solve for variations in tissue speed of sound, thus allowing the ultrasound system to be used virtually anywhere in or on the body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170367686A9 POINT SOURCE TRANSMISSION AND SPEED-OF-SOUND CORRECTION USING MULTI-APERTURE ULTRASOUND IMAGING Public/Granted day:2017-12-28
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