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Method and apparatus for performing imaging

Patent 5379642 Issued on January 10, 1995. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject July 19, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Application

No. 093808 filed on 07/19/1993

US Classes:

73/625, Having plural sonic type transmitter or receiver transducers600/447Electronic array scanning

Examiners

Primary: Manuel, George

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

G01N 029/00

Abstract

An ultrasound imaging system for performing dynamic focusing of ultrasonic waves during transmit and receive. The present invention includes a method and a means for transmitting ultrasonic waves to a multiple depths within a body. The present invention optimizes the transmit frequency for each of the multiple depths to localize the energy of the ultrasonic waves. The present invention also includes a method and means for performing dynamic receive focusing of the reflected ultrasonic waves produced by discontinuities in the body, such that it is focused to receive ultrasonic waves from the depth at which the transmitted ultrasonic waves are focused.

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