Measuring and testing – Vibration – By mechanical waves
Patent
1980-03-28
1982-03-16
Michell, Robert W.
Measuring and testing
Vibration
By mechanical waves
128660, G01N 2900
Patent
active
043194893
ABSTRACT:
An ultrasonic diagnostic method and apparatus are provided for probing the condition in a tissue of a living body by projecting an ultrasonic beam onto the living body from a vibrator array transducer probe consisting of a plurality of tiny ultrasonic vibrators. The apparatus executes two scanning actions, of which one is a normal linear scanning that drives the ultrasonic vibrators sequentially in the manner to cause a sequential parallel shift of the ultrasonic beam substantially perpendicular to the vibrator array, and the other of which is an inclined linear scanning that drives the ultrasonic vibrators at individually different timings while sequentially shifting the driven vibrators in the manner to cause sequential parallel shift of the ultrasonic beam having an angle of inclination against the vibrator array. The images obtained through the normal linear scanning and the inclined linear scanning are combined to form a composite high-resolution image.
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Seki Naoki
Shimazaki Toru
Takeuchi Yasuhito
Yamaguchi Keiki
Jaworski Francis J.
Michell Robert W.
Yokogawa Electric Works, Ltd.
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