Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-23
2011-08-23
Casler, Brian (Department: 3737)
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
C600S407000, C600S438000, C600S441000, C600S442000, C600S444000, C600S445000, C600S447000, C600S453000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08002705
ABSTRACT:
In one embodiment, an ultrasound imaging method comprises: providing a probe that includes one or more transducer elements for transmitting and receiving ultrasound waves; generating a sequence of spatially distinct transmit beams which differ in one or more of origin and angle; determining a transmit beam spacing substantially based upon a combination of actual and desired transmit beam characteristics, thereby achieving a faster echo acquisition rate compared to a transmit beam spacing based upon round-trip transmit-receive beam sampling requirements; storing coherent receive echo data, from two or more transmit beams of the spatially distinct transmit beams; combining coherent receive echo data from at least two or more transmit beams to achieve a substantially spatially invariant synthesized transmit focus at each echo location; and combining coherent receive echo data from each transmit firing to achieve dynamic receive focusing at each echo location.
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Chou Ching-Hua
DeBusschere Brian Derek
Ji Ting-Lan
McLaughlin Glen W.
Mo Larry Y. L.
Casler Brian
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Kish James
Zonaire Medical Systems, Inc.
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