High speed adaptive ultrasonic phased array imaging system

Details High speed adaptive ultrasonic phased array imaging system High speed adaptive ultrasonic phased array imaging system

1988-04-07

1989-08-01

Jaworski, Francis

Surgery

Truss

Pad

73625, A61B 800

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048525774

ABSTRACT:
An ultrasonic phased array imaging system is provided which includes a normal mode and an adaptive mode of operation. The adaptive mode adjusts the delay associated with each element in the transducer such that the average image brightness of the region of interest is maximized. A motion detector is provided for determining when the transducer has been moved a distance sufficient to render the previous adaptive measurements possibly invalid whereupon the system automatically reenters the normal mode. A method of operating the ultrasonic phased array imaging system is also provided.

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