Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Patent
1998-10-05
2000-12-26
Jaworski, Francis J.
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
A61B 812
Patent
active
061651281
ABSTRACT:
Method and apparatus for making an image of a lumen and surrounding tissue in a body by inserting a transducer in the cavity and emitting ultrasound signals and collecting and processing echo signals to form an image, where the apparatus includes a signal processor arranged for performing the steps of and the method includes the steps of:
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Cespedes E. I.
de Korte C. L.
van der Steen A. F. W.
Endosonics Corporation
Jaworski Francis J.
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