Patent №
US 6,705,995
Granted
2004-03-16
Filed 2002
Owner
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N. V.
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Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
10264900
A phased array ultrasound scanning apparatus includes a one-dimensional (1-D) array of ultrasound transducer elements having transmit and receive elements. The 1-D array is responsive to a transmitter configured to energize the transmit elements for generating a transmit acoustic beam directed into a region of interest. A receive beamformer, operatively connected to the 1-D array, synthesizes receive beams, in response to echoes of the transmit acoustic beam received from the region of interest. The receive beamformer includes analog random access memory (ARAM) delay elements configured to delay signals received from the receive elements and provide the delayed signals on an output of the receive beamformer as a beamformed RF output. The beamformed RF output is suitable for use in forming an image of the region of interest.
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Ownership
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N. V.
assignment · 133750721
Assignors
POLAND, MC KEE DUNN, SAVORD, BERNARD J., ANTHONY, MICHAEL P.
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