Title:
BONE SURFACE IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION USING ULTRASOUND
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/148985
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
An ultrasonic transducer element can configured to generate ultrasonic energy directed into tissue of a subject and configured to receive a portion of the ultrasonic energy reflected by a target located within the tissue. The ultrasonic transducer can include a surface configured to provide or receive the ultrasonic energy, the surface including an area of greater than or equal to about 4λ2, or the ultrasonic transducer element can be included in an array having a spacing between at least two adjacent ultrasound elements of less than or equal to about 1/2λ, and the array comprising an aperture that is at least approximately symmetrical in two axes. A three-dimensional representation of one or more of a location, shape, or orientation of at least a portion of the target can be presented via the display.
Inventors:
MAULDIN F WILLIAM JR (US)
HOSSACK JOHN A (US)
OWEN KEVIN (US)
HOSSACK JOHN A (US)
OWEN KEVIN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2012/034945
Publication Date:
December 19, 2013
Filing Date:
April 25, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
UNIV VIRGINIA PATENT FOUND (US)
MAULDIN F WILLIAM JR (US)
HOSSACK JOHN A (US)
OWEN KEVIN (US)
MAULDIN F WILLIAM JR (US)
HOSSACK JOHN A (US)
OWEN KEVIN (US)
International Classes:
A61B8/14
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ARORA, Suneel et al. (Lundberg & WoessnerP.O. Box 293, Minneapolis Minnesota, US)
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