Patent ID: 11950962
Assignee: PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 4:
5. The ultrasound system of claim 1,
wherein the transducer array comprises a plurality of elements forming an aperture,
wherein the first subaperture comprises a first plurality of transmit-receive pairs of the aperture,
wherein the first plurality of transmit-receive pairs comprises:
transmit elements physically located on a left side and a right side of the aperture; and
receive elements physically located on the right side of the aperture;

wherein the second subaperture comprises a second plurality of transmit-receive pairs of the aperture,
wherein the second plurality of transmit-receive pairs comprises:
transmit elements physically located on the right side of the aperture; and
receive elements physically located on the left side and the right side of the aperture.