Patent ID: 9282945
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: A61B,G01S

Claim Text:
1. A method of calibrating an ultrasound probe, the method comprising: mounting an ultrasound probe having at least one array of ultrasound elements onto a calibration system adjacent to a tank; transmitting an ultrasound test signal from a first transmitting element of the probe into the tank and through a test medium of the calibration system; receiving the test signal at a first hydrophone disposed in the tank at a first time; receiving the test signal at a second hydrophone disposed in the tank at a second time; receiving the test signal at a third hydrophone disposed in the tank at a third time; and determining an acoustic position of the first transmitting element within a coordinate system defined relative to the probe based upon differences in the first time, the second time, and the third time.