Patent ID: 9594062
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G01M,G01N

Claim:
1. System for testing an acoustic probe having a plurality of transducer elements adapted to convert between acoustic and electrical signals, the system comprising: an acoustic signal generator to send an acoustic signal into at least one of the plurality of transducer elements of the acoustic probe; a receiver having a switch to receive an electrical transducer signal from each selected transducer element of the acoustic probe, the electrical transducer signal generated in response to receipt of the acoustic signal at the selected transducer element; an analysis engine comprising computational circuitry configured to compare predefined parameters of the received electrical transducer signal from each selected transducer element relative to a threshold; and a display configured to provide an illustration indicative of an operative ability of the selected transducer element of the acoustic probe to convert between acoustic and electrical signals.