Patent ID: 9072495
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: A61B,G01S

Abstract:
1. A method of ultrasound imaging, comprising: transmitting a first ultrasound signal from a transmit transducer array into a target object; receiving first echoes of the first ultrasound signal with a first transducer that is omnidirectional in an image plane and is located in a first acoustic window; storing the first echoes in a computer memory; receiving second echoes of the first ultrasound signal with a second transducer that is omnidirectional in the image plane and is located in a second acoustic window that does not overlap the first acoustic window; storing the second echoes in the computer memory; obtaining position information of the first and second transducers relative to the transmit transducer array; retrieving the first echoes from the computer memory and constructing a first image of the target object from the retrieved first echoes and the position information of the first transducer; retrieving the second echoes from the computer memory and constructing a second image of the target object from the retrieved second echoes and the position information of the second transducer; and combining the first and second images to form a combined image.