Patent ID: 7952260
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: A61B,B06B,G01S,G03B

Abstract:
1. An ultrasound imaging system of the type which generates an image of an object under observation, comprising: a plurality of transducer elements arranged along a plane; a plurality of circuit units, each separately coupled to at least one of the plurality of transducer elements, circuitry in at least one circuit unit comprising two or more integrated circuits in a stacked configuration, with at least one circuit unit comprising transmission circuitry for generating the acoustic signals, receiver circuitry for processing of the reflected signals and control circuitry; and a system console coupled to receive image information from the circuit units and comprising image processing circuitry for displaying an image of the object, wherein all of the transducer elements are positioned along a first plane, a first of the integrated circuits is positioned in a second plane parallel with the first plane and a second of the integrated circuits is positioned in a third plane parallel with the first plane.