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Brevet US9412357 - Mapping ultrasound transducers - Google Brevets
Ultrasound transducers may be mapped by varying a focus-affecting parameter and adjusting the parameter so as to improve focus quality. In some embodiments, mapping involves successively varying the phase of one transducer element, or group of elements, with respect to a constant phase of the other transducer...http://www.google.fr/patents/US9412357?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US9412357 - Mapping ultrasound transducers
Numéro de publication US9412357 B2
Numéro de demande US 14/138,864
Date de dépôt 23 déc. 2013
Autre référence de publication EP2489034A2, EP2489034B1, US8661873, US20110094288, US20140112095, WO2011045669A2, WO2011045669A3
Numéro de publication 138864, 14138864, US 9412357 B2, US 9412357B2, US-B2-9412357, US9412357 B2, US9412357B2
Inventeurs Yoav Medan, Yoni Hertzberg, Dov Maor
Citations de brevets (417), Citations hors brevets (72), Classifications (11), Événements juridiques (1)
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