An ultrasonic transducer assembly, comprising: a housing having a first end and a second end; a first and a second discrete ultrasonic image data acquisition transducer array (30, 32) disposed with respect to said housing; a transducer controller assembly disposed with respect to said housing and in electrical communication with each of said ultrasonic image data acquisition transducer arrays (30, 32); a communications assembly disposed with respect to said housing and in electrical communication with said transducer controller assembly; and selection means for indicating a selected one of said ultrasonic image data acquisition transducer arrays (30, 32) to said transducer controller assembly, wherein said transducer controller assembly provides transmit waveform data received by said communications assembly to said selected one of said ultrasonic image data acquisition transducer arrays (30, 32), said transducer controller assembly providing transducer signals from said selected one of said ultrasonic image data acquisition transducer arrays (30, 32) to said communications assembly, wherein the transducer controller assembly further comprises a temperature sensor arranged to activate an audio and/or visual alarm, when the temperature of the selected ultrasonic image data acquisition transducer array exceeds a predetermined threshold; and wherein the first discrete ultrasonic image data acquisition transducer array is disposed at the first end of the housing and the second discrete ultrasonic image data acquisition transducer array, which is of identical type as the first discrete ultrasonic image data acquisition transducer array, is disposed at the second end of the housing. a housing having a first end and a second end; a first and a second discrete ultrasonic image data acquisition transducer array (30, 32) disposed with respect to said housing; a transducer controller assembly disposed with respect to said housing and in electrical communication with each of said ultrasonic image data acquisition transducer arrays (30, 32); a communications assembly disposed with respect to said housing and in electrical communication with said transducer controller assembly; and selection means for indicating a selected one of said ultrasonic image data acquisition transducer arrays (30, 32) to said transducer controller assembly, wherein said transducer controller assembly provides transmit waveform data received by said communications assembly to said selected one of said ultrasonic image data acquisition transducer arrays (30, 32), said transducer controller assembly providing transducer signals from said selected one of said ultrasonic image data acquisition transducer arrays (30, 32) to said communications assembly, wherein the transducer controller assembly further comprises a temperature sensor arranged to activate an audio and/or visual alarm, when the temperature of the selected ultrasonic image data acquisition transducer array exceeds a predetermined threshold; and wherein the first discrete ultrasonic image data acquisition transducer array is disposed at the first end of the housing and the second discrete ultrasonic image data acquisition transducer array, which is of identical type as the first discrete ultrasonic image data acquisition transducer array, is disposed at the second end of the housing.