公开(公告)号：US20170135673A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-18

申请号：US14941688

申请日：2015-11-16

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Reinhold Bruestle ,  Stefan Denk ,  Scott William Easterbrook ,  Scott Daniel Cogan ,  Charles Edward Baumgartner

IPC: A61B8/00 ,  G01S7/52

CPC classification number: A61B8/4455 ,  A61B8/4281 ,  A61B8/56 ,  B06B1/0622 ,  G01S7/52079 ,  G01S15/8915

Abstract: A transducer probe is presented. The transducer probe includes a housing having at least one curved surface at a first end. Further, the transducer probe includes a transducer unit including a plurality of electro-acoustic modules and configured to emit ultrasound signals towards a target volume. Also, the transducer probe includes at least one interconnect configured to electrically couple the transducer unit to a probe cable. Furthermore, the transducer probe includes an acoustic standoff positioned between the transducer unit and the curved surface of the housing and configured to propagate the ultrasound signals with minimal attenuation, minimal refraction, or both.

公开(公告)号：US20150087988A1

公开(公告)日：2015-03-26

申请号：US14032392

申请日：2013-09-20

Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Inventor： Warren Lee ,  Bruno Hans Haider ,  Stephen Dodge Edwardsen ,  Geir Ultveit Haugen ,  Scott Cogan ,  Chester Saj ,  Christopher Yetter ,  Bjornar Sten-Nilsen ,  Shinichi Amemiya ,  Charles Edward Baumgartner

IPC: A61B8/00

CPC classification number: A61B8/4494 ,  A61B8/4411 ,  A61B8/4455 ,  B06B1/0622

Abstract: An ultrasound transducer array for an ultrasound probe is presented. The ultrasound transducer array includes a support structure. Further, the ultrasound transducer array includes a plurality of electro-acoustic modules coupled to the support structure, wherein each of the plurality of electro-acoustic modules comprises at least one matrix acoustic array and an interconnect element, wherein each of the plurality of electro-acoustic modules is interchangeable on the support structure so as to adapt to one or more shapes of the ultrasound probe, and wherein each of the plurality of electro-acoustic modules operates in a manner substantially identical to each other of the plurality of electro-acoustic modules.

Abstract translation: 提出了一种用于超声探头的超声波换能器阵列。 超声换能器阵列包括支撑结构。 此外，超声换能器阵列包括耦合到支撑结构的多个电声模块，其中多个电声模块中的每一个包括至少一个矩阵声阵列和互连元件，其中， 声学模块在支撑结构上是可互换的，以便适应于一个或多个形状的超声波探头，并且其中多个电声模块中的每一个以多个电声模块中的彼此基本相同的方式操作 。