DE68907694T2 - Vorrichtung zum Fokussieren eines Ultraschallbündels in drei Dimensionen. - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum Fokussieren eines Ultraschallbündels in drei Dimensionen.

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DE68907694T2
DE68907694T2 DE89202826T DE68907694T DE68907694T2 DE 68907694 T2 DE68907694 T2 DE 68907694T2 DE 89202826 T DE89202826 T DE 89202826T DE 68907694 T DE68907694 T DE 68907694T DE 68907694 T2 DE68907694 T2 DE 68907694T2
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focusing
dimensions
ultrasound bundle
ultrasound
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Patrick Societe Civile Pesque
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Koninklijke Philips NV
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Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken NV
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10K—SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G10K11/00—Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound in general; Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general
    • G10K11/18—Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound
    • G10K11/26—Sound-focusing or directing, e.g. scanning
    • G10K11/34—Sound-focusing or directing, e.g. scanning using electrical steering of transducer arrays, e.g. beam steering
    • G10K11/341—Circuits therefor
    • G10K11/346—Circuits therefor using phase variation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S15/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of acoustic waves, e.g. sonar systems
    • G01S15/88—Sonar systems specially adapted for specific applications
    • G01S15/89—Sonar systems specially adapted for specific applications for mapping or imaging
    • G01S15/8906—Short-range imaging systems; Acoustic microscope systems using pulse-echo techniques
    • G01S15/8909—Short-range imaging systems; Acoustic microscope systems using pulse-echo techniques using a static transducer configuration
    • G01S15/8929—Short-range imaging systems; Acoustic microscope systems using pulse-echo techniques using a static transducer configuration using a three-dimensional transducer configuration
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S128/00—Surgery
    • Y10S128/916—Ultrasound 3-D imaging
DE89202826T 1988-11-10 1989-11-08 Vorrichtung zum Fokussieren eines Ultraschallbündels in drei Dimensionen. Expired - Fee Related DE68907694T2 (de)

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FR8814686A FR2638884B1 (fr) 1988-11-10 1988-11-10 Dispositif de focalisation tridimensionnelle d'un faisceau ultrasonore

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DE68907694T2 true DE68907694T2 (de) 1994-02-10

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US (1) US5027820A (de)
EP (1) EP0368418B1 (de)
JP (1) JP2851005B2 (de)
DE (1) DE68907694T2 (de)
FR (1) FR2638884B1 (de)
IL (1) IL92241A0 (de)

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DE68907694D1 (de) 1993-08-26
IL92241A0 (en) 1990-07-26
US5027820A (en) 1991-07-02
FR2638884B1 (fr) 1990-12-28
EP0368418B1 (de) 1993-07-21
JP2851005B2 (ja) 1999-01-27
EP0368418A1 (de) 1990-05-16
JPH02183189A (ja) 1990-07-17
FR2638884A1 (fr) 1990-05-11

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8364 No opposition during term of opposition
8327 Change in the person/name/address of the patent owner

Owner name: PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V., EINDHOVEN, NL

8327 Change in the person/name/address of the patent owner

Owner name: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V., EINDHOVEN, N

8320 Willingness to grant licences declared (paragraph 23)
8339 Ceased/non-payment of the annual fee