DE69628810D1 - Echtzeit- verteilte Berechnungsanordnung von Strahlenbündelverzögerungen in einem Ultraschall-Abbildungssystem - Google Patents

Echtzeit- verteilte Berechnungsanordnung von Strahlenbündelverzögerungen in einem Ultraschall-Abbildungssystem

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DE69628810D1
DE69628810D1 DE69628810T DE69628810T DE69628810D1 DE 69628810 D1 DE69628810 D1 DE 69628810D1 DE 69628810 T DE69628810 T DE 69628810T DE 69628810 T DE69628810 T DE 69628810T DE 69628810 D1 DE69628810 D1 DE 69628810D1
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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
DE69628810T 1995-12-29 1996-12-19 Echtzeit- verteilte Berechnungsanordnung von Strahlenbündelverzögerungen in einem Ultraschall-Abbildungssystem Expired - Lifetime DE69628810T2 (de)

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US08/581,667 US5653236A (en) 1995-12-29 1995-12-29 Apparatus for real-time distributed computation of beamforming delays in ultrasound imaging system

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