Bruno Hans Haider,David Martin Mills,Scott William Easterbrook,Todor Sheljaskow
申请号：
US15287206
公开号：
US20180098750A1
申请日:
2016.10.06
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要：
Methods and systems are provided for ultrasound transducers with variable pitch. In one embodiment, an ultrasound probe comprises a plurality of transducer elements arranged in an array, wherein a pitch between adjacent transducer elements increases from a first pitch in a center of the array to a second pitch at an edge of the array, and wherein the pitch gradually varies between the first pitch and second pitch for transducer elements positioned between the center and the edge. In this way, an ultrasound probe can be operated in multiple modes while avoiding image artifacts caused by an abrupt change in pitch.
