Kjell Kristoffersen,Bruno Hans Haider,Thomas Halvorsroed,Steinar Bjaerum
申请号：
US11770126
公开号：
US08096951B2
申请日:
2007.06.28
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
An ultrasound system comprises a probe including a two-dimensional (2D) array of transducer elements that form an aperture having a plurality of receive elements that are configured to receive ultrasound signals. The transducer elements form at least one transmit sub-aperture that is configured to be interconnected with a fixed group of the transducer elements within the aperture. Transmitters generate electrical transmit signals, and at least one transmit sub-aperture processor (tx SAP) maps the transducer elements within the fixed group of the transducer elements to the transmitters in a transmit configuration based on a beam steering direction.
