JP6396508B2 - 超音波トランスデューサアセンブリ - Google Patents

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JP6396508B2
JP6396508B2 JP2016571714A JP2016571714A JP6396508B2 JP 6396508 B2 JP6396508 B2 JP 6396508B2 JP 2016571714 A JP2016571714 A JP 2016571714A JP 2016571714 A JP2016571714 A JP 2016571714A JP 6396508 B2 JP6396508 B2 JP 6396508B2
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レンズ アントニア コルネリア ファン
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    • A61B8/4494Constructional features of the ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic diagnostic device characterised by features of the ultrasound transducer characterised by the arrangement of the transducer elements
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    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01SRADIO 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
    • G01S15/00Systems using the reflection or reradiation of acoustic waves, e.g. sonar systems
    • G01S15/88Sonar systems specially adapted for specific applications
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    • G01S15/8906Short-range imaging systems; Acoustic microscope systems using pulse-echo techniques
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    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01SRADIO 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
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    • G01SRADIO 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
    • G01S7/00Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00
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    • G01S7/52017Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S15/00 particularly adapted to short-range imaging
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    • G10K11/34Sound-focusing or directing, e.g. scanning using electrical steering of transducer arrays, e.g. beam steering
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    • G10K11/346Circuits therefor using phase variation

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