KR980000366A - 초음파영상구성의 3차원 스캔을 위한 초음파 변환기 소자의 2차원-어레이 방법 - Google Patents

초음파영상구성의 3차원 스캔을 위한 초음파 변환기 소자의 2차원-어레이 방법 Download PDF

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KR980000366A
KR980000366A KR1019960023662A KR19960023662A KR980000366A KR 980000366 A KR980000366 A KR 980000366A KR 1019960023662 A KR1019960023662 A KR 1019960023662A KR 19960023662 A KR19960023662 A KR 19960023662A KR 980000366 A KR980000366 A KR 980000366A
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본 발명은 초음파 3차원 영상진단장치에서 3차원 스캔을 위한 변환소자들의 2차원 어레이 방법에 관한 것으로서, 특히 변환소자들을 원형의그리드상에 배치하여 적은 변환소자들을 사용하고도 3차원 스캔을 효과적으로 수행할 수 있도록 하는 2차원 어레이 방법에 관한 것이다.

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초음파영상구성의 3차원 스캔을 위한 초음파 변환기 소자의 2차원-어레이 방법
본 내용은 요부공개 건이므로 전문내용을 수록하지 않았음

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  1. 초음파 3차원 영상진단장치에서 3차원 스캔을 위한 2차원 변환소자들의 어레이 방법에 있어서, 원형의 그리드상에 소자들을 배열하는 것임을 특징으로 하는 2차원 어레이 방법.
  2. 제1항에 있어서, 상기한 소자들은 일정한 관계식에 의한 거리만큼씩 떨어진 원상에 배열하고, 각 원상에서 첫 번째 소자는 임의의 위치에 위치하고 나머지 소자들은 동일한 현길이를 갖는 곳에 위치하는 것임을 특징으로 하는 2차원 어레이방법.
  3. 제2항에 있어서, 상기한 소자들은 다음의 관계식에 따른 Nc개의 원형 어퍼쳐들 사이의 원상에 위치하는 것임을 특징으로 하는 2차원 어레이 방법,
    Ri-Ri-1=2Ri=상수, i=3,4, Nc
    여기서, Ri는 i번째 원의 반지름이다.
    ※ 참고사항 : 최초출원 내용에 의하여 공개하는 것임.
KR1019960023662A 1996-06-25 1996-06-25 초음파 3차원 영상화를 위한 초음파변환기 변환소자의 2차원 배열구조 KR100197581B1 (ko)

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KR1019960023662A KR100197581B1 (ko) 1996-06-25 1996-06-25 초음파 3차원 영상화를 위한 초음파변환기 변환소자의 2차원 배열구조
JP9144265A JP2989782B2 (ja) 1996-06-25 1997-06-02 超音波３次元映像化のための２次元アレイトランスデューサの変換素子配列構造
EP97304320A EP0816867B1 (en) 1996-06-25 1997-06-19 Transducer element alignment structure in two dimensional array transducer for forming ultrasonic three dimensional images
DE69700860T DE69700860T2 (de) 1996-06-25 1997-06-19 Anordnungsstruktur der Wandler-Elemente in einem zweidimensionalen Transducer für dreidimensionale Bilder
US08/881,058 US5893832A (en) 1996-06-25 1997-06-24 Transducer element alignment structure in two-dimensional transducer array for forming ultra-sonic three-dimensional images

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