Ultrasound Array and Electrode Array for Hall Effect Imaging
Description of Invention:
Recent developments in ultrasound probe design and ultrasound detector array
technology have provided means for optimal ultrasound signal detection and 2D/3D
image reconstruction in Hall Effect Imaging (HEI). The new developments include an
electrode array, and an ultrasound array configured and controlled to provide rapid
image acquisition with high contrast and definition. The electrode array contains
split electrodes that control the direction of the electrical currents responsible for
2D/3D image generation. The ultrasound array contains shielded ultrasound
sensors which overcome the problem of electromagnetically induced ultrasonic
noise that interferes with data acquisition. In this design each element of the
ultrasound array is connected to a commercially-available preamplifier which can be
coupled to a separate channel of data acquisition circuitry, or digitizer that allows for
digital data acquisition.
Inventors:
Han Wen Robert S Balaban (NHLBI)
Patent Status:
DHHS Reference No. E-093-1998/0 Licensing Status: This technology is no longer available for licensing.
For Additional Information Please Contact: Chekesha S. Clingman Ph.D.
NIH Office of Technology Transfer
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