SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVELY COOLING ULTRASOUND PROBE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide technique for actively cooling an ultrasound probe. SOLUTION: An ultrasound system 10 is provided for imaging an object. The ultrasound system 10 includes the ultrasound probe 52 for acquiring ultrasound data and a cooling subsystem 54 for actively removing heat from...

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Main Authors ROWELL SCOTT SMITH, HAIDER BRUNO HANS, SAJ CHESTER FRANK, YETTER CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN, BJAERUM STEINAR, SOGOIAN GEORGE CHARLES, ICOZ TUNC, BERGSTOEL SVEIN, KAISER STEPHEN ROYAL, BRUESTLE REINHOLD, BAUMGARTNER CHARLES EDWARD, ROBERT STEPHEN LEWANDOWSKI, WILDES DOUGLAS G
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 03.07.2008
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DIAGNOSIS
FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL
GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICALVIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
SURGERY
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide technique for actively cooling an ultrasound probe. SOLUTION: An ultrasound system 10 is provided for imaging an object. The ultrasound system 10 includes the ultrasound probe 52 for acquiring ultrasound data and a cooling subsystem 54 for actively removing heat from the ultrasound probe 52. The cooling subsystem 54 includes a pump 62 disposed within a reservoir 68 containing a coolant 64 and configured to circulate the coolant 64 through the ultrasound probe 52 via conduit. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20070319048