SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONICALLY ALTERING ULTRASOUND SCAN LINE ORIGIN FOR A THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND SYSTEM

摘要

A system and method for individually varying the orientation of scan lines in at least two dimensions in an ultrasound scan are disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention includes a system for generating a three-dimensional ultrasound volume scan, comprising a transducer probe having elements arranged in a plurality of dimensions and a system controller capable of generating a scan line apparently emanating from a location other than the geographic center of the transducer probe.