A medical imaging assembly includes an elongated catheter having a connector at the proximal end; an array of transducers on the distal end of the catheter; conductors electrically coupled to the array of transducers and in electrical communication with the connector of the catheter; and a control unit coupleable to the catheter to send and receive electrical signals between the control unit and the array of transducers through the connector of the catheter. The control unit has a processor to execute instructions including 1) selecting a first subset of M transmitting transducers and a second subset of N receiving transducers from the array of transducers, where N>M; and 2) for each of at least N transmit/receive cycles, a) directing the first subset of M transmitting transducers to transmit an acoustic signal; and b) directing the second subset of N receiving transducers to receive corresponding echo signals.
申请公布号
EP2962124(A2)
申请公布日期
2016.01.06
申请号
EP20140712075
申请日期
2014.02.27
申请人
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
发明人
THOMAS, LEWIS, JONES, III;LI, WENGUANG;CAI, ANMING, HE