| 摘要 |
The present technique provides for the manufacture and/or use of an ultrasound probe configured to acquire non-imaging data in addition to imaging data. In particular, the ultrasound probe includes a micro-machined ultrasound transducer formed on the surface of a substrate using micro-electric mechanical systems techniques or other techniques associated with semiconductor processing. Non-imaging sensors are formed on the substrate, either on the surface or the interior, or on a substrate proximate to the substrate upon which the transducer is formed. The non-imaging sensors may be used to acquire non-imaging data in conjunction with the acquisition of imaging data by the transducer.
|
