ULTRASONIC IMAGING DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE

摘要

An ultrasonic probe 42 comprises an elongate structure having a longitudinal axis; a first array 50 of ultrasonic transducer elements extending along an outer surface of the elongate structure in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal axis; a second array 52 of ultrasonic transducer elements extending along the outer surface of the elongate structure in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal axis; and a third array 54 of ultrasonic transducer elements extending about the elongate structure in a direction so that it images a plane perpendicular to that imaged by at least one of the first array and the second array, the third array being disposed in a space between the first array and the second array. An electronics module 100 for use with the probe 42, and an additional probe 19, to produce internal images of a patients.