US 12,303,324 B2
Method of medical imaging using multiple arrays
Matthew McGrath, New York, NY (US); and Evan Alexander Dewhirst, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Faction Imaging Inc., Dover, DE (US)
Appl. No. 17/058,976
Filed by Faction Imaging Inc., New York, NY (US)
PCT Filed May 31, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/035019
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 25, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/232451, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/678,868, filed on May 31, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/678,854, filed on May 31, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/678,885, filed on May 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0228186 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/06 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01); A61B 5/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/132 (2006.01); A61M 5/42 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/085 (2013.01) [A61B 8/06 (2013.01); A61B 8/4245 (2013.01); A61B 8/4281 (2013.01); A61B 8/4477 (2013.01); A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/466 (2013.01); A61B 8/483 (2013.01); A61B 8/488 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 90/50 (2016.02); A61B 5/150083 (2013.01); A61B 5/150748 (2013.01); A61B 17/1322 (2013.01); A61B 2034/107 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2048 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2063 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2090/502 (2016.02); A61M 5/427 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical imaging system comprising:
a first imager comprising:
a first array of transducers on a first surface;
a second array of transducers located on a distal surface of the first imager, the first surface being inclined to the distal surface,
wherein waves generated by at least two of the first and second arrays of transducers are configured to contact each other to generate a first volumetric image data set of an anatomical site; and
a second imager comprising:
a third array of transducers located on a distal face of the second imager, the third array being configured to generate a second volumetric image data set of the anatomical site; and
a second surface transverse to the distal face of the second imager,
wherein the first surface of the first imager is transverse to the second surface of the second imager such that when the first surface is oriented towards the second surface, the first surface and the second surface define a gap; and
a display screen configured to display an anatomical volumetric image data set of the anatomical site,
wherein the first and second arrays generate the first volumetric image data set and the third array generates the second volumetric image data set, the anatomical volumetric image data set being defined by the first and second volumetric image data sets, the anatomical volumetric imaging data set including anatomical features within the anatomical site.