MULTIFREQUENCY ULTRASOUND PROBE

The invention relates to an ultrasound probe for use especially in medical diagnostics using ultrasonography. Said probe comprises an ultrasound sensor configured to generate an ultrasound send signal as a reaction to an electrical impulse and to receiving a receive signal reflected on an observatio...

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Hauptverfasser:	WIDENHORN, GEROLD, BRUCHER, RAINER, WIEST, ACHIM
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ACOUSTICS ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES DEAF-AID SETS DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES DIAGNOSIS ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKEACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS MEASURING MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICALVIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING,NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES SURGERY TESTING TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	The invention relates to an ultrasound probe for use especially in medical diagnostics using ultrasonography. Said probe comprises an ultrasound sensor configured to generate an ultrasound send signal as a reaction to an electrical impulse and to receiving a receive signal reflected on an observation medium. Said ultrasound sensor is held in a supporting device and fitted with coupling and transmission devices for sending the transmission signal into the observation medium. Said transmission signal is a multifrequency signal comprising at least two individual signals which are separate from each other in the frequency range. Said probe also comprises means to evaluate the reflected receive signal in relation to the individual signals. The ultrasound sensor has a single crystal for generating signals, which crystal is simultaneously and in a synchronized manner impinged upon by the multifrequency signal with several carrier frequencies in the proximity of its resonance frequency. On a back surface facing away from the observation medium, the single crystal has an adaptation element made of metal or glass which serves to influence the band width and/or resonance frequency in a predeterminable manner.