EP 1166148 A1 20020102 - DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME 3D SONOGRAPHY
Title (en)
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME 3D SONOGRAPHY
Title (de)
VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN FÜR DIE 3D-ECHTZEITSONOGRAPHIE
Title (fr)
PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF D'ECHOGRAPHIE 3D EN TEMPS REEL
Publication
Application
Priority
- DE 19915583 A 19990407
- EP 0002436 W 20000320
Abstract (en)
[origin: DE19915583A1] The invention relates to a device and a method for real-time 3D sonography. The inventive device comprises an ultrasound head, a signal processor and a display. The ultrasound head consists of at least one transmitter and at least three receivers independent therefrom. The positions of the receivers to the transmitters is known. The inventive device is characterised in that a signal processor consists of a signal generator for producing a transmission signal with any modulation function. The signal processor also consists of a correlator on each receiver which is connected to the signal generator respectively, a calculating unit for determining the paths of the transmission signal via the reflecting structure and to the receivers on each correlator and a calculating unit for determining the space co-ordinates of the reflecting structure, whereby each calculating unit is connected to the space co-ordinates for determining the paths of the transmission signal via the reflecting structure and to the receivers.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G01N 29/44 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); G03B 42/06 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G01S 15/8993 (2013.01); G03B 42/06 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 0062091A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DE 19915583 A1 20001012; CA 2366534 A1 20001019; CN 1354834 A 20020619; EP 1166148 A1 20020102; JP 2002540910 A 20021203; WO 0062091 A1 20001019
DOCDB simple family (application)
DE 19915583 A 19990407; CA 2366534 A 20000320; CN 00808609 A 20000320; EP 0002436 W 20000320; EP 00918814 A 20000320; JP 2000611102 A 20000320