Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and reception focusing processing method
- Patent Title (中): 超声波诊断装置和接收聚焦处理方法
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Application No.: US12656759Application Date: 2010-02-16
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Publication No.: US08282556B2Publication Date: 2012-10-09
- Inventor: Yuji Kondo
- Applicant: Yuji Kondo
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
- Current Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Edwards Neils PLLC
- Agent Jean C. Edwards, Esq.
- Priority: JP2009-033784 20090217
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00

Abstract:
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus realizes reception focusing processing of performing high-accuracy phase-matching and addition on complex baseband signals by using more continuous amounts of delay than those in conventional reception focusing processing. The apparatus includes: a signal processing unit for generating a complex baseband signal based on a reception signal outputted from each of ultrasonic transducers; a first computing unit for obtaining an amplitude value and a phase value of the complex baseband signal; a phase correcting unit for correcting the phase value; a second computing unit for obtaining a real number component or an imaginary number component of the complex baseband signal based on the amplitude value and the corrected phase value; and an adding unit for adding real number components or imaginary number components of complex baseband signals obtained with respect to the ultrasonic transducers to generate a phase-matched and added signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100210944A1 Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and reception focusing processing method Public/Granted day:2010-08-19
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