Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasound imaging apparatus and method of ultrasound imaging
- Patent Title (中): 超声成像设备及超声成像方法
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Application No.: US11109629Application Date: 2005-04-20
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Publication No.: US08926516B2Publication Date: 2015-01-06
- Inventor: Hiroyuki Tsujino
- Applicant: Hiroyuki Tsujino
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Otawara-shi
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Otawara-shi
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2004-124453 20040420
- Main IPC: A61B8/14
- IPC: A61B8/14 ; A61B8/00 ; A61B8/06 ; A61B8/08 ; G01S7/52 ; G01S15/10 ; G01S15/89

Abstract:
An ultrasound imaging apparatus comprises an ultrasonic probe configured to transmit and receive an ultrasonic wave and a controller configured to control the ultrasonic probe such that an ultrasonic wave for imaging a contrast agent injected into an object and an ultrasonic wave for imaging a tissue movement of the object are transmitted in time division. A method of ultrasound imaging comprises transmitting a first ultrasonic wave and a second ultrasonic wave which hardly destroys bubbles of a contrast agent, obtaining blood flow information based on a signal generated from the first ultrasonic wave, and obtaining tissue movement information based on a signal generated from the second ultrasonic wave.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050245828A1 Ultrasound imaging apparatus and method of ultrasound imaging Public/Granted day:2005-11-03
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