Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic diagnostic method
- Patent Title (中): 超声诊断仪和超声诊断方法
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Application No.: US11627667Application Date: 2007-01-26
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Publication No.: US08932225B2Publication Date: 2015-01-13
- Inventor: Tetsuya Kawagishi , Hiroyuki Ohuchi , Takeshi Sato , Makoto Hirama , Tomohisa Imamura
- Applicant: Tetsuya Kawagishi , Hiroyuki Ohuchi , Takeshi Sato , Makoto Hirama , Tomohisa Imamura
- 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: JP2006-017772 20060126
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00 ; A61B8/06 ; A61B8/08 ; G01S7/52 ; G01S15/89

Abstract:
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprises a first reception echo obtaining unit, a second reception echo obtaining unit, a reception echo combining unit, and an image generating unit. The first reception echo obtaining unit transmits a plurality of ultrasonic pulses having frequency spectra different from one another to an object, and obtains each of reception echoes corresponding to the plurality of ultrasonic pulses. The second reception echo obtaining unit transmits an ultrasonic pulse having the same frequency component characteristics as an combined pulse obtained by combining the plurality of ultrasonic pulses, and to obtain an reception echo. The reception echo combining unit combines the reception echoes obtained by the first reception echo obtaining unit and the reception echo obtained by the second reception echo obtaining unit to generate a combined signal. The image generating unit generates an image of echoes reflected from the object on the basis of the combined signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070197916A1 ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC METHOD Public/Granted day:2007-08-23
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