Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic diagnosing apparatus
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Application No.: US13865797Application Date: 2013-04-18
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Publication No.: US09320499B2Publication Date: 2016-04-26
- Inventor: Hiroshi Fukukita , Yoshihiko Itoh
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP
- Priority: JP2007-332082 20071225; JP2008-028808 20080208; JP2008-042480 20080225
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00 ; G01S7/52 ; G01S15/89

Abstract:
An ultrasonic diagnosing apparatus includes: a transducer array 1 composed of arrayed transducer elements T1 to T6 for transmitting ultrasound; driving circuits D1A to D6A each provided for transmission channels for driving each of the transducer elements; a transmission trigger generator 2 for generating a trigger pulse for controlling each of the driving circuits; a parallel reception beam former 3 for processing reception signals from the transducer elements; a signal processor 4 for processing an output signal of the parallel reception beam former; and a control unit 5 for controlling the transmission trigger generator, the parallel reception beam former and the signal processor. The transmission trigger generator controls the width of the trigger pulse independently for each of the transmission channels to cause the driving circuit to output a driving pulse approximating a predetermined weighting value assigned to an output amplitude of each of the transmission channels in a transmission aperture of the transducer array. A circuit for forming a trapezoidal transmission beam for increasing a data acquisition rate by using parallel reception beams can be configured at low cost by using pulse amplifiers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130231570A1 ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2013-09-05
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