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Imaging apparatus for diagnosis and program

US10849595B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 1, 2015
Grant dateDec 1, 2020
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Expiry dateJul 23, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B8/54
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An imaging apparatus is disclosed for diagnosis including a plurality of transmitting and receiving units, an error of a scale of a tomographic image to be generated is reduced. The imaging apparatus can include including acquisition means for acquiring a propagation velocity of an ultrasound signal of a flushing liquid, generation means for generating ultrasound line data based on the propagation velocity of the ultrasound signal in a blood vessel tissue, and conversion means for converting positional information of each position within a range in which the flushing liquid flows regarding the ultrasound line data generated by the generation means based on a ratio between the propagation velocity in the blood vessel tissue and the propagation velocity in the flushing liquid. A tomographic image of a blood vessel is constructed by using the ultrasound line data converted by the conversion means.

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