Patent · US Expired

Ultrasonic echogram display

US4031743A · kind A · utility

12Cited by
3References
6Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJan 15, 1976
Grant dateJun 28, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 15, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S367/90
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of pulse-echo ultrasonic examination of an object particularly in medical diagnostic examination, comprises the stepwise increase of the gain of the equipment to compensate for loss of energy as echoes are received from reflecting surfaces deeper within the object and cyclic alteration of the gain at each step.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.