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Ultrasonic inspection and imaging instrument

US5481917A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 24, 1994
Grant dateJan 9, 1996
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Expiry dateAug 24, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N29/0618
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A scanning range of an object under examination is divided into m pieces (m is an integer equal to or more than 2) in a subscanning direction. One measurement condition or one parameter is set in m steps, and an ultrasonic measurement is performed on the object under examination while allotting successively the m-stepped measurement conditions or the m-stepped parameters to the respective scanning regions divided in the subscanning direction. A plurality of measurement images obtained under the m-stepped measurement conditions are displayed so as to permit comparison on a screen, and one of the m-stepped measurement conditions or m-stepped parameters which corresponds to an image selected from the displayed screen is set as the measurement condition.

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