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Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus having frame rate higher than TV frame rate

US5666955A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 14, 1995
Grant dateSep 16, 1997
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Expiry dateApr 14, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S7/52034
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus for displaying a subject moving at high speed, in slow motion. The apparatus has a circuit for picking up an ultrasonic image signal at a frame rate higher than a display frame rate, a circuit for writing the picked-up image signal at a frame rate higher than the display frame rate, a circuit for reading the image signal from the memory at the display frame rate, and a device for displaying the read image signal.

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