Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus
US7044913B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 14, 2002 |
| Grant date | May 16, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 14, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S15/8988
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprises an ultrasound probe, a transmitter (including a transmitting pulse generator and a transmitting beamformer), a receiver (including a preamplifier and a receiving beamformer), a CFM processor (including a moving-element signal extractor and a velocity corrector), a tomographic image processor, and a display unit. The apparatus scans a desired section of a subject by transmitting and receiving an ultrasound pulse to and from the subject, and displays images obtained by the scanning. The velocity corrector comprises a pulsation-characterizing-velocity (velocities of a moving element) calculator, a representative velocity (reference velocity) calculator, and a corrector to correct the velocities of the moving element based on the standard velocity. The corrected velocity data is visualized on display unit. The ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus makes it possible to display the pulsatility of blood vessels in an easier and useful way.
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