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Title:
ULTRASONIC TRANSMITTER-RECEIVER AND ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2004283474
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an ultrasonic transmitter-receiver or the like capable of obtaining high quality ultrasonic images with reduced effect of side lobes.

The ultrasonic transmitter-receiver includes: an ultrasonic transducer array 10 including a plurality of ultrasonic transducers; a drive signal generating unit 14 for generating drive signals for driving the plurality of ultrasonic transducers respectively; a transmission control unit 13 for controlling the drive signal generating unit such that ultrasonic waves transmitted from the plurality of ultrasonic transducers form at least one ultrasonic beam; a reception control unit 24 for performing a reception focusing processing on a plurality of detection signals obtained based on ultrasonic echoes to form a reception focal point thereby obtaining a plurality of measurement data; a storage unit 31 for storing a plurality of different acoustic pressure intensity profiles; and an original data calculating unit 32 for calculating image data based on the plurality of measurement data and the plurality of different acoustic pressure intensity profiles.


Inventors:
OGAWA EIJI
Application Number:
JP2003081316A
Publication Date:
October 14, 2004
Filing Date:
March 24, 2003
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Assignee:
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO LTD
International Classes:
G01N29/26; A61B8/00; G01S7/52; G01S15/89; H04R1/32; H04R3/00; (IPC1-7): A61B8/00; G01N29/26; G01S15/89; H04R1/32; H04R3/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Atsushi Watanabe
Masaaki Utsunomiya