Title:
超音波診断装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4377495
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus for obtaining an ultrasound image of a subject into which an ultrasound contrast agent mainly composed of microbubbles is injected, comprising a probe configured to transmit/receive an ultrasound wave to/from the subject, a transmission circuit configured to drive the probe to transmit an ultrasound wave while sequentially changing a direction of an ultrasound transmission line, a reception circuit configured to generate reception line data of the number of parallel reception from ultrasound echo signals obtained by one ultrasound wave transmission, a transmission/reception control circuit configured to control the transmission and reception circuits to change the number of parallel reception during a scan sequence for generating a 1-frame ultrasound image, and an image processing unit configured to generate an ultrasound image on the basis of the reception line data.
Inventors:
Naohisa Kamiyama
Application Number:
JP30938199A
Publication Date:
December 02, 2009
Filing Date:
October 29, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Toshiba Corporation
International Classes:
A61B8/08; A61B8/00; A61B8/02; A61B8/06
Domestic Patent References:
| JP57164044A | ||||
| JP2147052A | ||||
| JP8182680A | ||||
| JP924047A | ||||
| JP9164138A | ||||
| JP10118063A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takehiko Suzue
Sadao Muramatsu
Ryo Hashimoto
Satoshi Kono
Makoto Nakamura
Shoji Kawai
Sadao Muramatsu
Ryo Hashimoto
Satoshi Kono
Makoto Nakamura
Shoji Kawai