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Title:
ULTRASONIC PROBE AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE USING SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/061414
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
In order to enable an ultrasonic probe of an ultrasonic diagnosis device to obtain a high-quality image by reducing noise and interference between different subarrays without having to increase wiring area, the present invention is provided with: an ultrasonic probe that receives reflected waves from a subject at which ultrasonic waves transmitted from an ultrasonic diagnostic device equipped with the ultrasonic probe have been directed; and a main device that controls the transmission and reception of the ultrasonic waves from the ultrasonic probe, and that, upon receipt of a reception signal indicating that the reflected waves from the subject have been received by the ultrasonic probe, generates an ultrasound image and displays the ultrasound image on a display screen, wherein the ultrasonic probe has multiple reference power supplies and multiple subarrays each of which has multiple element circuits for transmission and reception of ultrasonic signals, while the multiple subarrays are paired with the multiple reference power supplies in one-to-one manner.

Inventors:
KATSUBE YUSAKU (JP)
NAKAGAWA TATSUO (JP)
OKUMA YASUYUKI (JP)
NAKAMURA YOHEI (JP)
TERADA TAKAHIDE (JP)
KAJIYAMA SHINYA (JP)
NISHIMOTO TAKUMA (JP)
IGARASHI YUTAKA (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2016/079455
Publication Date:
April 13, 2017
Filing Date:
October 04, 2016
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Assignee:
HITACHI LTD (JP)
International Classes:
A61B8/14
Foreign References:
JP2011098072A2011-05-19
JP2008252436A2008-10-16
JP4557575B22010-10-06
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SEIRYO I.P.C. (JP)
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