Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasound diagnostic device and control method for the same
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Application No.: US15052132Application Date: 2016-02-24
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Publication No.: US10080547B2Publication Date: 2018-09-25
- Inventor: Yasuhito Watanabe
- Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Holtz, Holtz & Volek PC
- Priority: JP2015-035710 20150225
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00 ; G01S7/52

Abstract:
An ultrasound diagnostic device to which an ultrasound probe having a plurality of transducer elements is connectable. The ultrasound diagnostic device includes ultrasound signal processing circuitry operating as: a delay-and-sum processor; a determiner; and a velocity value calculator. The determiner determines whether adjustment of a velocity value for a partial area in a subject is necessary, based on acoustic line signal intensities for a specific measurement point in the partial area and other measurement points in the partial area. The specific measurement point is selected from among measurement points in the partial area based on acoustic line signals for the measurement points in the partial area. The velocity value calculator, when the determiner determines that velocity value adjustment is necessary, calculates an adjusted velocity value for the partial area by using the acoustic line signal for the specific measurement point.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160245905A1 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME Public/Granted day:2016-08-25
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