Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic imaging apparatus and method of controlling ultrasonic imaging apparatus
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Application No.: US15725918Application Date: 2017-10-05
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Publication No.: US10660606B2Publication Date: 2020-05-26
- Inventor: Naoto Adachi
- Applicant: SOCIONEXT INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Yokohama
- Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
- Current Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Yokohama
- Agency: Arent Fox LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@5757da2b
- Main IPC: A61B8/14
- IPC: A61B8/14 ; G01S15/89 ; A61B8/00 ; G10K11/34 ; A61B8/08 ; G01S7/52

Abstract:
An ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes a plurality of transducers aligned in an array, a select circuit configured to cause transducers selected from the plurality of transducers to transmit an ultrasonic pulse and receive received signals, respectively, and a digital signal processing circuit configured to perform a first operation of adding up an odd number of the received signals, arranged in an order corresponding to the aligned array, with delays that are symmetrical between two sides across a center that is a centrally located signal, and to perform a second operation of adding up an even number of the received signals, arranged in an order corresponding to the aligned array, with delays that are symmetrical between two sides across a center that is situated between two centrally located signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180042574A1 ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-02-15
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