Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasound signal processing device, ultrasound diagnostic device, and ultrasound signal processing method
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Application No.: US16460092Application Date: 2019-07-02
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Publication No.: US11744555B2Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Yasuhito Watanabe , Junko Yoshida
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: LUCAS & MERCANTI, LLP
- Priority: JP 18133457 2018.07.13
- Main IPC: A61B8/08
- IPC: A61B8/08 ; A61B8/14 ; A61B8/00 ; G01S15/89

Abstract:
An ultrasound signal processing device performs transmission events by an ultrasound probe having transducer elements, generates a sub-frame acoustic line signal for each transmission event based on reflected ultrasound, and synthesizes sub-frame acoustic line signals to generate a frame acoustic line signal. A transmitter causes the ultrasound probe to transmit ultrasound beams to an ultrasound main irradiation area. A receiver generates receive signals for the transducer elements. A delay-and-sum calculator sets a target area in the ultrasound main irradiation area, and performs delay-and-sum calculation with respect to the receive signals from measurement points in the target area to generate a sub-frame acoustic line signal. The target area has, in a depth range shallower than a focal point, a width in the transducer element array direction that decreases as the depth decreases. A synthesizer synthesizes sub-frame acoustic line signals.
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