公开(公告)号：US4787393A

公开(公告)日：1988-11-29

申请号：US932828

申请日：1986-11-20

申请人： Hiroshi Fukukita ,  Shinichiro Ueno ,  Tsutomu Yano

发明人： Hiroshi Fukukita ,  Shinichiro Ueno ,  Tsutomu Yano

IPC分类号： A61B8/14 ,  G01S7/52 ,  A61B10/00

CPC分类号： G01S7/52074 ,  A61B8/14

摘要： An ultrasonic tomographic diagnosis apparatus suitable for skin disease displays a first ultrasonic tomographic image (12) of an object of a fairly broad area, wherein sizes in depthwise direction (X in FIG. 1) displayed in an enlarged scale in relation to sizes in a direction (Y in FIG. 1) on the skin surface, and further a second ultrasonic tomographic image (13) of an object wherein sizes in depthwise direction and sizes in the direction on the skin surface are displayed in substantially proportional to actual size relations, for a selected part marked by a marker (14) on the first tomographic image (12).While specific embodiments of the invention have been illustrated and described herein, it is realized that modifications and changes will occur to those skilled in the art. It is therefore to be understood that the appended claims are intended to cover all modifications and changes as fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention.

摘要翻译： 适用于皮肤病的超声波断层摄影诊断装置显示相当宽的区域的物体的第一超声波断层摄影图像（12），其中在深度方向（图1中的X）中的尺寸相对于 方向（图1中的Y），以及进一步的物体的第二超声波断层图像（13），其中以与实际尺寸关系基本成比例的方式显示在皮肤表面上的方向上的深度方向和尺寸的尺寸， 对于由所述第一断层图像（12）上的标记（14）标记的选定部分。 尽管在本文中已经说明和描述了本发明的具体实施例，但是认识到本领域技术人员将想到修改和改变。 因此，应当理解，所附权利要求旨在覆盖落入本发明的真实精神和范围内的所有修改和变化。

公开(公告)号：US4817615A

公开(公告)日：1989-04-04

申请号：US941221

申请日：1986-12-12

申请人： Hiroshi Fukukita ,  Shinichiro Ueno ,  Masayuki Tone ,  Tsutomu Yano

发明人： Hiroshi Fukukita ,  Shinichiro Ueno ,  Masayuki Tone ,  Tsutomu Yano

IPC分类号： G01H5/00 ,  G01S7/52 ,  A61B10/00

CPC分类号： G01S7/52036 ,  A61B5/01 ,  A61B8/5223 ,  G01H5/00 ,  G01S7/52026

摘要： An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus detects variations of an acoustic characteristic to obtain the fluctuation of temperature within a body to be examined. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasonic transducer for transmitting an ultrasonic wave and receiving the reflected ultrasonic wave which is in turn converted into an electric signal. The signal is phase-detected in accordance with a plurality of gate intervals or a plurality of window interval to detect a phase difference therebetween. The relative variation of velocity dispersion before and after heating of the body is obtained on the basis of the phase variation resulting from the variation of the ultrasonic drive frequency.

公开(公告)号：US5161537A

公开(公告)日：1992-11-10

申请号：US672413

申请日：1991-03-20

申请人： Masahiko Hashimoto ,  Shinichiro Ueno ,  Hiroshi Fukukita ,  Tsutomu Yano ,  Akihisa Adachi

发明人： Masahiko Hashimoto ,  Shinichiro Ueno ,  Hiroshi Fukukita ,  Tsutomu Yano ,  Akihisa Adachi

IPC分类号： A61B8/00 ,  G01S15/89

CPC分类号： A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/4494 ,  G01S15/8918

摘要： An ultrasonic probe has an elongated form with an end. A transducer element array is disposed in the probe for emitting ultrasonic wave frontward with respect to the end of the probe and receiving echo ultrasonic waves. The transducer element array converts the received echo ultrasonic waves into corresponding electric echo signals. The electric echo signals are processed according to a predetermined aperture synthesis technique, and thereby an image signal is generated on the basis of the electric echo signals. An image of a region in front of the end of the probe is reproduced in response to the image signal.

公开(公告)号：US4844082A

公开(公告)日：1989-07-04

申请号：US153403

申请日：1988-02-08

申请人： Hiroshi Fukukita ,  Shinichiro Ueno ,  Tsutomu Yano ,  Nobuaki Furuya

发明人： Hiroshi Fukukita ,  Shinichiro Ueno ,  Tsutomu Yano ,  Nobuaki Furuya

IPC分类号： G01H5/00 ,  G01S7/52 ,  G01S15/89

CPC分类号： G01S7/52022 ,  G01H5/00 ,  G01S15/8952 ,  G01S7/52025 ,  G01S7/52036 ,  G01N2291/02491

摘要： The present invention relates to an ultrasonic examination apparatus which transmits ultrasonic waves into a body to be examined and receives the echo signals therefrom for examination of the inside of the body. The ultrasonic examination apparatus measures acoustic characteristics such as nonlinear parameter within the body using the fact that the characteristic of the reception ultrasonic wave from the inside of the body is varied in accordance with variation of the characteristics within the body. The ultrasonic examination apparatus has first and second ultrasonic transducers for transmitting first ultrasonic pulse and second ultrasonic pulse, respectively. The frequency of the second ultrasonic pulse from the second ultrasonic transducer is higher than that of the first ultrasonic transducer. The first and second ultrasonic pulses are superimposed and transmitted into the body. The phase relation of the first and second ultrasonic pulses is controlled so that the modulation characteristic of the reception signal based on the non-linear effect assumes the maximum.

公开(公告)号：US4936308A

公开(公告)日：1990-06-26

申请号：US265519

申请日：1988-11-01

申请人： Hiroshi Fukukita ,  Shinichiro Ueno

发明人： Hiroshi Fukukita ,  Shinichiro Ueno

IPC分类号： G01K11/24 ,  A61B5/01 ,  A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/08 ,  G01N29/00 ,  G01N29/28 ,  G01S15/89

CPC分类号： A61B5/416 ,  A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/5223 ,  G01S15/8977 ,  G01S7/52022 ,  A61B5/015 ,  G01S15/8952

摘要： An acoustic characteristic measurement method comprising transmitting into a specimen an ultrasonic probe pulse and a pulse formed by the superposition of the probe pulse centroid on a pump pulse of a lower frequency than that of the probe pulse at a portion where the particle acceleration of the pump pulse is at a peak, receiving reflections of the transmitted signal from two or more reflecting points that are at different depths in the specimen, frequency-analyzing the received signals and obtaining a spectral ratio, and using the spectral ratio to measure the distribution in the specimen of the degree of spectral separation and the crossover frequency.

摘要翻译： 一种声学特性测量方法，包括：在所述泵的粒子加速度的部分处，将超声波探针脉冲和由所述探针脉冲重心叠加的脉冲发射到比所述探针脉冲低的泵脉冲的泵浦脉冲 脉冲处于峰值，接收来自样本中不同深度的两个或多个反射点的发射信号的反射，对接收到的信号进行频谱分析并获得频谱比，并且使用频谱比来测量在 光谱分离度和交越频率的标本。

公开(公告)号：US4552152A

公开(公告)日：1985-11-12

申请号：US513323

申请日：1983-07-13

申请人： Ryobun Tachita ,  Tsutomu Yano ,  Hiroshi Fukukita ,  Kuniaki Fukaya ,  Akira Fukumoto

发明人： Ryobun Tachita ,  Tsutomu Yano ,  Hiroshi Fukukita ,  Kuniaki Fukaya ,  Akira Fukumoto

IPC分类号： A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/06 ,  A61B10/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/06

摘要： Ultrasonic echo signals are detected in phase and integrated with a period corresponding to an ultrasonic pulse. The integrated values are sampled and the difference between two integrated values is successively frequency-analyzed.

摘要翻译： 超声波回波信号被相位检测并且与对应于超声脉冲的周期集成。 对积分值进行采样，并对两个积分值之间的差值进行连续频率分析。

公开(公告)号：US4440025A

公开(公告)日：1984-04-03

申请号：US277816

申请日：1981-06-26

申请人： Yoshihiro Hayakawa ,  Tsutomu Yano ,  Ryobun Tachita ,  Hiroshi Fukukita ,  Kazuyoshi Irioka ,  Akira Fukumoto

发明人： Yoshihiro Hayakawa ,  Tsutomu Yano ,  Ryobun Tachita ,  Hiroshi Fukukita ,  Kazuyoshi Irioka ,  Akira Fukumoto

IPC分类号： H04R17/00 ,  A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/14 ,  B06B1/06 ,  G01S7/521 ,  G01S7/523 ,  G01S15/89 ,  G10K11/02 ,  G10K11/30 ,  G10K11/32 ,  G10K11/34 ,  G01N29/00

CPC分类号： G01S15/892 ,  B06B1/0633 ,  G10K11/02 ,  G10K11/32

摘要： An ultrasonic transducer array for arc scan imaging systems comprises a plurality of elongated piezoelectric transducers arranged successively to define a convexed energy radiating surface. A plano-concave acoustic diverging lens is attached to the convexed surface to diverge the acoustic energy transmitted from the transducers in an increased steering angle. The transducers are assembled on an impedance matching layer which defines the convexed radiating surface. The acoustic impedance of the diverging lens is substantially equal to the acoustic impedance of the human body, while the acoustic impedance of the impedance matching layer is greater than that of the human body.

摘要翻译： 用于电弧扫描成像系统的超声换能器阵列包括多个细长的压电换能器，其连续布置以限定凸起的能量辐射表面。 平凹声扩散透镜附着到凸起的表面上，以在增加的转向角度上分离从换能器传递的声能。 换能器组装在限定凸起辐射表面的阻抗匹配层上。 发散透镜的声阻抗基本上等于人体的声阻抗，而阻抗匹配层的声阻抗大于人体的声阻抗。

公开(公告)号：US4423737A

公开(公告)日：1984-01-03

申请号：US231935

申请日：1981-02-04

申请人： Tsutomu Yano ,  Yoshihiro Hayakawa ,  Ryobun Tachita ,  Kazuyoshi Irioka ,  Hiroshi Fukukita ,  Akira Fukumoto

发明人： Tsutomu Yano ,  Yoshihiro Hayakawa ,  Ryobun Tachita ,  Kazuyoshi Irioka ,  Hiroshi Fukukita ,  Akira Fukumoto

IPC分类号： A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/08 ,  A61B8/14 ,  G01S7/52 ,  G01S15/89 ,  A61B10/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/14 ,  G01S15/8918 ,  G01S7/52074

摘要： Ultrasonic echo signals are successively sampled and converted to digital echo data which are written into a first digital memory column by column and then read out row by row into a first buffer memory. The digital echo data which are derived in response to beams successively transmitted in a predetermined direction are written into columns of a second digital memory and read out of the memory in rows into a second buffer memory. The data stored in the first and second buffer memories are read out for digital-to-analog conversion and selectively applied within a television "frame" interval to control electron beam intensity of a single cathode ray tube so as to present tomographic and cardiographic images in different display areas of the tube.

摘要翻译： 超声波回波信号被连续采样并转换成数字回波数据，数字回波数据逐列地写入第一数字存储器，然后逐行读出到第一缓冲存储器中。 响应于沿预定方向连续发送的波束而导出的数字回波数据被写入第二数字存储器的列，并以行的形式从存储器读出到第二缓冲存储器中。 读出存储在第一和第二缓冲存储器中的数据进行数模转换，并选择性地施加在电视“帧”间隔内以控制单个阴极射线管的电子束强度，以便将断层摄影和心电图像呈现在 管的不同显示区域。

公开(公告)号：US4348902A

公开(公告)日：1982-09-14

申请号：US206827

申请日：1980-11-14

申请人： Ryobun Tachita ,  Yoshihiro Hayakawa ,  Kazuyoshi Irioka ,  Hiroshi Fukukita ,  Tsutomu Yano ,  Akira Fukumoto

发明人： Ryobun Tachita ,  Yoshihiro Hayakawa ,  Kazuyoshi Irioka ,  Hiroshi Fukukita ,  Tsutomu Yano ,  Akira Fukumoto

IPC分类号： A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/14 ,  G01S7/52 ,  G01N29/00

CPC分类号： G01S7/52063

摘要： A sector scan ultrasonic imaging system comprises a source of a plurality of square wave pulse trains each being delayed by a unit quantization time with respect to adjacent trains, and a plurality of transmitter circuits corresponding to the elements of a transducer array. The duration of each square wave pulse is an integral multiple of the unit quantization time interval. Each transmitter circuit includes a read only memory in which a set of different digital delay time data is stored for the corresponding transducer element and is arranged to be retrieved in response to each angle increment of the ultrasonic beam transmitted from the array. Further included are a data selector for selecting a pulse train in response to a pulse train selection data retrieved from the memory and a programmable counter for counting the pulses of the selected train to generate an output in accordance with a pulse selection data retrieved from the memory. An Exclusive-OR gate is further included to provide bit inversion of the selected pulse train in selective response to the binary state of a data retrieved from the memory so that the number of available square wave pulse trains is doubled. A gating circuit responds to the output of the counter by gating a pulse of the selected pulse train to the corresponding transducer element.

摘要翻译： 扇区扫描超声成像系统包括多个方波脉冲串的源，每个方波延迟相对于相邻列的单位量化时间，以及对应于换能器阵列的元件的多个发射器电路。 每个方波脉冲的持续时间是单位量化时间间隔的整数倍。 每个发射机电路包括只读存储器，其中针对相应的换能器元件存储一组不同的数字延迟时间数据，并且被布置为响应于从阵列发射的超声波束的每个角度增量而被检索。 还包括一个数据选择器，用于响应于从存储器检索的脉冲序列选择数据选择一个脉冲序列，以及一个可编程计数器，用于根据从存储器检索的脉冲选择数据计算所选择的列车的脉冲以产生一个输出 。 进一步包括异或门以提供选择性响应于从存储器检索的数据的二进制状态的所选脉冲序列的位反转，使​​得可用的矩形波脉冲序列的数量加倍。 门控电路通过将所选择的脉冲串的脉冲门控到相应的换能器元件来响应计数器的输出。

公开(公告)号：US4722345A

公开(公告)日：1988-02-02

申请号：US796519

申请日：1985-11-08

申请人： Shinichirou Ueno ,  Hiroshi Fukukita ,  Koetsu Saito ,  Tsutomu Yano

发明人： Shinichirou Ueno ,  Hiroshi Fukukita ,  Koetsu Saito ,  Tsutomu Yano

IPC分类号： G01S7/52 ,  G01S7/531 ,  G09G5/14 ,  A61B10/00

CPC分类号： G09G5/14 ,  G01S7/52063 ,  G01S7/52074 ,  G01S7/531 ,  A61B8/4281

摘要： In an ultrasonic imaging system echo signals representative of the amplitude of ultrasonic energy returning along a plurality of angularly spaced paths are sampled at a constant speed and stored into a buffer memory. At a speed inversely proportional to the cosine of the angle of said path with respect to a reference line the echo samples are read out of the buffer memory and written into a specified area of a graphic memory at a constant speed in the direction of the rows thereof and at a speed proportional to the tangent of the angle of the path with respect to the reference line in the direction of the columns thereof. At a constant speed echo samples are read out of the graphic memory in the directions of the rows and columns and applied to a monitor to be displayed in a raster scan field.

摘要翻译： 在超声波成像系统中，以恒定速度采样表示沿多个角度间隔路径返回的超声波能量的振幅的回波信号并存储到缓冲存储器中。 以与所述路径的角度相对于参考线的余弦成反比的速度，将回波样本从缓冲存储器中读出，并以恒定的速度在行的方向上写入图形存储器的指定区域 并且以与其相对于基准线在其方向上的路径的角度的切线成正比的速度。 在恒定速度下，回波样本从行和列的方向读出图形存储器，并应用于要在光栅扫描场中显示的监视器。