Abstract:
A subject information acquisition apparatus of the present invention includes a transmission/reception unit (003, 005) including a plurality conversion elements (002) which transmit an elastic wave to the subject (000) and receive a reflected wave that is reflected at each position in the subject (000), a scan line signal acquisition unit (006) which acquires a plurality of signals corresponding to the reflected waves from each position in the subject (000) as scan line signals by using a plurality of reception signals outputted from the conversion elements (002), and a processing unit (007, 008) which acquires moving information of the object by using the plurality of scan line signals. The processing unit (007, 008) acquires the moving information of the object on the basis of a distribution of cross-correlation values on a plane represented by two axes including an axis of time difference and an axis of distance difference by using a plurality of cross-correlation values between scan line signals at different positions.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a conductive member that can be produced at low costs and has excellent resistance temperature characteristics, a spacer made of the conductive member, and an image display apparatus using the spacer. More specifically, the conductive member according to the present invention is a conductive member comprising a base material and conductive particles whose conductivity is larger than that of the base material dispersed in the base material, and the conductive particles are dispersed in the base material in such a way that activation energy of the conductive member is 0.3 eV or less and volume resistivity of the conductive member is 10 5 Ωcm or more.
Abstract:
With unwanted reflected waves, an error might be produced in a movement velocity detection of a measurement object. There is provided a subject information acquisition apparatus including a plurality of transducers configured to transmit an acoustic wave pulse to a subject, receive reflected waves reflected from a plurality of positions in the subject, and convert the reflected waves respectively into time series received signals and a processing unit configured to acquire movement information of the object by using a plurality of the received signals output from the plurality of transducers are provided. The processing unit extracts a plurality of signals each representing a movement component by using the plurality of received signals, performs adaptive signal processing by using the plurality of signals each representing a movement component, and acquires the movement information of the object by using a plurality of output signals obtained by the adaptive signal processing.
Abstract:
Acquisition accuracy of motion information and image quality of acoustic property distribution deteriorate if unnecessary reflection waves are present besides reflection waves from an object. A Doppler ultrasound diagnosis device includes: multiple conversion elements (002) to each transmit acoustic waves as to a subject (000), receive reflected waves which have reflected within the subject (000), and convert the received reflected waves into time-sequence reception signals; and a processing unit (007) to acquire information of within the subject (000) by adaptive beam forming processing using a plurality of the reception signals. At least part of the multiple conversion elements (002) perform acoustic wave transmission on a predetermined region within the subject (000) multiple times, thereby outputting multiple time-sequence reception signals based on each of the multiple times of acoustic wave transmission. The adaptive beam forming processing includes integration processing of multiple correlation matrices obtained using the multiple time-sequence reception signals.
Abstract:
The present invention employs an ultrasound imaging apparatus comprising a plurality of conversion elements which receive acoustic waves emitted from an object and convert the acoustic waves into electrical signals, a correlation calculator (102) which calculates correlation data by using the plurality of electrical signals output from the plurality of conversion elements, an average correlation calculator (10) which calculates an average correlation matrix by extracting a plurality of submatrices from the correlation data and averaging the submatrices, and an adaptive signal processor (11) which generates power distribution by performing adaptive signal processing by using the average correlation matrix and calculating the power of each target position, wherein the correlation calculator (102) calculates the correlation data by multiplication of input signals that are separated by at least one input signal among the input signals.
Abstract:
An ultrasound image forming method comprises a first step of receiving a first signal reflected from the object, a second step of obtaining an aberration correction value based on the first signal thus received, a third step of receiving a second signal reflected from the object when a second ultrasound corrected based on the aberration correction value is transmitted to the object, and a fourth step of forming an image from the aberration correction value and the second signal. The center frequency of the second ultrasound is between 0.5 MHz and 20 MHz, the center frequency of the first ultrasound is between 3/16 and 9/20 of the center frequency of the second ultrasound. By this method, an accurate aberration correction value can be obtained and an ultrasound imaging with high resolution can be achieved even if aberrations are large and difficult to correct.
Abstract:
A subject information acquisition apparatus includes a converter configured to receive reflected waves from a contrast medium within a target area inside a subject, and a pressure information acquisition unit configured to acquire pressure information within the target area. In this case, the converter receives reflected waves from a contrast medium in each of a first period and a second period in which a pressure within the target area is different from the first period. The pressure information acquisition unit acquires pressure information in the second period within the target area based on a receive signal based on reflected waves in the first period, a receive signal based on a reflected wave in the second period, and pressure information on a region different from the target area, the pressure information being acquired in the first period.
Abstract:
Provided is a signal processing apparatus including: an transducer that performs scanning over the interior of an object and acquires received waveform data of a plurality of scanlines; an intensity screening unit that outputs a high intensity position at which signal intensity calculated from the received waveform data is higher than a first predetermined value; a correlation calculation unit that calculates a correlation value in a constant-width division for received waveform data of a first scanline and of a second scanline having a predetermined correlation with the first scanline; a position extraction unit that extracts, as a candidate position of a singular region, a position which corresponds to a high intensity position and for which the correlation value is lower than a second predetermined value; and an image processor that performs signal processing of generating image data of the object on the basis of the received waveform data.
Abstract:
A signal processing apparatus scans a beam of acoustic waves into an object to be examined, acquires received waveform data of a plurality of scan lines, and performs signal processing to form a tomographic image of said object to be examined from the received waveform data of the plurality of scan lines. The signal processing apparatus includes a scan line correlation calculation part (009) that calculates correlation values of received waveform data between a first scan line and a second scan line that has a prescribed relationship with the first scan line, for a plurality of positions on the scan lines, and a correlation change position extraction part (010) that extracts, from among the plurality of positions on said scan lines, a position at which the correlation value becomes a value different from a prescribed value as a position at which a unique region can exist.