Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus

An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus comprising:

• processing circuitry configured to:
• perform a beam-forming processing to output an ultrasound received signal to be used to generate ultrasound image data;
• obtain in accordance with a change in a spatial frequency of the ultrasound image data subject to an imaging processing, an upper limit frequency of the ultrasound received signal, a lower limit frequency of the ultrasound received signal, and a peak frequency of the ultrasound received signal, wherein the peak frequency has n-th highest intensity for n-th harmonic frequency, as a group of parameters, the group of parameters being related to a frequency characteristic of an imaging received signal that is output as the ultrasound received signal;
• change a frequency of a reference signal to be used in a quadrature demodulation processing performed on the imaging received signal and a bandwidth of a passband, on a basis of the upper limit frequency, the lower limit frequency, and the peak frequency, and
• perform, on a basis of the changed frequency and the changed bandwidth, the quadrature demodulation processing and a decimation processing, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
• judge, when a center of the passband matches the peak frequency, whether the upper end of the passband is higher than the upper limit frequency, or whether the lower end of the passband is lower than the lower limit frequency;
• in a case the upper end of the passband is higher than the upper limit frequency or the lower end of the passband is lower than the lower limit frequency, change the bandwidth of the passband so as not to exceed the upper limit frequency or the lower limit frequency;
• determine a center frequency of the passband having the bandwidth changed, as the changed frequency of the reference signal, and;
• perform, on a basis of the changed frequency and the changed bandwidth, the quadrature demodulation processing.