Ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic probe system
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorsYoshimitsu Kudoh, Hiroyuki Karasawa
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Abstract
An ultrasonic probe that can be used in various stiles depending on cases. The ultrasonic probe includes: plural ultrasonic transducers for transmitting ultrasonic waves according to drive signals, and receiving ultrasonic echoes to output reception signals; a signal processing unit for performing signal processing on the reception signals outputted from the plural ultrasonic transducers to generate a transfer signal; and a communication unit adapted to be connectable to any one of plural functional modules, for transmitting the transfer signal generated by the signal processing unit to the connected functional module.
Claims14
An ultrasonic probe comprising:
- plural ultrasonic transducers for transmitting ultrasonic waves according to drive signals, and receiving ultrasonic echoes to output reception signals;
- a signal processing unit for performing signal processing on the reception signals outputted from said plural ultrasonic transducers to generate a transfer signal;
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- a communication unit adapted to be connectable to any one of plural functional modules, for transmitting the transfer signal generated by said signal processing unit to the connected functional module.
An ultrasonic probe system comprising:
- an ultrasonic probe having plural ultrasonic transducers for transmitting ultrasonic waves according to drive signals and receiving ultrasonic echoes to output reception signals, a signal processing unit for performing signal processing on the reception signals outputted from said plural ultrasonic transducers to generate a transfer signal, and a communication unit for transmitting the transfer signal generated by said signal processing unit;
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- plural functional modules selectively connectable to said communication unit, said plural functional modules include at least two of a wired communication module for transmitting the transfer signal transmitted from said communication unit to an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus main body via wired communication, a wireless communication module for transmitting the transfer signal transmitted from said communication unit to the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus main body via wireless communication, and an image display module for displaying an ultrasonic image based on the transfer signal transmitted from said communication unit.
An ultrasonic probe system comprising:
- an ultrasonic probe having plural ultrasonic transducers for transmitting ultrasonic waves according to drive signals and receiving ultrasonic echoes to output reception signals, a signal processing unit for performing signal processing on the reception signals outputted from said plural ultrasonic transducers to generate a transfer signal, a communication unit adapted to be connectable to one of plural functional modules, for transmitting the transfer signal generated by said signal processing unit to the connected functional module, a storage unit for storing types of said plural functional modules and operation setting data according to the types of said plural functional modules in correspondence, and a control unit for determining a type of the functional module connected to said communication unit, reading out the operation setting data corresponding to the determined type of the functional module, and controlling an operation of said ultrasonic probe according to the operation setting data read out from said storage unit;
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- said plural functional modules selectively connectable to said communication unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.