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US 2014/0194745 A1Published application
Ultrasound image diagnostic device
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorTsuyoshi OKUBO
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AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorTsuyoshi OKUBO
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An ultrasound image diagnostic device including: a transducer to output transmission ultrasound toward a subject by a drive signal and also to output a reception signal by receiving reflection ultrasound from the subject; a noise output section in which when the transducer receives the reflection ultrasound, a voltage containing noise is applied to the transducer to amplify the reception signal by a stochastic resonance phenomenon; a harmonic extracting section to extract a harmonic component from the reception signal; and an image processing section to generate ultrasound diagnostic image data of an interior of the subject based on the harmonic component extracted by the harmonic extracting section, wherein the noise output section applies a voltage containing noise such that the harmonic component is amplified by the stochastic resonance phenomenon to the transducer.
A method for an ultrasound image diagnostic device comprising a transducer, the method comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a program stored thereon that is executable by a computer of an ultrasound image diagnostic device comprising a transducer, the program being executable to cause the ultrasound image diagnostic device to perform functions comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.