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US 2014/0236013 A1Published application
Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and ultrasound image producing method
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorYoshiaki SATOH
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Abstract
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus controls, out of a plurality of arithmetic cores each for phasing addition on element data, the no river of arithmetic cores to be used in phasing addition on element data in accordance with remaining power of a built in battery, and produces an ultrasound image based on the element data that has been subjected to phasing addition by the arithmetic cores used.
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An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus comprising:
- a transducer array;
- a transmission unit configured to transmit an energy beam toward a subject;
- a reception circuit configured to process a reception signal outputted from the transducer array that received ultrasonic waves generated from the subject upon transmission of the energy beam to thereby generate element data;
- a plurality of arithmetic cores configured each to perform phasing addition on the element data;
- a battery configured to supply power to the plurality of arithmetic cores;
- a controller configured to control, out of the plurality of arithmetic cores, a number of arithmetic cores to be used in phasing addition on the element data in accordance with remaining power of the battery;
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- an image producer configured to produce an ultrasound image based on the element data that has been subjected to phasing addition by the arithmetic cores.
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A method for producing an ultrasound image comprising the steps of:
- transmitting an energy beam toward a subject;
- receiving in a transducer array ultrasonic waves generated from the subject upon transmission of the energy beam;
- generating element data by processing in a reception circuit reception signals outputted from the transducer array that received the ultrasonic waves;
- controlling, out of a plurality of arithmetic cores each for phasing addition on the element data, a number of arithmetic cores to be used in phasing addition on the element data in accordance with remaining power of a battery for supplying power to the plurality of arithmetic cores;
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- producing an ultrasound image based on the element data that has undergone phasing addition by the arithmetic cores.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.