Ultrasonic measuring device, ultrasonic image device, and measuring method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsMasaki HAYASHI, Ryoki WATANABE
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Abstract
An ultrasonic measuring device can acquire inclination information regarding an ultrasonic probe and notify the user if the ultrasonic probe is inclined. The ultrasonic measuring device includes an emission unit that performs ultrasound emission processing, a reception unit that performs ultrasonic echo reception processing, and a processing unit that performs ultrasonic measurement control processing. The processing unit acquires inclination information regarding the ultrasonic probe based on a reception signal resulting from ultrasonic echoes from an interface between the test subject and an ultrasonic measurement sheet, or resulting from ultrasonic echoes from the ultrasonic measurement sheet.
Claims14
An ultrasonic measuring device comprising:
- an emission unit that performs ultrasound emission processing;
- a reception unit that performs ultrasonic echo reception processing;
- and
- a processing unit that performs ultrasonic measurement control processing,
- wherein the processing unit acquires inclination information regarding an ultrasonic probe based on a reception signal resulting from ultrasonic echoes from an interface between a test subject and an ultrasonic measurement sheet, or resulting from ultrasonic echoes from the ultrasonic measurement sheet.
A measuring method comprising the steps of:
- emitting ultrasound toward a test subject via an ultrasonic measurement sheet;
- receiving an ultrasonic echo from the test subject and the ultrasonic measurement sheet;
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- acquiring inclination information regarding an ultrasonic probe based on a reception signal resulting from ultrasonic echoes from an interface between the test subject and the ultrasonic measurement sheet, or resulting from ultrasonic echoes from the ultrasonic measurement sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.