Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus

Abstract

A characteristic estimation unit analyzes a reception signal before detection processing among reception signals obtained by transmitting and receiving ultrasound waves with respect to a subject, to estimate a signal characteristic of the reception signal for each region in a data space of the reception signal. An image processing parameter decision unit decides an image processing parameter for enhancing an image quality of an ultrasound image based on the signal characteristic, for each region in the data space of the reception signal, which is estimated by the characteristic estimation unit. An image formation unit executes image quality enhancement processing of the ultrasound image based on the image processing parameter decided by the image processing parameter decision unit while forming the ultrasound image based on the reception signal after the detection processing.

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