Ultrasonic diagnostic system

An ultrasonic diagnostic system for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave to display a sectional image of a body to be examined, comprising:

• a main system composed of a signal processing part utilized in a specific ultrasonic beam scanning mode for processing received signal data to acquire an image, a display utilized in a specific ultrasonic beam scanning mode for displaying the image acquired, a data I/O port for recording at least a main system code representing an ultrasonic beam mode and at least one of the received signal data and the image data processed by said signal processing part on an external memory device for storage thereof;
• a probe connected with said main system and having a transducer array for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave;
• a data processing unit provided separately from said main system, said processing unit for reading at least said main system code and at least one of said received signal data and the image data processed by said signal processing part from said external memory device and deciding said ultrasonic beam scanning mode on the basis of said main system code to perform data processing for obtaining diagnosis information;
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• a monitor for displaying said diagnosis information.

An ultrasonic diagnostic system for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave to display a sectional image of a body to be examined, comprising:

• a main system composed of a signal processing part utilized in a specific ultrasonic beam scanning mode for processing received signal data to acquire an image, a display for displaying the image acquired, a data I/O port for recording at least a main system code representing an ultrasonic beam scanning mode and the received signal data on an external memory device for storing them;
• a probe connected with said main system and having a transducer array for transmitting and receiving the ultrasonic wave;
• a data processing unit provided separately from said main system, said processing unit for reading at least said main system code and said received signal data from said external memory device and deciding said ultrasonic beam scanning mode on the basis of said main system code to perform data processing for obtaining diagnosis information;
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• a monitor for displaying said diagnosis information;
• wherein said display and said data I/O port which can be commonly used irrespectively in the ultrasonic scanning mode and attached to a common body, and a main system cartridge which is separate from said common body and composed of circuit units including said signal processing part dedicated to a specific ultrasonic scanning mode is inserted into said common body so that it can be connected with said common body, whereby said main system can be applied to a specific ultrasonic beam scanning mode.

An ultrasonic diagnostic system for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave to display a sectional image of a body to be examined, comprising:

• a main system composed of a signal processing part utilized in a specific ultrasonic beam scanning mode for processing received signal data to acquire an image, a display for displaying the image acquired, a data I/O port for recording at least a main system code representing an ultrasonic beam scanning mode and the received signal data and/or the image data processed by said signal processing part on an external memory device for storage thereof;
• a probe connected with said main system and having a transducer array for transmitting and receiving the ultrasonic wave;
• a data processing unit provided separately from said main system, said processing unit for reading at lest said main system code and said received signal data and/or the image data processed by said signal processing part from said external memory device and deciding said ultrasonic beam scanning mode on the basis of said main system code to perform a data processing for obtaining a diagnosis information;
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• a monitor for displaying said diagnosis information;
• wherein said display and said data I/O port which can be commonly used irrespectively in the ultrasonic beam scanning mode are attached to a common body, and a main system cartridge which is separated from said common body and composed of circuit units including said signal processing part dedicated to a specific ultrasonic beam scanning mode is inserted into said common body so that it can be connected with said common body, whereby said main system can be applied to a specific ultrasonic beam scanning mode.