Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus

An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus having a plurality of units connected to each other via a bus, the plurality of units including a transmission/reception control unit, a blood flow analysis unit, a display processing unit, and a B-Mode processing unit,

• wherein each of the units includes:
• a transfer controller configured to transfer, to another unit, data having header information added thereto, the header information containing at least one of information concerning a data flow between the units, and data processing information;
• and
• a data processor configured to process data transferred from another unit with reference to the header information added to the data transferred from said another unit, and on the basis of the data processing information contained in the header information.

An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprising:

• an ultrasonic probe having a plurality of ultrasonic oscillation elements configured to emit an ultrasonic wave to a subject to be examined, receive a wave reflected from the subject, and output a signal corresponding to the reflected wave;
• a delay adder device configured to subject the signal output from the ultrasonic probe, to delay adding processing;
• a quadrature detection device configured to subject data obtained by the delay adding processing, to quadrature detection, and output a quadrature detection data expressed in a complex form;
• a bus for signal transmission;
• a B-Mode processing device configured to generate B-Mode data based on the quadrature detection data supplied via the bus;
• a CFM processing device configured to generate CFM data based on the quadrature detection data supplied via the bus;
• and
• an image processing device configured to generate display image data based on the B-Mode data and the CFM data supplied via the bus.

An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprising:

• an ultrasonic probe having a plurality of ultrasonic oscillation elements configured to emit an ultrasonic wave to a subject to be examined, receive a wave reflected from the subject, and output a signal corresponding to the reflected wave;
• a reception control device having a delay adder configured to subject the signal output from the ultrasonic probe, to delay adding processing;
• a bus for signal transmission;
• a B-Mode processing device configured to generate B-Mode data based on an output of the reception control device supplied via the bus;
• a CFM processing device configured to generate CFM data based on the output of the reception control device supplied via the bus;
• and
• an operation processing device configured to perform various operations on the basis of data sent via the bus, the operation processing device generating CFM data based on the output of the reception control device when the CFM processing device is out of order.

An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprising:

• an ultrasonic probe having a plurality of ultrasonic oscillation elements configured to emit an ultrasonic wave to a subject to be examined, receive a wave reflected from the subject, and output a signal corresponding to the reflected wave;
• a reception control device having a delay adder configured to subject the signal output from the ultrasonic probe, to delay adding processing;
• a bus for signal transmission;
• a B-Mode processing device configured to generate B-Mode data based on an output of the reception control device supplied via the bus;
• a CFM processing device configured to generate CFM data based on the output of the reception control device supplied via the bus;
• and
• an operation processing device configured to perform various operations on the basis of data sent via the bus, the operation processing device generating the B-Mode data based on the output of the reception control device when the B-Mode processing device is out of order.

An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprising:

• an ultrasonic probe having a plurality of ultrasonic oscillation elements configured to emit an ultrasonic wave to a subject to be examined, receive a wave reflected from the subject, and output a signal corresponding to the reflected wave;
• a reception control device having a delay adder configured to subject the signal output from the ultrasonic probe, to delay adding processing;
• a bus for signal transmission;
• a B-Mode processing device configured to generate B-Mode data based on an output of the reception control device supplied via the bus;
• a CFM processing device configured to generate CFM data based on the output of the reception control device supplied via the bus;
• and
• an image processing device configured to generate display image data based on the B-Mode data and the CFM data sent via the bus.

An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprising:

• an ultrasonic probe having a plurality of ultrasonic oscillation elements configured to emit an ultrasonic wave to a subject to be examined, receive a wave reflected from the subject, and output a signal corresponding to the reflected wave;
• a delay adder device configured to subject a signal output from the ultrasonic probe, to delay adding processing;
• a bus for signal transmission;
• a B-Mode processing device configured to generate B-Mode data based on the output of the delay adder device supplied via the bus;
• a CFM processing device configured to generate CFM data based on the output of the delay adder device supplied via the bus;
• and
• an image processing device configured to generate display image data based on the B-Mode data and the CFM data supplied via the bus.