Ultrasonic imaging apparatus
AssigneeGE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
InventorsYoichi Suzuki, Shinichi Amemiya
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Abstract
In order to make both the maintenance of a scan range and a frame rate for ultrasonic imaging and high definition of an image compatible with each other, a sound-ray density for scan is made nonuniform, and a sound-ray density is rendered dense at a required portion and coarse at portions other than the portion.
Claims20
An ultrasonic imaging apparatus for scanning the inside of an object with an ultrasonic beam on a sound-ray sequential basis and thereby receiving echoes, and generating a dynamic image, based on a Doppler signal of the echoes, comprising:
- a sound-ray density adjusting device for making a sound-ray density be nonuniform for the scan.
An ultrasonic imaging apparatus for repeatedly scanning the inside of an object with an ultrasonic beam on a sound-ray sequential basis and thereby receiving echoes, and generating a dynamic image, based on a Doppler signal of the echoes, comprising:
- a sound-ray density adjusting device for making a sound-ray density be nonuniform for the scan while holding a range for the scan constant.
An ultrasonic imaging apparatus for repeatedly scanning the inside of an object with an ultrasonic beam on a sound-ray sequential basis and thereby receiving echoes, and generating a dynamic image frame, based on a Doppler signal of the echoes, comprising:
- a sound-ray density adjusting device for making a sound-ray density be nonuniform for the scan while holding a frame rate of the dynamic image frame constant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.