Ultrasonography apparatus and ultrasonography method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsYoichiro Sako, Kouichirou Ono
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Abstract
An ultrasonographic system includes an electronic memory to store a table that relates subject information to a plurality of frequencies, and a frequency setting unit that sets the examination frequency to one of the frequencies stored in the table. The frequency setting unit sets the examination frequency based on selection of subject information from the table, and the examination frequency is used to perform ultrasound examination on the subject according to the selected information.
Claims20
An ultrasonographic system, comprising:
- a probe configured to generate sound waves to examine a subject;
- and
- circuitry configured to:
- receive an input that corresponds to selection of first information related to the subject;
- determine a first frequency based on the received input;
- control the probe to generate at least a first sound wave at the first frequency;
- obtain, based on the at least first sound wave, a first examination image of the subject;
- determine at least one attribute of the first examination image;
- determine a second frequency based on the at least one attribute;
- control the probe to generate at least a second sound wave at the second frequency;
- and
- obtain, based on the at least second sound wave, a second examination image of the subject.
An ultrasonographic imaging method, comprising:
- receiving an input that corresponds to selection of first information related to a subject to be examined;
- determining a first frequency based on the received input;
- generating at least a first sound wave at the first frequency;
- obtaining, based on the at least first sound wave, a first examination image of the subject;
- determining at least one attribute of the first examination image;
- determining a second frequency based on the at least one attribute;
- generating at least a second sound wave at the second frequency;
- and
- obtaining, based on the at least second sound wave, a second examination image of the subject.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions for causing an ultrasonographic apparatus to execute operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving an input that corresponds to a selection of first information related to a subject to be examined;
- determining a first frequency based on the received input;
- generating at least a first sound wave at the first frequency;
- obtaining, based on the at least first sound wave, a first examination image of the subject;
- determining at least one attribute of the first examination image;
- determining a second frequency based on the at least one attribute;
- generating at least a second sound wave at the second frequency;
- and
- obtaining, based on the at least second sound wave, a second examination image of the subject.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.