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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2010
Hironobu Hongou, Otawara, JP;
Toru Hirano, Otawara, JP;
Isao Uchiumi, Nasushiobara, JP;
Masaaki Ishitsuka, Nasushiobara, JP;
Takayuki Shiina, Otawara, JP;
Hironobu Hongou, Otawara, JP;
Toru Hirano, Otawara, JP;
Isao Uchiumi, Nasushiobara, JP;
Masaaki Ishitsuka, Nasushiobara, JP;
Takayuki Shiina, Otawara, JP;
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-Shi, JP;
Abstract
The present embodiment relates to an ultrasound probe having a first ultrasound vibrator group and a second ultrasound vibrator group, comprising a plurality of matrix switches and an adder. The ultrasound probe has a mode to send ultrasound to a predetermined observation point within a subject by the first ultrasound vibrator group, and to receive ultrasound echoes reflected within the subject by the second ultrasound vibrator group. The plurality of matrix switches extract, based on the distance between the second ultrasound vibrator group and the observation point, a plurality of ultrasound echoes having substantially the same phase from a plurality of ultrasound echoes output by the second ultrasound vibrator group. The adder adds the plurality of ultrasound echoes extracted by the plurality of matrix switches for each of the matrix switches and outputs them.