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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2017
Socionext Inc., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoto Adachi, Yokohama, JP;
SOCIONEXT INC., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes a plurality of transducers aligned in an array, a select circuit configured to cause transducers selected from the plurality of transducers to transmit an ultrasonic pulse and receive received signals, respectively, and a digital signal processing circuit configured to perform a first operation of adding up an odd number of the received signals, arranged in an order corresponding to the aligned array, with delays that are symmetrical between two sides across a center that is a centrally located signal, and to perform a second operation of adding up an even number of the received signals, arranged in an order corresponding to the aligned array, with delays that are symmetrical between two sides across a center that is situated between two centrally located signals.