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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2018
Applicants:

The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JP;

Lily Medtech, Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takashi Azuma, Tokyo, JP;

Hirofumi Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/06 (2006.01); A61B 8/14 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/54 (2013.01); A61B 8/06 (2013.01); A61B 8/08 (2013.01); A61B 8/0825 (2013.01); A61B 8/0891 (2013.01); A61B 8/14 (2013.01); A61B 8/15 (2013.01); A61B 8/406 (2013.01); A61B 8/56 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/488 (2013.01);
Abstract

An ultrasonic diagnostic system includes elements disposed around a subject to transmit and/or receive ultrasonic waves. A controller controls the elements so that some of the elements disposed in a first region transmit ultrasonic waves at a first angle to a diagnosis target in the subject, some of the elements disposed in a second region receive reflected waves of the ultrasonic waves, which are reflected from the diagnosis target at a second angle, and some of the elements disposed in a third region receive reflected waves of the ultrasonic waves, which are reflected from the diagnosis target at a third angle distinct from the second angle. An operator calculates a velocity vector of the diagnosis target using the reflected waves received by the some of the elements disposed in the second region and the reflected waves received by the some of the elements disposed in the third region.


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