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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2018
Applicant:
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC., Bothell, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/52 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); A61B 8/13 (2006.01); G01N 29/06 (2006.01); G01N 29/24 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/52017 (2013.01); A61B 8/13 (2013.01); G01N 29/0672 (2013.01); G01N 29/2418 (2013.01); A61B 5/0095 (2013.01);
Abstract
An acoustic wave image generation apparatus for generating a photoacoustic image and a Doppler image is provided with a setting unit that sets a region of interest in the Doppler image, and a receiving-aperture controlling unit that sets receiving apertures of an acoustic wave detection probe for detecting photoacoustic waves to apertures smaller than all receiving apertures that the acoustic wave detection probe has, on the basis of a size of the region of interest, and for setting positions of the receiving apertures on the basis of a position of the set region of interest.