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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2016
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Wenjing Wu, Tokyo, JP;
Yushi Tsubota, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Kawabata, Tokyo, JP;
Takahide Terada, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Yamanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to the present invention, a clear transmitted wave image of a boundary of tissues is generated in a short time. An ultrasonic imaging device of the present invention includes a transducer array in which a plurality of transducers transmitting and receiving an ultrasound wave are arrayed; a transmission unit which delivers an electric signal to at least one of the plurality of transducers, such that the delivered electric signal is converted into an ultrasound wave, and transmits the ultrasound wave to a target; a reception unit which receives a received signal that is an electric signal output by each of the plurality of transducers having received a reflected wave and a transmitted wave of the ultrasound wave of the target; and an image generation unit which individually generates a reflected wave image of a cross section of the target using a received signal of the reflected wave and a transmitted wave image of the cross section of the target using a received signal of the transmitted wave. The image generation unit includes a reflected wave image boundary detection unit detecting a boundary of the target in the reflected wave image and generating the transmitted wave image such that a boundary in the transmitted wave image corresponding to the boundary detected by the reflected wave image boundary detection unit is emphasized.