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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:
Feb. 21, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 19, 2016
Applicant:

Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Hiroaki Yamamoto, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/14 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/14 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); A61B 8/4488 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); A61B 8/5215 (2013.01); A61B 8/5269 (2013.01); G01S 7/52026 (2013.01); G01S 15/8915 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01);
Abstract

There are provided an acoustic wave image generating apparatus for generating a B-mode image having a fixed brightness and a control method thereof. First brightness information () indicating the brightness of a first B-mode image in the depth direction of the subject is generated. Positional deviation correction is performed on an acoustic wave echo signal having a positional deviation between the focusing position of acoustic waves and the observation target position, and second brightness information () indicating the brightness in the depth direction of the subject is generated from a superposition signal obtained by superimposing an acoustic wave echo signal for which the positional deviation has been corrected and an acoustic wave echo signal without positional deviation. The brightness of the first B-mode image is corrected based on the first brightness information and the second brightness information.


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