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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
May. 11, 2022
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Morio Nishigaki, Fujisawa, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasound diagnostic device including: an ultrasound probe that includes: multiple vibrators that are arrayed to be multiple rows in a long axis direction, the rows being arranged in a short axis direction, and that transmit and receive ultrasonic waves; a switching element that switches on and off of input of a drive signal to a vibrator in each of the rows and output of a received signal; an ultrasound image generator that generates ultrasound image data of a tomographic plane for each of the rows based on the received signal that is received by the vibrator corresponding to each of the rows via switching of the switching element; and a three-dimensional image generator that generates three-dimensional image data from the generated ultrasound image data of the multiple rows.