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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1982
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1979
Kazuhiro Iinuma, Yokohama, JP;
Kinya Takamizawa, Yokohama, JP;
Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus has a probe for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave and an amplitude-detecting circuit, and in operation transmits an ultrasonic wave into an organism while the organism is scanned by the probe and amplitude-detects a received signal reflected from the inside of the organism, thereby to obtain a tomographic image of the organism. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus further includes a phase detecting circuit and an ultrasonic drive circuit. The ultrasonic drive circuit alternately supplies to the probe a first drive signal for obtaining tomographic image information and a second drive signal for obtaining blood flow information, scans in a direction of the ultrasonic wave transmission according to the first drive signal and sets the ultrasonic wave transmitting direction according to the second drive signal to a desired direction for obtaining blood flow information. Blood flows information may be obtained for a specific point, a specific line, a specific area, or for a specific area in synchronism with the organism's heartbeat. Thereby, the tomographic image information of the organism and the blood flow information as well are simultaneously obtained.
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