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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1986
Yoshihiko Ozaki, Amagasaki, JP;
Hiroaki Sumitani, Amagasaki, JP;
Toshimasa Tomoda, Amagasaki, JP;
Fumihide Sato, Amagasaki, JP;
Kenji Kusano, Amagasaki, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of imaging an object by the ultrasonic or electromagnetic wave by mechanically or electronically scanning the ultrasonic or electromagnetic wave transmitting/receiving system to transmit the ultrasonic or electromagnetic wave beam spreading in space of the object and using the trace (TOF locus) from the transmission to the reception while receiving the reflected wave from the object, and sequentially reproducing the line image at the central line of the synthetic aperture range using the received signal group from the scanning points in the synthetic aperture range to sequentially image the area to be imaged while scanning the ultrasonic or electromagnetic wave transmitting/receiving system. An imaging apparatus applied with the method has a relatively simple hardware structure for reproducing the image and is also able to perform the operation in real time.