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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1990
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasonic imaging apparatus comprises an ultrasonic transducer for transmitting ultrasonic beams to a subject and converting echoes from the subject to echo signals, a scan controller for selectively switching a scanning mode between a first scanning mode in which a predetermined number of rasters in each of a plurality of scanning blocks each having the predetermined number of rasters are scanned repeatedly and echo signals at a predetermined number of sample points in each of the rasters are extracted block by block and a second scanning mode in which a plurality of rasters are repeatedly scanned a predetermined number of times while at least one raster is shifted sequentially and data are output at constant intervals, a transmitter/receiver circuit for driving the ultrasonic transducer in accordance with a scanning mode selected by the scan controller, processes the echo signals output from the ultrasonic transducer to output an image signal and a television monitor for visually displaying the image signal.