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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1991
Hisashi Hagiwara, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Fukukita, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinobu Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshinao Tannaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasonic Doppler blood flowmeter has a Doppler scanning mode of operation to obtain information about blood speed and a B mode of operation to obtain information for a tomogram. In order to produce supplementary Doppler shift data for use during a B-mode scanning period, Doppler shift data from a phase detector is treated as complex data, and the difference in argument between two consecutive, complex Doppler shift data is detected. The supplementary Doppler shift data can then be calculated by an arithmetic circuit on the basis of the difference in argument between the consecutive complex Doppler shift data.