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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1993
Yuichi Miwa, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kageyoshi Katakura, Tokyo, JP;
Ryuichi Shinomura, Higashimatsuyama, JP;
Hiroshi Masuzawa, Hachioji, JP;
Yutaka Sato, Kashiwa, JP;
Shizuo Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitachi Medical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasound signal processor has a receiving signal digitizing circuit, waveform conversion circuit for mixing a produced digital signal by a reference signal, a cumulation circuit for performing a cumulation processing of a series of converted signals, a delay circuit subject to the cumulation processing, and a circuit for adding delayed signals, whereby the frequency of the receiving signal is shifted to a lower frequency and thereafter subjected to a cumulation processing which perform over-sampling technique so that the accuracy of an analog to digital conversion can be improved drastically. The ultrasound signal processor further has a circuit for converting a receiving signal into a low frequency signal by analog-mixing and a circuit for passing a low frequency component of the analog-converted signal, whereby a higher frequency receiving signal can be digitized even if the digitizing circuit has a insufficient sampling rate.