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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nobuo Yamazaki, Otawara, JP;
Akihiro Sano, Otawara, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12866109 ; 12866005 ;
Abstract
There is provided an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus in which a region containing an organ of an object being examined is diagnosed by means of ultrasonic beams, the organ being in motion, the apparatus comprising: an element for scanning the region by the ultrasonic beams to obtain ultrasonic echo signals having Doppler shift; an element for calculating movement velocities every sampling volume on the basis of the ultrasonic echo signals; and an element for displaying by color the movement velocities.