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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1996
Takuji Suzuki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Satoshi Aida, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhiko Fujimoto, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Mariko Shibata, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yoshiharu Ishibashi, Tokyo, JP;
Mamoru Izumi, Tokyo, JP;
Shiroh Saitoh, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Okamoto, Saitama-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasound medical treatment apparatus includes an ultrasound applicator for applying ultrasound irradiation to a treatment target. The treatment apparatus also includes an ultrasound imaging device that transmits ultrasound pulses to image the treatment target. The treatment apparatus is capable of reducing noises occurring at an ultrasound imaging device due to the ultrasound irradiation generated by the ultrasound application during ultrasound medical treatment. The noises may be reduced by increasing a transmission power of the ultrasound pulses. Alternatively, the noises may be reduced by subtracting pre-recorded noise components from the ultrasound pulses received by the ultrasound imaging device, where the pre-recorded noise components are characteristic of noise occurring at the ultrasound imaging device due to the ultrasound irradiation generated by the ultrasound applicator.