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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1997
Shinichi Amemiya, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Miyama, Tokyo, JP;
Sei Kato, Tokyo, JP;
GE Yokogawa Medical Systems, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus either for displaying three-dimensional ultrasonic images allowing an operator to become aware of the distance of a target object from an ultrasonic probe, or for displaying practical three-dimensional ultrasonic images while being simply structured and taking a short time to perform necessary operations. The apparatus comprises: an ultrasonic beam data memory for storing B-mode ultrasonic beam data or CFM ultrasonic beam data; an address control unit for sequentially writing and reading the ultrasonic beam data to and from the ultrasonic beam data memory in the direction of depth; a three-dimensional operation unit for generating three-dimensional ultrasonic beam data using the ultrasonic beam data read from the ultrasonic beam data memory by the address control unit; a three-dimensional ultrasonic beam data memory for storing the three-dimensional ultrasonic beam data thus generated; a DSC (digital scan converter) for converting the three-dimensional beam data to a display-ready format; and a CRT.