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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mitsutoshi Yaegashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ;
Abstract
An ultrasonic diagnostic device comprising an ADC,that converts signals to digital format, a time axis extension unit,that is capable of writing and reading the digital data, a data compression unit,that compresses the read data, a memory unit,that stores the compressed data, a data expanding unit that expands the compressed data stored in the memory unit, and a DAC,that converts the expanded data from a digital format to an analog format, wherein optimum images can be displayed for diagnosis by means of filtering, logarithmically converting, and detecting before inputting the data into the digital scan converter