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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroaki Kataoka, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
GE Yokogawa Medical Systems, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/12 ;
Abstract
In order to capture an image representing pulsation strength in moving velocity of an echo source, a moving velocity V of the echo source is detected based on the Doppler shift in an ultrasonic echo, and a pulsation strength P in the moving velocity V is detected at a pulsation detecting means,by a calculation that employs a value V,of the moving velocity V at a current time phase and a value V,of the moving velocity V at a past time phase.