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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2000
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a probe which outputs RF signals. There are N phase detectors for converting the RF signals outputted from the probe into baseband signals In and Qn, where “N” denotes a first predetermined natural number and “n” denotes a second predetermined natural number set as 2≦n≦N. A reception beam former operates for processing the baseband signals In and Qn into a time-division-multiplexed signal. The reception beam former includes a device for multiplying the baseband signals In and Qn by phase shift data to generate multiplication-resultant signals, a device for delaying the multiplication-resultant signals to generate delay-resultant signals, and a device for combining the delay-resultant signals into the time-division-multiplexed signal.