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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2001
Seiko Instruments Inc., , JP;
Abstract
An ultrasonograph capable of diagnosing a region with high sensitivity has a sensor provided with an ultrasound sending unit for sending ultrasound to the region and an ultrasound receiving unit for receiving ultrasound waves reflected from the region, a band for holding the sensor from a back side thereof relative to the diagnosed region and positioning a front side of the sensor against the diagnosed region, an information acquisition unit for acquiring information about the diagnosed region based on the reflected waves received by the ultrasound receiving unit, and an ultrasound-attenuating portion interposed between the sensor and the band for attenuating propagation of external noise from the band to the sensor and attenuating propagation of ultrasound signals through the band.