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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2004
Yoichi Ogasawara, Nasu-gun, JP;
Yoichi Ogasawara, Nasu-gun, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
With respect to a scanning plane of a subject having been injected with a contrast agent, an ultrasound transmission sectiontransmits for a plurality of times an ultrasonic pulse of such an intensity capable of collapsing the contrast agent. An ultrasound reception sectionreceives an echo signal cluster from the subject based on the ultrasonic pulses, and generates a plurality of RF data items through addition of the echo signal cluster using an adderC. Based on the plurality of RF data items, a TIC/MTT measurement sectionmeasures a time intensity curve (TIC), and then measures a mean transit time (MTT) of the blood flow based on the time intensity curve for display on a display section