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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2004
Applicants:
Yasushi Nishimori, Nishinomiya, JP;
Minoru Handa, Nishinomiya, JP;
Shiroh Ozasa, Nishinomiya, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Furuno Electric Company, Limited, Hyogo-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ultrasonic apparatus is disclosed that includes a transducer having a plurality of transducer elements, a controller operatively connected to the transducer and driving the transducer elements to produce a first ultrasonic transmitting beam having a first frequency and a second ultrasonic transmitting beam having a second frequency; and a processor operatively connected to said transducer for forming and moving reception beams to receive echo signals and extracting frequency components corresponding to said first ultrasonic transmitting beam and said second ultrasonic transmitting beam.