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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2004
Hirohiko Tsuzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirohiko Tsuzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The ultrasonic scatterer of the invention comprises gas-containing particles having an average particle size of 0.01 μm to 10 μm, the ultrasonic imaging method of the invention comprises transmitting an ultrasonic wave continuing for ten cycles or more; transmitting an ultrasonic wave continuing for four cycles or more and less than ten cycles after a predetermined period passes, and the ultrasonic imaging apparatus of the invention comprises transmitting means for sending a driving signal to the ultrasonic probe so as to transmit, to a subject, an ultrasonic wave continuing for four cycles or more and less than ten cycles after a predetermined period passes subsequently to transmitting, to the subject, of an ultrasonic wave continuing for ten cycles or more.