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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2011
Yoshihito Abe, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Tomohisa Imamura, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Yoshihito Abe, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Tomohisa Imamura, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasound image diagnosis apparatus and a method for setting an ultrasound drive voltage by which appropriate probe motion parameters are established by individually estimating temperature changes which occur due to a plurality of heat sources existing within the probe. By individually storing or correcting relative temperature change data associated with motion parameters due to a plurality of heat source elements, an optimum driving voltage for the ultrasound transducers is set. Since a transmission drive voltage is larger than the conventional drive voltage can be set under a permissible probe temperature, image diagnosis can be improved.