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Patent No.:

US 8568321 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013

Filed:

Aug. 09, 2011
Applicants:

Chai Eun Lim, Seoul, KR;

Kang Sik Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;

Inventors:

Chai Eun Lim, Seoul, KR;

Kang Sik Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that performs an image signal generating operation with respect to an ultrasound signal transmitted to and reflected from a target through a host computer and a control method thereof are provided. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a probe including at least one transducer to transmit an ultrasound signal to a target, to receive the ultrasound signal reflected from the target, and to transduce the received ultrasound signal into an analog signal, an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter to convert the analog signal output from the probe into a digital signal, a compression unit to compress the digital signal output from the A/D converter, and a host computer to decompress the digital signal compressed by the compression unit and to perform beamforming.


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Lim, Chai. (2013). Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and control method thereof (U.S. Patent No. 8568321). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8568321

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