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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2010
Makiko Urabe, Tokyo, JP;
Koetsu Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Kawabata, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Migita, Kanagawa, JP;
Morio Nishigaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryuichi Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Makiko Urabe, Tokyo, JP;
Koetsu Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Kawabata, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Migita, Kanagawa, JP;
Morio Nishigaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryuichi Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a controller, to which a probe and a monitor are connected, the probe having an array of transducers, in which a number of transducers are arranged in a first direction. The controller controls transmission of an ultrasonic beam using the array of transducers and reception of an echo signal reflected from a region of interest, generates image data based on the echo signal, and gets echo signals received from multiple points of the region of interest by either moving or swinging the array of transducers in a second direction that intersects with the first direction at right angles. If the sum of image data ranges of measured value retrievable portions of the region of interest at the multiple points synthesized based on the echo signals, is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the controller calculates a detected value of the region of interest.