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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Tomohiko Tanaka, Hino, JP;
Takashi Azuma, Fuchu, JP;
Kunio Hashiba, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi Medical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/06 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/06 (2013.01); A61B 8/0891 (2013.01); A61B 8/5246 (2013.01); A61B 8/0883 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a technology which quantitatively measures blood flow in the vicinity of circulatory organs. An ultrasound image capture device according to the present invention removes an image portion corresponding to an organ shape by taking the difference of a multi-frame ultrasound image, and thereafter computes a measured value of a blood flow velocity vector on the basis of a plurality of images at different timings (as per FIG.).