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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2010
Applicant:
Yoshiki Katou, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshiki Katou, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4281 (2013.01); G01S 15/8959 (2013.01); A61B 8/4405 (2013.01); G01S 7/52046 (2013.01); G01S 15/8977 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an ultrasonic diagnostic device S according to the present invention, a reference signal generation unitgenerates a reference signal to be used in correlation processing based on a direct reception signal obtained by receiving a first ultrasonic signal prior to being transmitted to a subject. Consequently, the ultrasonic diagnostic device S configured in this manner is able to generate a more suitable reference signal.