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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Takahashi, Natori, JP;
Hisafumi Ebisawa, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an object information acquiring apparatus including a probe in which a plurality of elements transmitting an ultrasound wave to a measurement target region of an object and receiving a reflected wave is arranged in a first direction, and a mechanical scanning unit that moves the probe in the first direction and a direction crossing the first direction. A transmission processor, to each element included in a transmission aperture element row transmitting the ultrasound wave, inputs an input signal for driving the element, and a received signal processor combines received signals obtained by the elements included in a reception aperture element row receiving the ultrasound wave. A generator generates property information on the object from the combined signal, and a controller that determines at least one of the number of elements included in the transmission aperture element row.