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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2006
Tatsuro Baba, Otawara, JP;
Takuya Sasaki, Nasu-gun, JP;
Satoru Tezuka, Nasushiobara, JP;
Yasuo Miyajima, Utsunomiya, JP;
Tatsuro Baba, Otawara, JP;
Takuya Sasaki, Nasu-gun, JP;
Satoru Tezuka, Nasushiobara, JP;
Yasuo Miyajima, Utsunomiya, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
A spatial position x' of each ultrasonic transducer is accurately obtained for each probe in consideration of each edge transducer gap, and a delay time T(x′(n)) and a weighting coefficient W(x′(n)) are calculated on the basis of the position of each ultrasonic transducer. A control unit executes ultrasonic transmission/reception by using the calculated delay times and weighting coefficients to realize a suitable acoustic field with high deflection angle accuracy, small sidelobes, and the like as compared with the prior art.