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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2015
Fujifilm Corporation, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Rika Tashiro, Ashigara-kami-gun, JP;
Yukiya Miyachi, Ashigara-kami-gun, JP;
Kimito Katsuyama, Ashigara-kami-gun, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes plural ultrasound transducers which perform transmission and reception of ultrasonic waves toward a target site of a subject containing a puncture needle. A method of transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave uses the ultrasound transducers. The apparatus and the method form an ultrasonic beam to be transmitted from a transmit aperture set on the ultrasound transducers, acquire information relating to a specular-reflective component of the ultrasonic beam in the puncture needle, set a first receive aperture different from the transmit aperture set on the ultrasound transducers on the basis of the information relating to the specular-reflective component of the ultrasonic beam, and process an ultrasonic echo signal received by the ultrasound transducers using the first receive aperture.