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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2006
Tomohisa Imamura, Nasushiobara, JP;
Tetsuya Kawagishi, Nasushiobara, JP;
Fumiyasu Sakaguchi, Otawara, JP;
Tomohisa Imamura, Nasushiobara, JP;
Tetsuya Kawagishi, Nasushiobara, JP;
Fumiyasu Sakaguchi, Otawara, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasonic diagnostic scanner is provided which includes a transmitting and receiving unit that transmits two kinds of ultrasonic waves with inverted phases to each of a plurality of scanning lines and receives first and second echo signals corresponding to the two kinds of ultrasonic waves from one scanning line to another, a first adder that obtains a third echo signal by adding up the first and second echo signals for each scanning line, a first signal generating unit that generates a first processed signal from the first echo signal and a second processed signal from the third echo signal, a second adder that generates a third processed signal from the first and second processed signals, an image processor that generates an ultrasonic image from the third processed signal, and an display monitor that displays the ultrasonic image.