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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01); G10K 11/34 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/485 (2013.01); A61B 8/08 (2013.01); A61B 8/4488 (2013.01); A61B 8/565 (2013.01); B06B 1/0622 (2013.01); G01S 7/52042 (2013.01); G10K 11/34 (2013.01); A61B 8/00 (2013.01); A61B 8/4405 (2013.01); A61B 8/4472 (2013.01); A61B 8/469 (2013.01); B06B 2201/76 (2013.01); G01S 7/52022 (2013.01); G01S 15/8915 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasound diagnostic method and apparatus determines a transmission condition for generating shear waves at two or more positions of an object, for each of a plurality of elements of a transducer, and generates an ultrasound signal transmitted to the object through a full aperture of the transducer, according to the transmission condition.