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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
May. 29, 2015
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, Llc, Waukesha, WI (US);
Sei Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is characterized in comprising: an ultrasonic probe for transmitting/receiving ultrasound to/from a subject; a reception beamformer for applying reception beamforming to ultrasonic echo signals obtained by the ultrasonic probe based on a plurality of different sound velocities; a spatial frequency analyzing sectionfor applying spatial frequency analysis to each of data obtained by the reception beamforming based on each of the plurality of different sound velocities; and a sound-velocity setting sectionfor setting a sound velocity corresponding to one of the results of spatial frequency analysis corresponding respectively to the plurality of different sound velocities that has a highest intensity for a given spatial frequency, as optimal sound velocity in the reception beamforming.