ULTRASONOGRAPH

• Main Authors: MAEDA MASARU, NAGATA TSUYOSHI, AKAMATSU IWAO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 08.09.2011
• Subjects: DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; SURGERY

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ultrasonograph which can image by suitably setting an imaging method and suitably display the acquired images when ultrasonographic images are captured by a plurality of ultrasound probes and are displayed simultaneously. SOLUTION: In the ultrasonograph, which is equipped with a plurality of ultrasound probes for transmitting and receiving ultrasound into and from a subject body, a control part for controlling simultaneous transmission and reception of ultrasound by the plurality of ultrasound probes with a prescribed scan angle range and scan line density, an ultrasonographic image generating part for acquiring ultrasonographic images by performing signal processing and image reconstruction based on ultrasound signals acquired by the transmission and reception of the ultrasound, and a display part for simultaneously displaying a plurality of ultrasonographic images captured by the plurality of ultrasound probes; the control part is equipped with a parameter setting device for variably setting the scan angle range and the scan line density of ultrasound scanning by each ultrasound probe separately. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT