ARRAY TYPE ULTRASONIC TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: MIYABE SHOZO, KITAMI KAORU, MAYUZUMI TAKAAKI, KISHIMOTO TAKUYA, GUNJI HIROYUKI, NAKAJIMA IWAO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 17.01.2023
• Subjects: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; PHYSICS; TESTING

To provide an ultrasonic transmitting/receiving apparatus with reduced inspection time.SOLUTION: In an array type ultrasonic transmitting/receiving apparatus 1 of the present invention including an array probe 4 having a plurality of ultrasonic vibrators linearly arranged, where an arrangement direction of the ultrasonic vibrators is defined as a Y-axis direction of a scanning plain, meanwhile, a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction is defined as an X-axis direction, the array probe is moved in the X-axis direction without standing still on the basis of preset scanning conditions, and the array probe performs an electronic scan of sequentially transmitting an ultrasonic beam to a plurality of irradiation points of a test object and receiving reflection waves during movement in the X-axis direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3B 【課題】検査時間を短縮した超音波送受信装置を提供する。【解決手段】本発明の直線状に配置した複数の超音波振動子を有するアレイプローブ４を備えたアレイ型超音波送受信装置１は、被検体の上方の被検体と平行な走査平面において、超音波振動子の配置方向を走査平面のＹ軸方向、配置方向と垂直な方向を走査平面のＸ軸方向とし、予め設定された走査条件に基づいて、静止することなくＸ軸方向にアレイプローブを移動し、アレイプローブが、Ｘ軸方向の移動中に、被検体の複数の照射点に超音波ビームを順次送信しその反射波を受信する電子スキャンを行う。【選択図】 図３Ｂ