Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus
CA 2020056 A1 · Owner: Sakai, Ikuo · Inventors: Nakamura, Yasuhiro; Kawabuchi, Masami; Sakai, Ikuo
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Pulses of an ultrasonic wave beam are emitted into a body at a predetermined repetition period. Echo pulses of the ultrasonic wave beam are received via a plurality of different channels. Each of the received pulses is converted into corresponding electric signals of the respective channels. A pair of adders invert signs of alternate ones of pairs of the electric signals of adjacent channels, summing the inverted sign electric signals with remaining non-inverted sign electric signals converting, the electric signals into a pair of complex signals having phases which are spatially different from each other by 90 degrees. An autocorrelation function of the complex signals is calculated. A …
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- Filed June 28, 1990. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 28, 2010.
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