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Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus

Patent 5456255 Issued on October 10, 1995. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject July 11, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus for displaying motion of moving portion by superposing a plurality of differential images Patent #: 5241473
Issued on: 08/31/1993
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Inventors

Application

No. 272587 filed on 07/11/1994

US Classes:

600/443, Anatomic image produced by reflective scanning600/441Having B-scan and Doppler

Examiners

Primary: Manuel, George

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

A61B 008/00

Foreign Application Priority Data

1993-07-12 JP

Abstract

There is disclosed an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprising a transmission/reception unit, a signal processing unit, a conversion unit, and a display unit. The transmission/reception unit transmits/receives ultrasonic waves to/from an object to be examined, thereby obtaining ultrasonic reception signals. The signal processing unit executes signal processing of the ultrasonic reception signals to obtain ultrasonic images. The conversion unit converts an ultrasonic image having a predetermined dynamic image obtained from the object to be examined to which a contrast medium is injected into an ultrasonic image having a dynamic range corresponding to that of the display unit. The display unit displays the ultrasonic image obtained by the conversion unit.

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