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Method and system for detecting and processing ultrasonic doppler signals
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1987-12-02
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Granted: 1990-04-17
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Expires: 2007-12-02
Abstract
Abstract The ultrasonic beam is transmitted a plurality of times in the same direction. The echo signals from an object under examination are detected by a plurality of receiving delay circuits. The raster signals used for ultrasonic tomogram contain two directional components for one directional transmitting beam. The directions of these components are different from that of the transmitting beam. A raster signal processing unit for tomogram is made up of a single system, eliminating the sensitivity difference problem, in the system using a plurality of receiving circuits. The Doppler signal for Doppler imaging has a high frequency resolution since transmitting of the ultrasonic beam is repeated in the same direction.
Inventors
- 👤 Toshio Shirasaka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 12:43
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01S; G01S15/00; G01S15/88; G01S15/89; G01S15/8906; G01S15/8979; G01S15/02; G01S15/50; G01S15/52; G01S7/00; G01S7/52; G01S7/52017; G01S7/52085; G01S7/52095
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
107 words
A method for detecting and processing ultrasonic Doppler signals to display a fluid flow image, comprising the steps of: transmitting an ultrasonic beam in a raster direction a predetermined number of times; respectively receiving a plurality of echo signals at receivers each having a directivity different from the raster direction, each receiver having a different directivity than that of each other receiver; obtaining Doppler data from the respective received echo signals; selecting each echo signal as tomogram data from the respective received echo signals; acquiring a fluid flow image in accordance with the obtained Doppler data and the tomogram data; and displaying the acquired fluid flow image.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
107 words
A method for detecting and processing ultrasonic Doppler signals to display a fluid flow image, comprising the steps of: transmitting an ultrasonic beam in a raster direction a predetermined number of times; respectively receiving a plurality of echo signals at receivers each having a directivity different from the raster direction, each receiver having a different directivity than that of each other receiver; obtaining Doppler data from the respective received echo signals; selecting each echo signal as tomogram data from the respective received echo signals; acquiring a fluid flow image in accordance with the obtained Doppler data and the tomogram data; and displaying the acquired fluid flow image.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the Doppler data include a fluid flow velocity, its variance, and the power of the echo signals.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
54 words
The method according to claim 2, wherein the fluid flow velocity v is given by v=fdc/2focosθ where c: sound velocity within an object, fo: transmitting frequency of ultrasonic probe, θ: angle between the direction of the transmitted ultrasonic beam and the direction of fluid flow, fd: Doppler frequency obtained by receiving the echo signal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the Doppler data are used for determining the color at each point in a color display.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
103 words
A system for detecting and processing ultrasonic Doppler signals to display a fluid flow image, comprising: means for transmitting an ultrasonic beam in a raster direction a predetermined number of times and for respectively receiving a plurality of echo signals having a plurality of directivities different from the raster direction; means for obtaining Doppler data from the respective received echo signals; selecting means for selecting each echo signal as tomogram data from the respective received echo signals; means for acquiring a fluid flow image in accordance with the obtained Doppler data and the tomogram data; and means for displaying the acquired flow image.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
103 words
A system for detecting and processing ultrasonic Doppler signals to display a fluid flow image, comprising: means for transmitting an ultrasonic beam in a raster direction a predetermined number of times and for respectively receiving a plurality of echo signals having a plurality of directivities different from the raster direction; means for obtaining Doppler data from the respective received echo signals; selecting means for selecting each echo signal as tomogram data from the respective received echo signals; means for acquiring a fluid flow image in accordance with the obtained Doppler data and the tomogram data; and means for displaying the acquired flow image.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
66 words
The system according to claim 5, wherein the means for obtaining Doppler data includes means for obtaining the fluid flow velocity v by using the equation below: v=fdc/2focosθ where c: sound velocity within an object, fo: transmitting frequency of ultrasonic probe, θ: angle between the direction of the transmitted ultrasonic beam and the direction of fluid flow, fd: Doppler frequency obtained by receiving the echo signal.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
The system according to claim 5, wherein the displaying means includes means for color displaying the Doppler data representing a state of a fluid flow.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
The system according to claim 5, wherein the received echo signals are each selected by the selecting means in accordance with a timing pulse generated by a clock pulse generator.
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