Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-20
2011-12-27
Le, Long V. (Department: 3768)
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
C600S456000, C600S455000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08083679
ABSTRACT:
An ultrasonic image capturing apparatus is disclosed for transmitting ultrasonic pulses from an ultrasonic probe in which elements are arranged two-dimensionally to a subject, receiving the ultrasonic pulses reflected by the subject, and displaying a slice image of the subject. A vector Doppler processor detects motion of the subject along the direction of an aperture of a receiving beam former, and a displacement detector detects motion of a focus region in the subject based on a result of computation of the vector Doppler processor. A scanning plate setting section determines an image capturing region by using ultrasonic waves by the displacement detector.
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Azuma Takashi
Taniguchi Yo
Umemura Shin'ichiro
Antonelli, Terry Stout & Kraus, LLP.
Hitachi Medical Corporation
Laryea Lawrence
Le Long V.
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