Patent ID: 11969295
Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 3:
4. An ultrasound diagnostic device, comprising:
a transmitter connected to an ultrasound probe that includes a plurality of transducers aligned in an azimuth direction, the transmitter being configured to cause the ultrasound probe to perform a plurality of set transmissions while changing a position of the transmission line in the azimuth direction, each set transmission of the plurality of set transmissions consisting of a first ultrasound transmission and a second ultrasound transmission with different drive pulse polarities for a respective transmission line, and the first ultrasound transmission and the second ultrasound transmission for the each set transmission of the plurality of set transmissions being performed before a successive one of the plurality of set transmissions is performed;
a receiver configured to acquire, from the ultrasound probe, received signals based on reflected waves for the first ultrasound transmission and the second ultrasound transmission and generate a plurality of types of acoustic line signals; and
a hardware processor configured to generate an imaging signal based on the plurality of types of acoustic line signals,
wherein a time interval between the first ultrasound transmission and the second ultrasound transmission in the each set transmission of the plurality of set transmissions is greater than a time interval between two consecutive ultrasound transmissions each included in different set transmissions of the plurality of set transmissions.