Patent ID: 9474503
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: A61B,G01S

Claim Text:
1. A medical diagnostic ultrasound system, comprising: an ultrasound data acquisition unit configured to set at least two focal points and form ultrasound data corresponding to the respective at least two focal points by performing a beam forming upon a plurality of echo signals corresponding to a plurality of signals transmitted to the respective at least two focal points, wherein the beam forming is performed by considering transmission delays to the respective at least two focal points and the transmission delays are determined to set the at least two focal points on different locations respectively; and a processor configured to form vector information of a target object by using the ultrasound data, wherein the plurality of echo signals are generated by being reflected from a target object and transmitted to the respective at least two focal points, and the ultrasound data comprise vector information including different velocities and directions of the target object, and wherein the ultrasound data acquisition unit is configured to: set transmission delays corresponding to the respective at least two focal points; form transmission pulses corresponding to the respective at least two focal points by considering the transmission delays; transmit ultrasound a plurality of signals into the target object in response to the transmission pulses and receive ultrasound echoes to form a plurality of receive signals; perform analog-to-digital conversion upon the plurality of receive signals to form a plurality of digital signals; perform reception beam forming upon the plurality of digital signals to form a plurality of receive-focused signals; and form ultrasound data corresponding to the respective at least two focal points by using the plurality of receive-focused signals.