Patent ID: 9606227
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G01S,G10K

Claim:
1. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprising: an ultrasonic probe including a plurality of ultrasonic transducer blocks which are arranged along one predetermined direction and respectively include a plurality of ultrasonic transducers, and including adhesive layers arranged between the plurality of ultrasonic transducer blocks and that bond the plurality of ultrasonic transducer blocks to each other; a transmission/reception processor configured to drive at least one of the transducers of the ultrasonic probe and perform beam-forming along a receiving direction by using echo signals received through a plurality of ultrasonic transducers in at least two of the ultrasonic transducer blocks, which plurality of ultrasonic transducers include an ultrasonic transducer adjacent to the at least one adhesive layer between the at least two ultrasonic transducer blocks; a setting processor configured to set weighting coefficients and delay times for echo signals as a transmission/reception condition; and a control processor configured to control the setting processor such that a weighting coefficient for an echo signal received through the ultrasonic transducer adjacent to the at least one adhesive layer is smaller than weighting coefficients for echo signals received through the ultrasonic transducers other than the ultrasonic transducer adjacent to the adhesive layer, and control the transmission/reception processor such that the beam-forming is performed by using weighting coefficients and delay times for the echo signals received through the plurality of ultrasonic transducers including the ultrasonic transducer adjacent to the at least one adhesive layer between the at least two ultrasonic transducer blocks.