Patent ID: 8702611
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: A61B,G01S

Abstract:
1. An ultrasound probe which transmits a transmission signal produced through a signal process on a reception signal, which is acquired by transmitting ultrasonic waves toward a subject and receiving an ultrasonic echo reflected from a measurement site of a subject, to an apparatus body of an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, which produces an ultrasound diagnostic image from the transmission signal, the ultrasound probe comprising: a first priority setter configured to set a first priority regarding which of a first measurement parameter relating to temporal resolution and a second measurement parameter relating to spatial resolution when acquiring the reception signal to produce the ultrasound diagnostic image is given preference; a probe controller configured to set values of the first and second measurement parameters in accordance with allowable power consumption set in advance in accordance with heat generation associated with a process including the signal process, a measurement depth set in accordance with the measurement site of the subject, and the first priority set by the first priority setter, and to control transmission and reception operations based on the set first and second measurement parameters.