Patent ID: 6315731
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: G01S

Abstract:
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprising:a first connecting unit which is detachably mounted to an ultrasonic receiving/transmitting unit having an ultrasonic vibrator to input an ultrasonic reception signal obtained by said ultrasonic receiving/transmitting unit;a driving control unit for generating a control signal to drive said ultrasonic vibrator;a second connecting unit which is detachably mounted to said ultrasonic receiving/transmitting unit to output the control signal from said driving control unit to the ultrasonic vibrator of said ultrasonic receiving/transmitting unit;a first storing unit for storing the ultrasonic reception signal inputted from said first connecting unit as ultrasonic data;a second storing unit for storing coordinate-transforming program to subject the ultrasonic data stored in said first storing unit to a coordinate-transforming process and generate an ultrasonic image; andan arithmetic processing unit for generating ultrasonic image data which is coordinate-transformed from the ultrasonic data stored in said first storing unit by reading out said coordinate-transforming program from said second storing unit and executing said coordinate-transforming program.