Patent ID: 7959571
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: A61B,G01S

Abstract:
1. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus for repeatedly performing scans of, said ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprising: an ultrasonic probe configured to transmit ultrasonic beams to an image capture region in the subject and receive an ultrasonic echo reflected from the image capture region, each scan performed in a scan direction corresponding to the image capture region; an image generating unit configured to generate an ultrasonic diagnosis image of the image capture region based on sound ray data obtained by performing the scans; and an image correcting unit configured to perform a correcting process on the ultrasonic diagnosis image, the correcting process including: where abs( )expresses a function for obtaining an absolute value, x is the sound ray direction, y is the scan direction, ov[x][y] is the pixel value, and ov[x][y−1] and ov[x][y+1] are pixel values adjacent the pixel valve ov[x][y] in the scan direction;