Patent ID: 7217243
Filing Date: 2007-05-15
Classification: A61B,G01S,G10K

Abstract:
1. An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus including a probe unit and an apparatus body to which the probe unit is detachably connected, the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus comprising: a 2D array transducer composed of a plurality of transducer elements which are divided into a plurality of 2D sub arrays; a group setting section for setting a plurality of groups with respect to a plurality of transducer elements within each sub array in accordance with a beam forming condition, the group setting section being capable of varying the number of transducer elements forming each of the groups; a transmitter section for supplying a plurality of transmitting signals to the plurality of groups which are set with respect to each sub array; a receiver section for processing a plurality of group receiving signals corresponding to the plurality of groups which are set with respect to each sub array; wherein the group setting section stuns a plurality of receiving signals for each group to perform receiving channel reduction at the time of receiving, and outputs an identical transmitting signal to a plurality of transducer elements for each group in parallel to perform transmitting channel reduction at the time of transmitting; the receiver section includes: the array transducer, the group setting section, and the plurality of sub phase adjusting and summing circuits are provided within the probe unit; and the at least one main phase adjusting and summing circuit is provided within the apparatus body.