Patent ID: 6692440
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: B06B,G01S

Abstract:
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprising:an ultrasonic probe; a transmitting/receiving device for driving said ultrasonic probe to transmit an ultrasonic pulse into a subject and receive an ultrasonic echo from the subject to output received data; a harmonic-mode data generating device for acquiring harmonic-mode data employing a harmonic component from said received data; an image producing device for producing a harmonic-mode image based on said harmonic-mode data; and a display device for displaying said harmonic-mode image, wherein said transmitting/receiving device transmits, after transmitting an ultrasonic pulse to a focus on a certain acoustic line, a next ultrasonic pulse at a time interval such that no effect is received from an ultrasonic echo associated with said former ultrasonic pulse.