Patent ID: 8641624
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: A61B,G01S

Abstract:
1. An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus comprising: a connection section comprising: a transmission section configured to drive the ultrasound transducer of the electronic scan ultrasound probe connected to the first connection section or the ultrasound transducer of the mechanical scan ultrasound probe connected to the second connection section by a transmission signal of a transmission frequency thereof; an echo signal creation section configured to create a digital echo signal from an echo signal received by the ultrasound transducer of the electronic scan ultrasound probe connected to the first connection section and converted from the ultrasound wave or received by the ultrasound transducer of the mechanical scan ultrasound probe connected to the second connection section and converted from the ultrasound wave; a signal processing section configured to carry out signal processing of the digital echo signal using a filter; a processing-speed changing section configured to change an operation frequency of the signal processing in the signal processing section to a frequency corresponding to the transmission frequency of the ultrasound transducer of the electronic scan ultrasound probe connected to the first connection section or the ultrasound transducer of the mechanical scan ultrasound probe connected to the second connection section; a change control section configured to control change of the operation frequency in the processing-speed changing section to the frequency corresponding to the transmission frequency of the ultrasound transducer of the electronic scan ultrasound probe connected to the first connection section or the ultrasound transducer of the mechanical scan ultrasound probe connected to the second connection section; a clock frequency changing section configured to change a clock frequency according to the transmission frequency; a tracking filter provided in the signal processing section and configured to carry out filter processing for each predetermined distance of ultrasound wave propagation in the digital echo signal; a filter coefficient storage section configured to store a plurality of filter coefficients for constituting the tracking filter; a discrimination section configured to discriminate the transmission frequency of the ultrasound transducer of the electronic scan ultrasound probe connected to the first connection section or the ultrasound transducer of the mechanical scan ultrasound probe connected to the second connection section; and a tracking filter setting section configured to read out from the filter coefficient storage section a filter coefficient in accordance with a discrimination result by the discrimination section, and set the tracking filter using the filter coefficient corresponding to the transmission frequency, wherein the change control section is further configured to change, in accordance with the discrimination result by the discrimination section, the operation frequency of the signal processing section in synchronization with the clock frequency so as to be equal to the frequency corresponding to the transmission frequency of the ultrasound transducer of the electronic scan ultrasound probe connected to the first connection section or the ultrasound transducer of the mechanical scan ultrasound probe connected to the second connection section.