Patent ID: 8043220
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: A61B,G01S

Abstract:
1. An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus comprising: an ultrasound probe; a transmission unit for transmitting an ultrasound signal to an object to be examined via the ultrasound probe; a reception unit for processing a signal received by the ultrasound probe; and an image generating unit for generating a tissue harmonic image on the basis of the received signal processed by the reception unit, the transmission unit being configured to transmit an ultrasound signal including a first waveform and an ultrasound signal including a second waveform formed by time-inverting the first waveform, having varying frequency plural times in an identical direction at time intervals, and the reception unit being configured for phasing and adding the received signals respectively corresponding to the first waveform in which the frequency to increase and the second waveform in which the frequency to decrease, wherein: