Patent ID: 6918876
Filing Date: 2005-07-19
Classification: A61B,G01S,G06T

Abstract:
1. An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus for obtaining an ultrasound image of a subject into which an ultrasound contrast agent mainly composed of microbubbles is injected, comprising: a probe configured to transmit/receive an ultrasound wave to/from the subject; a transmission circuit configured to drive said probe to transmit an ultrasound wave while sequentially changing a direction of an ultrasound transmission line; a reception circuit configured to generate reception line data of the number of parallel reception from ultrasound echo signals obtained by one ultrasound wave transmission; a transmission/reception control circuit configured to control said transmission and reception circuits to change the number of parallel reception during a scan sequence for generating a 1-frame ultrasound image; and an image processing unit configured to generate an ultrasound image on the basis of the reception line data.