Patent ID: 7481768
Filing Date: 2009-01-27
Classification: A61B,G01S

Abstract:
1. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprising: a probe that transmits ultrasound beams to the body of an object to be examined, as well as receives echo signals from said object; a reception unit that receives the echo signals from said probe; a storage means for storing the received echo signals; a readout-range setting means for setting at least two predetermined partial readout dynamic ranges which do not completely overlap one another for an overall dynamic range of the echo signals stored in said storage means; a means for reading out the echo signals of each of the at least two predetermined partial readout dynamic ranges set by said readout-range setting means, and for converting the readout signals of each of the at least two predetermined partial readout dynamic ranges to data having a display dynamic range of a display monitor; and a means for displaying each of the data converted by said data conversion means on the display monitor as an image.