Patent ID: 7749167

Claim:
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus for obtaining an ultrasonic image of an object body, comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave; a receiver configured to receive an echo signal reflected from the object body in response to the ultrasonic wave and to generate a reception signal based on the echo signal; a filter configured to adjust intensity of each of a fundamental component and a harmonic component from the reception signal by a filter characteristic, wherein an amplification of the harmonic component is larger than an amplification of the fundamental component, wherein a relative intensity of the harmonic component is adjusted to be larger than the intensity of the fundamental component; an input unit configured to input a parameter for controlling a ratio of the amplification of the fundamental component and the amplification of the harmonic component by an operator; an adjusting unit configured to adjust the ratio according to the parameter; and a display configured to display the ultrasonic image.