Patent ID: 8360979

Claim:
An ultrasonic color imaging apparatus for forming a color image of a target with given physical properties, wherein said color image comprises of a plurality of image points, said apparatus comprising: an ultrasound generating and receiving means for launching an ultrasound signal into said target, and retrieving an outcome ultrasound signal that has traveled within said target; and a processing device configured to perform the following steps of: converting said retrieved ultrasound signal into a digital signal; relating a selected part of said digital signal to an image point representing said target; evaluating a plurality of imaging parameters from said selected part of said digital signal for said image point, wherein each imaging parameter characterizes a different one of the physical properties of said target, and at least one of said physical properties is stationary; calculating at least two color parameters dependent on said plurality of imaging parameters, wherein each calculated color parameter quantifies a different base color for said image point; forming the color image using said image point, wherein a displayed color of said image point is defined by said at least two color parameters, whereby the color image formed characterizes a plurality of physical properties of said target.