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20090118619 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC METHOD - Provided are an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and method capable of obtaining an image having a preferable SN and no blur in a wide range from a shallow portion to a deep portion of the image without using a delay control for each transducer. | 05-07-2009 |
20100030081 | ULTRASONOGRAPH - Multidimensional beamformer data including time, which is provided by numerical data in practical use, is efficiently stored in storage means and is computed. The computation means for the beamformer utilizes beamformer data computing means which performs the computation of delays and weighting by using a linear combination function of a 2nd-degree term of time and n number of any parameters P | 02-04-2010 |
20110077524 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC CONTRAST IMAGING METHOD - Ultrasonic diagnostic arrangements (apparatus, methods, etc.) including: an ultrasonic probe or operation for transmitting an ultrasonic wave to an object to be tested and receiving an ultrasonic wave from the object; a transmitter or operation for pulse-driving the ultrasonic probe to transmit an ultrasonic beam to the object; a reception phasing unit or operation for performing phasing on reflected echo signals received by the ultrasonic probe, the reception phasing unit separately performing phasing at multiple phasing frequencies on the reflected echo signals received in response to at least one transmission of the ultrasonic beam; an image generator or operation for generating an ultrasonic image based on the phased received signal. | 03-31-2011 |
20110184289 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus in accordance with the invention includes: an ultrasonic probe in which multiple ultrasonic vibrators for transmitting/receiving an ultrasonic wave are arranged; a transmitter configured to provide an electric signal to each of the vibrators in the ultrasonic probe, the transmitter providing a square wave signal having any multiple frequency components to the each of the vibrators, causing the vibrators to form an ultrasonic beam; a receiver configured to receive a reception signal obtained by transmitting the ultrasonic beam; and a signal processor configured to form an ultrasonic image based on the reception signal. | 07-28-2011 |
20110203374 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus having an ultrasonic probe configured to transmit and receive an ultrasonic wave, a transmitter for configured to supply a signal to the ultrasonic probe and forming an ultrasonic beam, a receiver configured to receive a reception signal obtained by transmitting the ultrasonic beam to an object, a signal processor configured to form an ultrasonic image on the basis of the reception signal, a display unit configured to display the ultrasonic image, and a control unit configured to control the transmitter, the receiver, the signal processor and the display unit, comprising a setting unit configured to set an operation mode of the transmitter to a low power consumption operation mode or a high spatial resolution operation mode. | 08-25-2011 |
20120046552 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC PROBE, AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC METHOD - In order to provide an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus with a transceiver circuit configuration which has a small number of components and is suitable for miniaturization, an amplifier circuit used for both transmission and reception which can be built in an ultrasonic probe and has a function of adding currents of received signals from plural elements is provided in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus. In addition, an analog matrix switch ( | 02-23-2012 |
20120073374 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS - An ultrasonic imaging apparatus is disclosed that is capable of eliminating deterioration of the S/N of the ultrasonic image while suppressing enlargement of the circuit size. The ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe having a plurality of transducers arranged for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves to/from an object to be examined. A transmission unit is provided for supplying a drive signal to each of the transducers, and a reception unit is provided for phasing/adding and receiving a reflected echo signal received by each transducer. The apparatus also includes an image processing unit for reconfiguring an ultrasonic image based on the reflected echo signal received. The transmission unit divides the plurality of transducers into a plurality of groups, supplies a common drive signal to the transducers belonging to the same group, and performs focus control by group units. | 03-29-2012 |
20120092954 | ULTRASONIC TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING CIRCUIT AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An ultrasonic transmitting/receiving circuit equipped with: a semiconductor circuit element which comprises at least three terminals including a first terminal connected to a plurality of transducer elements that constitute an ultrasonic probe, a second terminal connected to a transmission signal generating circuit, and a third terminal serving as an output terminal of an amplifier of a reception signal from the transducer element, and which has a function of amplifying a signal inputted from one terminal by the other terminal and outputting the amplified signal between at least two terminals among the above-said three terminals; and a control unit which performs control so as to cause the semiconductor circuit element to perform a first function of functioning as a switch for inputting a transmission signal to the transducer element and a second function of amplifying the reception signal received from the transducer element. | 04-19-2012 |
20120113759 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus characterized by comprising, a probe which has a transducer and which transmits and receives ultrasonic waves, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus main body; and a cable through which signals are transmitted and received between the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus main body and the probe, wherein the probe includes a transmission signal generator that generates an ultrasonic transmission signal, a transmission circuit that amplifies the generated transmission signal, and a transmission phasing circuit that adjusts the timing of the transmission signal. | 05-10-2012 |
20120232395 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present invention includes a signal transmission section, which supplies a driving pulse to a transducer in order to transmit an ultrasonic transmission signal to an object and transmits to the object a non-inverted component and an inverted component of an ultrasonic waveform, and a signal processing section, which removes a fundamental wave component by adding received signals from the object. The signal transmission section includes a switching section which changes an output period within a half period of the transmission signal according to at least one of a load connected to the signal transmission section and amplitude, a frequency, and a wave number output from the transmission circuit. | 09-13-2012 |
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20110159634 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BACK SIDE ILLUMINATED IMAGING DEVICE - In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a back side illuminated imaging device includes forming a semiconductor detection device and a peripheral circuit device on a semiconductor substrate, and bonding the semiconductor substrate onto a holding substrate via the semiconductor detection device and the peripheral circuit device. The method further includes removing the semiconductor substrate from the holding substrate to transfer the semiconductor detection device and the peripheral circuit device onto the holding substrate. The method further includes forming an amorphous semiconductor layer in which impurities are introduced, on the semiconductor detection device transferred onto the holding substrate, and annealing the amorphous semiconductor layer by using a microwave. | 06-30-2011 |
20110215333 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, wherein an amorphous semiconductor film comprising a microcrystal is annealed using a microwave, to crystallize the amorphous semiconductor film comprising the microcrystal using the microcrystal as a nucleus. | 09-08-2011 |
20120025200 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method can include depositing a first amorphous film having a first impurity, depositing a third amorphous lower-layer film on the first amorphous film, forming microcrystals on the third amorphous lower-layer film, depositing a third amorphous upper-layer film on the third amorphous lower-layer film to cover the microcrystals, depositing a second amorphous film having a second impurity on the third amorphous upper-layer film, and radiating microwaves to crystallize the third amorphous lower-layer film and the third amorphous upper-layer film to form a third crystal layer, and crystallize the first amorphous film and the second amorphous film to form a first crystal layer and a second crystal layer. | 02-02-2012 |
20130146884 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method can include depositing a first amorphous film having a first impurity, depositing a third amorphous lower-layer film on the first amorphous film, forming microcrystals on the third amorphous lower-layer film, depositing a third amorphous upper-layer film on the third amorphous lower-layer film to cover the microcrystals, depositing a second amorphous film having a second impurity on the third amorphous upper-layer film, and radiating microwaves to crystallize the third amorphous lower-layer film and the third amorphous upper-layer film to form a third crystal layer, and crystallize the first amorphous film and the second amorphous film to form a first crystal layer and a second crystal layer. | 06-13-2013 |