Patent application number | Description | Published |
20150289837 | ULTRASONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - An ultrasonic apparatus includes a transducer configured to irradiate ultrasonic waves in different traveling directions onto an object and collect echo ultrasonic waves reflected from the object, and a controller configured to determine blood flow velocities of blood flowing in the object based on the echo ultrasonic waves, compound the determined blood flow velocities, and determine a composite blood flow velocity of the blood flowing in the object based on the compounded blood flow velocities. | 10-15-2015 |
20150289852 | ULTRASONIC PROBE - Disclosed herein is an ultrasonic probe configured to release heat generated by a transducer to an exterior of the ultrasonic probe via a heat pipe and a radiator. The ultrasonic probe includes a housing; a transducer configured to generate ultrasonic waves while disposed in an interior of the housing; a heat pipe configured to transfer the heat generated by the transducer; a radiator connected to the heat pipe and configured to release the heat, which is transferred via the heat pipe, to the exterior of the housing; and a partition wall configured to separate an inside space within the housing. | 10-15-2015 |
20150289854 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is an ultrasonic imaging apparatus. The ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe arranged at a distal end portion of the ultrasonic imaging apparatus and a bending part connected to the ultrasonic probe and configured to be bendable. Heat generated by the ultrasonic probe is dissipated toward the bending part. | 10-15-2015 |
20150293062 | ULTRASONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - Disclosed herein are an ultrasonic apparatus for imaging an ultrasonic signal and a control method for the same. The ultrasonic apparatus may include a transducer configured to irradiate a plurality of ultrasonic waves which have different traveling directions onto an object and to collect a plurality of echo ultrasonic waves reflected from the object; and a controller configured to acquire a plurality of sound velocities of the plurality of ultrasonic waves in the object and to compound the acquired plurality of sound velocities in order to determine a composite sound velocity in the object. | 10-15-2015 |
20150293215 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An ultrasound imaging apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe configured to transmit an ultrasound to an object, receive an echo signal reflected from the object, and output the echo signal; a quality determiner configured to receive the echo signals and determine quality of voxels of a three-dimensional (3D) volume of the object to be rendered based on observation information of the 3D volume; and a beamformer configured to perform beamforming on the echo signal based on the quality of the voxels to generate an output signal. | 10-15-2015 |
20150305713 | ULTRASONIC PROBE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An ultrasonic probe includes a capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (cMUT) array configured to generate ultrasonic waves, an integrated circuit to which the cMUT array is bonded, and a flexible printed circuit board having one end connected to the integrated circuit to output signals to the integrated circuit, the integrated circuit including pads provided on the integrated circuit and an anisotropic conductive film (ACF) provided on the pads, and the one end of the flexible printed circuit board being connected to the ACF to thereby connect the flexible printed circuit board to the integrated circuit. | 10-29-2015 |
20150327839 | ULTRASONIC PROBE AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus including: an ultrasonic probe including an ultrasonic transducer array; and an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus main body comprising a transceiver configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic waves via the ultrasonic transducer array, an image processor configured to generate an ultrasonic image of an object based on an ultrasonic echo signal acquired via the transceiver, a communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with a docking station, and a charge unit configured to charge power which is received wirelessly from the docking station via the communication unit, in a charge battery. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently supply power to the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus main body regardless of time and place, and to improve mobility and portability of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus main body. | 11-19-2015 |
20150333814 | BEAM FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR FORMING BEAMS, ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS, AND ULTRASONIC PROBE - A beam forming apparatus may include a first combiner configured to combine signals in a plurality of groups individually for each group to generate first composite signals and a second combiner configured to combine the first composite signals using a weight applied variously depending on the first composite signals. | 11-19-2015 |