ULTRASONOGRAPH
First Claim
1. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprising:
- a transmitting section that drives an ultrasonic probe to transmit an ultrasonic wave toward a measuring region of a subject including an arterial vascular wall;
a receiving section that receives a reflected wave, produced by getting the ultrasonic wave reflected by the subject, at the ultrasonic probe to generate a received signal;
a movement information deriving section for deriving information about at least the axial movement of the arterial vascular wall based on the received signal; and
a boundary locating section for locating at least one of the blood flow-intima boundary, the media-adventitia boundary and the adventitia-body'"'"'s connective tissue boundary of the arterial vascular wall in the measuring region based on the movement information.
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Abstract
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention includes: a transmitting section 102 that drives an ultrasonic probe to transmit an ultrasonic wave toward a measuring region of a subject including an arterial vascular wall; a receiving section 101 that receives a reflected wave, produced by getting the ultrasonic wave reflected by the subject, at the ultrasonic probe to generate a received signal; a movement information deriving section 110 for deriving information about at least the axial movement of the arterial vascular wall based on the received signal; and a boundary locating section 109 for locating at least one of the blood flow-intima boundary, the media-adventitia boundary and the adventitia-body'"'"'s connective tissue boundary of the arterial vascular wall in the measuring region based on the movement information.
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10 Claims
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1. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprising:
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a transmitting section that drives an ultrasonic probe to transmit an ultrasonic wave toward a measuring region of a subject including an arterial vascular wall; a receiving section that receives a reflected wave, produced by getting the ultrasonic wave reflected by the subject, at the ultrasonic probe to generate a received signal; a movement information deriving section for deriving information about at least the axial movement of the arterial vascular wall based on the received signal; and a boundary locating section for locating at least one of the blood flow-intima boundary, the media-adventitia boundary and the adventitia-body'"'"'s connective tissue boundary of the arterial vascular wall in the measuring region based on the movement information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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