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Ultrasonic inspection and imaging instrument

  • US 5,293,326 A
  • Filed: 06/24/1991
  • Issued: 03/08/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An ultrasonic inspection and imaging instrument for detecting an echo obtainable from an object under examination by two-dimensionally scanning the object under examination using an ultrasonic probe to obtain display data and for displaying a measurement picture of the object under examination corresponding to said two-dimensional scanning, said instrument comprising:

  • a memory unit for storing data of a plurality of images and a plurality of measurement conditions corresponding to said plurality of images, including measurement conditions under which said measurement picture is obtained;

    a processor unit for concurrently displaying a plurality of images without being overlapped on a display screen according to the plurality of image data stored in said memory unit, for obtaining from said memory unit the measurement conditions stored corresponding to image data of an image selected from said plurality of stored images, and for displaying the measurement picture of the object under examination on the display screen by subjecting the object under examination to said two-dimensional scanning in accordance with the selected image; and

    means for two-dimensionally scanning the object under examination responsive to a signal from the processor unit that automatically presets the scanner with the measurement conditions in accordance with a user-indicated one of the displayed images.

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