Acoustic wave measuring apparatus and control method of acoustic wave measuring apparatus
First Claim
1. An acoustic wave measuring apparatus, comprising:
- an acoustic probe;
an input device for setting two or more regions of interest for an object, the regions of interest being set apart from each other;
a pointing device for setting priorities on the regions of interest that have been set;
a processor configured to(i) determine, for each of the set priorities, an inclusion region including the regions of interest set with the priority,(ii) divide each of the inclusion regions into a plurality of scanning regions and determine which of continuous measuring, fixed measuring, and non-measurement moving are performed for each of the scanning regions so as to shorten a total time required for scanning,wherein the continuous measuring is a method of measuring while moving said acoustic probe at a first speed,wherein the fixed measuring is a method in which a measurement is performed while stopping said acoustic probe and after the measurement said acoustic probe is moved at a speed faster than the first speed, andwherein the non-measurement moving is a method of moving said acoustic probe without measuring at a speed faster than the first speed, and(iii) determine a priority scanning order of a plurality of scanning regions having the same priority so as to shorten a movement distance of said acoustic probe; and
a movable mirror for scanning each of the inclusion regions according to the priority,wherein said mirror scans the scanning regions according to the determined scanning order in each of the inclusion regions.
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Abstract
Provided is an acoustic wave measuring apparatus including: an acoustic probe; region-of-interest setting unit for setting two or more regions of interest for an object; priority setting unit for setting priorities on the regions of interest; region calculating unit for determining, for each of the set priorities, an inclusion region including the regions of interest set with the priority; scanning method determining unit for assigning a scanning stripe to each of the inclusion regions so as to include all regions of interest included in the inclusion region; scanning path identifying unit for determining a scanning order of a plurality of scanning stripes having a same priority so as to shorten a movement distance of the acoustic probe; and scanning unit for scanning the scanning stripes according to the determined scanning order, based on the priority order, by moving the acoustic probe.
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1. An acoustic wave measuring apparatus, comprising:
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an acoustic probe; an input device for setting two or more regions of interest for an object, the regions of interest being set apart from each other; a pointing device for setting priorities on the regions of interest that have been set; a processor configured to (i) determine, for each of the set priorities, an inclusion region including the regions of interest set with the priority, (ii) divide each of the inclusion regions into a plurality of scanning regions and determine which of continuous measuring, fixed measuring, and non-measurement moving are performed for each of the scanning regions so as to shorten a total time required for scanning, wherein the continuous measuring is a method of measuring while moving said acoustic probe at a first speed, wherein the fixed measuring is a method in which a measurement is performed while stopping said acoustic probe and after the measurement said acoustic probe is moved at a speed faster than the first speed, and wherein the non-measurement moving is a method of moving said acoustic probe without measuring at a speed faster than the first speed, and (iii) determine a priority scanning order of a plurality of scanning regions having the same priority so as to shorten a movement distance of said acoustic probe; and a movable mirror for scanning each of the inclusion regions according to the priority, wherein said mirror scans the scanning regions according to the determined scanning order in each of the inclusion regions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of controlling an acoustic wave measuring apparatus having an acoustic probe, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a designation of two or more regions of interest for an object; receiving a designation of priorities on the designated regions of interest of which has been received in said regions of interest designation receiving step; determining, for each of the designated priorities, an inclusion region including the regions of interest; dividing each of the inclusion regions into a plurality of scanning regions; determining which of continuous measuring, fixed measuring, and non-measurement moving are performed for each of the scanning regions so as to shorten a total time required for scanning, wherein the continuous measuring is a method of measuring while moving the acoustic probe at a first speed, wherein the fixed measuring is a method in which a measurement is performed while stopping the acoustic probe and after the measurement the acoustic probe is moved at a speed faster than the first speed, and wherein the non-measurement moving is a method of moving the acoustic probe without measuring at a speed faster than the first speed; determining a scanning order of a plurality of scanning regions having the same priority so as to shorten a movement distance of the acoustic probe; and scanning each of the inclusion regions according to the priority, wherein, in each inclusion region, the scanning regions are scanned according to the determined scanning order.
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