General Electric Company
ULTRASONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

Abstract:

A processor in an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus controls an ultrasonic probe 2 to transmit a first ultrasonic beam to a first region A1, transmit a second ultrasonic beam to a second region A2, and transmit a third ultrasonic beam to a third region A3, wherein the first and third ultrasonic beams are focused ultrasonic beams having focus points F, and the second ultrasonic beam is an ultrasonic beam formed by a plane wave. The processor produces an ultrasonic image comprised of a first ultrasonic image for the first region A1, a second ultrasonic image for the second region A2, and a third ultrasonic image for the third region A3 based on first, second, and third echo signals obtained from said first, second, and third regions A1, A2, A3.