Title:
超音波診断装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5666873
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus comprises an ultrasound probe including a transducer array for transmitting and receiving ultrasound; a diagnostic apparatus body for generating ultrasound images; a communications cable connecting the ultrasound probe and the apparatus body with each other; an apparatus body-side connector for connecting one end of the communications cable with the diagnostic apparatus body; analog-to-digital converters for processing reception signals from the transducer array; an electrical-to-optical conversion unit for converting the processed reception signals into optical signals; an optical fiber provided in the communications cable in order to transmit the reception signals as optical signals; and an optical-to-electrical conversion unit for converting the transmitted reception signals into electric signals. The diagnostic apparatus body generates an ultrasound image based on the reception signals as converted by the optical-to-electrical conversion unit into electric signals.
Inventors:
宮地 幸哉
Application Number:
JP2010230525A
Publication Date:
February 12, 2015
Filing Date:
October 13, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
富士フイルム株式会社
International Classes:
A61B8/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Mochitoshi Watanabe
Haruko Miwa
Hideaki Ito
Mitsuhashi Fumio
Haruko Miwa
Hideaki Ito
Mitsuhashi Fumio