Title:
ULTRASONIC RECEIVER AND RECEIVING METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2002000605
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a means of forming beams and processing signals including CW process in a completely digital domain.
An ultrasonic receiver which processes the images including CW Doppler in a digital domain. This ultrasonic receiver is consisting of a converter having a plurality of converting elements and an ultrasonic receiver having a plurality of channels (305) that receive analog echo signals (electric signal) and has a dynamic range of at least 154 dB/sqrt Hz, outputting the digitized analog echo signals using an A/D converter (320) that can convert signals.
Inventors:
RONALD DENNIS GATTSUKU
Application Number:
JP2001123341A
Publication Date:
January 08, 2002
Filing Date:
April 20, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC
International Classes:
G01N29/44; A61B8/00; G01S7/52; H04R3/00; G01S15/89; (IPC1-7): A61B8/00; G01N29/22; H04R3/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Okuyama Shoichi (2 outside)