ULTRASONIC IMAGE PROCESSOR FOR DIAGNOSING CHEST AND ULTRASONOGRAPHY

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an ultrasonic diagnosing image processor for executing chest diagnosis consisting of a scanning head for obtaining an ultrasonic echo signal from the three-dimensional area of a chest and a three-dimensional plotting device responding to the ultrasonic echo signal. ;SOLUTION: The whole chest is ultrasonic-scanned to obtain the group of three-dimensional data of the chest and the data is three-dimensionally plotted to form the image of all the organs. The three-dimensional plotting forms a projecting image to obtain the record of the whole chest in one image. In addition a low echoing lesion such as cyst is clearly displayed and a high density matter such as micro-calcification is clarified. At the time of diagnosing the low echoing lesion in addition, a signal from the low echoing tube cavity of a vein can be hidden to be applied for making the image of a low echoing part such as a bile duct.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1999,JPO