Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and control method thereof

摘要

An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a probe including a transducer which transmits an ultrasound signal to a target, receives the ultrasound signal reflected from the target, and transduces the received ultrasound signal into an analog signal; an A/D converter which converts the analog signal output by the probe into a digital signal; a compression unit which compresses the digital signal output from the A/D converter; and a host computer which decompresses the digital signal compressed by the compression unit and performs beamforming.

主权项

1. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprising:
a probe comprising at least one transducer which transmits an ultrasound signal to a target, receives the ultrasound signal reflected from the target, and transduces the received ultrasound signal into an electrical signal; and a compressor which compresses the electrical signal by predicting a target pixel of the ultrasound signal from an ambient pixel to generate a prediction error signal and coding the prediction error signal, wherein the signal compressed by the compressor is decompressed when the signal is used for beamforming.