ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING AND STORING DATA IN CINE MEMORY

摘要

A efficient ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus for compressing and storing data in a CINE memory (50) is provided, which uses an LZW algorithm to compress and decompress the data. In embodying this LZW method to compress and decompress the data, there are two methods such as a hardware implementation method on an integrated circuit chip using a content addressable memory (45) and a software implementation method using a program stored in a microprocessor (80) in a microprocessor-based ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus.