Acoustic wave measuring apparatus and control method of acoustic wave measuring apparatus

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PATENT NO 9867545
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13649672

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Provided is an acoustic wave measuring apparatus including: an acoustic probe; region-of-interest setting unit for setting two or more regions of interest for an object; priority setting unit for setting priorities on the regions of interest; region calculating unit for determining, for each of the set priorities, an inclusion region including the regions of interest set with the priority; scanning method determining unit for assigning a scanning stripe to each of the inclusion regions so as to include all regions of interest included in the inclusion region; scanning path identifying unit for determining a scanning order of a plurality of scanning stripes having a same priority so as to shorten a movement distance of the acoustic probe; and scanning unit for scanning the scanning stripes according to the determined scanning order, based on the priority order, by moving the acoustic probe.

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CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATOKYO TOKYO METROPOLIS

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Sato, Akira Kawasaki, JP 437 4478

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