Patent ID: 9345446
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprising: a processor configured to collect a plurality of frames of two-dimensional or three-dimensional echo data in a manner of scanning in which ultrasound transmission/reception is performed in a plurality of scan lines that form a scan range of one frame, the ultrasound transmission/reception being performed once for each scan line in each frame, and acquire two-dimensional or three-dimensional blood flow information in time sequence in the scan range by comparing the plurality of frames of two-dimensional or three-dimensional echo data between frames; an image generator configured to generate blood flow images in time sequence from the two-dimensional or three-dimensional blood flow information in time sequence in the scan range; a detector configured to detect movement information in time sequence of speckles for each of a plurality of points in a preset two-dimensional or three-dimensional region of interest, among the blood flow images in time sequence; and a controller configured to control the image generator to generate, based on the movement information in time sequence detected by the detector, movement information data in the form of a temporal change curve in which a representative value of the movement information in time sequence of speckles for each of the plurality of points is plotted in time sequence, or a temporal change image in which the temporal change curve is imaged, and to control a predetermined display to display the movement information data.