Patent ID: 9307956
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: A61B,G01S,G06T,G16H

Claim Text:
1. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprising: an ultrasonic probe configured to transmit/receive ultrasonic waves to/from an imaging target; an ultrasonic transmitter/receptor configured to transmit ultrasonic waves, via the ultrasonic probe, and perform signal processing on reception signals from the ultrasonic probe; an ultrasonic image constructor configured to chronologically construct ultrasonic images of a chronologically measured imaging target, based on the reception signals that are processed in the ultrasonic transmitter/receptor; a display configured to chronologically display the chronologically constructed ultrasonic images; a controller configured to control the ultrasonic transmitter/receptor, the ultrasonic image constructor and the display; an operator configured to specify a time division of a staining commencement time when a contrast agent enters, for each pixel of the chronologically constructed ultrasonic images; an image analyzer in the controller configured to: an analysis frame setter configured to set the analysis range in which the luminance analysis is performed by the luminance analyzing section.