Patent ID: 9339257
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: A61B,G06T,G16H

Claim Text:
1. A measuring apparatus comprising: a measurement reference point setting unit configured to set a first reference point to each of a plurality of sequential ultrasound images of a subject; a region of interest setting unit configured to set a first region of interest to a first part including the first reference point, and to set a plurality of second regions of interest to a plurality of second parts in each of the plurality of sequential ultrasound images, where the plurality of second regions of interest are set to both sides of the first region of interest, and where each of the plurality of second regions of interest does not include the first reference point; a tracking unit configured to perform tracking of the first region of interest and the plurality of second regions of interest in the ultrasound images; a first motion information calculating unit configured to determine a first moving vector indicative of movement of the first part and a plurality of second moving vectors, where each of the plurality of second moving vectors is indicative of movement of one of the plurality of second regions of interest based on the tracking performed by the tracking unit; a second motion information calculating unit configured to calculate an average vector based on the first moving vector and the plurality of second moving vectors; and a display unit configured to display a graph indicative of movement of the first reference point based on the average vector.