Patent ID: 8882671
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: A61B,G01S

Abstract:
1. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, comprising: an ultrasonic probe which acquires ultrasonic image data by performing a first ultrasonic scan and a second ultrasonic scan in a scan plane set in a subject, the first ultrasonic scan using a first field angle set to a size including a diagnostic target and a part serving as an index to recognize a position of the diagnostic target, and the second ultrasonic scan including the diagnostic target in the subject, wherein the second ultrasonic scan has a field angle smaller than a field angle of the first ultrasonic scan; a control processor which controls the ultrasonic probe to perform a sequence of scans so that a plurality of ultrasonic image data sets regarding the diagnostic target are acquired by selectively performing both a second plurality of second ultrasonic scans and a first plurality of first ultrasonic scans in the sequence, wherein the control processor controls the ultrasonic probe to perform more second ultrasonic scans than first ultrasonic scans; and user interface hardware which sets, in the ultrasonic image data, a coordinate axis based on the index part by use of a second ultrasonic image obtained by the second ultrasonic scan.