Patent ID: 9101289
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus including: a storage unit configured to store elastic volume data generated based on ultrasonic image data acquired by transmitting/receiving ultrasonic waves to/from an object to be examined: an input unit configured to set a region of interest in a space which is occupied by the elastic volume data; an extraction unit configured to extract from the elastic volume data a voxel group having voxel values within a set elasticity range which is set based on an elasticity value of voxels in the region of interest; a 3-dimensional elastic image creation unit configured to generate a 3-dimensional elastic image by volume rendering the elastic volume data of the voxel group which is extracted by the extraction unit or the elastic volume data excluding the extracted voxel aroup; and an image display unit configured to display the 3-dimensional elastic image generated by the 3-dimensional elastic image creation unit, wherein the extraction unit extracts central coordinates and the voxels that are consecutively connected to the voxel positioned at the central coordinates in the region of interest as the voxel group.