Patent ID: 8591417
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: A61B,G01S

Abstract:
1. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, comprising: an ultrasonic wave transmitter that transmits an ultrasonic wave to a subject; an ultrasonic wave receiver that receives the ultrasonic wave from the subject and outputs a received signal based upon the received ultrasonic wave; a tissue tracing unit that generates a tissue tracing waveform by analyzing the received signal supplied from the ultrasonic wave receiver, said tissue tracing waveform including a waveform that traces a position of a tissue of the subject; and a detection unit that detects initialization timings by analyzing a change to an aspect of the tissue tracing waveform without using information from an electrocardiograph, and outputs initializing pulses corresponding to the initialization timings wherein said tissue tracing unit is repeatedly initialized based on the initialization pulses.