Patent ID: 9173630
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An ultrasonic diagnostic equipment, comprising: an ultrasonic probe configured to transmit ultrasonic waves into a heart, receive reflected waves from the heart, and output reception signals; image data creation circuitry configured to create a plurality of images of the heart based on the reception signals from the ultrasonic probe; processing circuitry configured to set a plurality of control points at different positions on at least one of the plurality of images created by the image data creation circuitry, track the respective control points on remaining images of the plurality of images, obtain a plurality of change curves that indicate temporal changes of measured physical quantities of a plurality of positions of the heart based on the temporal change of positions of the tracked respective control points, determine a peak time for each of the plurality of change curves and generate an image that graphically indicates differences between the peak times respectively of the plurality of local positions; and a color display configured to display the change curves and a color bar that has a length longer than a distance between the peak times in the displayed changed curves, wherein the color bar indicates different colors along a time direction of the change curves.