Patent ID: 8197410
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An ultrasonic diagnosis device comprising: a data collecting unit configured to collect ultrasonic image data, which are obtained by scanning a predetermined site of a sample periodically moving with ultrasonic waves, during a period of one or more cycle of the motion; an interesting area setting unit configured to set a two-dimensional interesting area of a tissue of the sample in the ultrasonic image data at a predetermined time phase; a strain gauge setting unit configured to set a predetermined number of strain gauges which includes a plurality of segments connecting two end points to one or more middle points existing between the end points in the interesting area; a motion vector information generating unit configured to generate motion vector information of the tissue including at least the strain gauges by the use of a process with pattern matching; an image generating unit configured to set a predetermined number of strain gauges in the ultrasonic image data at different time phases during the period and generate a strain gauge image in which the strain gauges are overlapped at a corresponding position, by the use of a tracking process using the set strain gauges and the motion vector information of the tissue; and a display unit configured to display the strain gauge image in a predetermined form.