Patent ID: 7488287
Filing Date: 2009-02-10
Classification: A61B,G01S

Abstract:
1. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus which advances and returns a radial scanning ultrasonic vibrator in the living body of a subject and generates a plurality of time-series radial tomographic images in accordance with the advance and return, the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprising: positional information detecting means which detects positional information of the radial scanning ultrasonic vibrator upon obtaining the radial tomographic image; a cross-sectional plane setting section which sets a cross-sectional plane for generating a route tomographic image of and along a route of the advance and return of the radial scanning ultrasonic vibrator; and route tomographic generating means which generates the route tomographic image on an image drawing plane which is parallel with the cross-sectional plane, based on the positional information obtained from the positional information detecting means and the plurality of the time-series radial tomographic images.