Patent ID: 8241215

Claim:
An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprising: an ultrasonic probe configured to transmit ultrasound to a subject and receive a reflection wave from the subject; an image generator configured to generate a pick-up image based on the received reflection wave; a memory configured to store a reference image obtained from an imaging modality other than an ultrasound imaging modality; a determination unit configured to determine a similarity between the reference image and a currently imaging ultrasound image or a relation between a present position of the ultrasonic probe and a position where the ultrasonic probe is to be placed when a cross section is deemed as an ultrasonic image; a navigation information generating unit configured to provide a user with navigation information helping the user to acquire an ultrasonic image at a position corresponding to that of the reference image on the basis of the similarity or the relation of the probe positions, the navigation information illustrating the probe at the present position and the probe at a position at which the reference image was acquired; and a display unit which displays the navigation information, the currently imaging ultrasound image and the reference image at the same time, the reference image having a shape corresponding to the currently imaging ultrasound image.