Patent ID: 8430820

Claim:
An ultrasonic imaging apparatus configured to acquire tomographic image information of a subject to which a contrast agent is administered and to display the tomographic image information, said ultrasonic imaging apparatus comprising: a probe unit configured to acquire the tomographic image information; a display unit configured to display the tomographic image information; an administration time timer configured to start while acquisition of the tomographic image information is being performed and to measure a total time elapsed by adding an offset time to the time that elapses after the start of the administration time timer; and an offset time setting device configured to set the offset time within said administration time timer when said administration time timer is started, wherein the offset time is set based on a standard time at which the administration time timer is started, stop time information that indicates a standard time at which the administration time timer was previously stopped, and elapsed time information that indicates an elapsed time between an instant when the administration time timer was previously started and the standard time at which the administration time timer was previously stopped, the stop time information and the elapsed time information both linked to subject information that identifies the subject.