Patent ID: 8197411

Claim:
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprising: an ultrasonic probe including an ultrasonic transmitting/receiving surface; a reference deformable body attached to the ultrasonic transmitting/receiving surface of the ultrasonic probe; a tomographic image constructing unit configured to transmit/receive ultrasonic waves to/from an object to be examined via the reference deformable body, and generate a tomographic image based on RF signal frame data of a cross-sectional region of the object; a storing unit configured to store a type of the reference deformable body corresponding to an ID of the reference deformable body; an input unit configured to input the ID of the reference deformable body; a type specifying unit configured to specify the type of the reference deformable body corresponding to the inputted ID; and a display unit configured to display the tomographic image, wherein said tomographic image constructing unit generates the tomographic image based on the specified type of the reference deformable body, and wherein the type of the reference deformable body includes at least one of thickness of the reference deformable body, elasticity characteristics of the reference deformable body including elasticity modulus, acoustic characteristics, scatterer concentration, and a kind of ultrasonic probe to be attached.