Patent ID: 7520855

Claim:
An ultrasonographic apparatus, comprising: an ultrasonic probe for transmitting/receiving an ultrasonic wave to/from a patient; means for generating an ultrasonic transmission signal and transmitting it to the ultrasonic probe; means for performing reception processing on a reflection echo signal received by the ultrasonic probe; means for re-constructing a form image according to the reception signal processed by the reception processing means; means for re-constructing an elasticity image according to the reception signal processed by the reception processing means; means for displaying the form image and the elasticity image; means for switching between the form image mode and the elasticity image mode; and wherein the reception processing means includes first reception processing means for the form image and second reception processing means for the elasticity image; and means for control between the first processing means and the second processing means; wherein the control means switches between the first reception processing means and the second reception processing means according to selection of the form image and the elasticity image.