Patent ID: 6884216

Claim:
An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus comprising: an ultrasound probe which includes ultrasound transducers which transmit and receive ultrasound waves to and from an object to be examined; an ultrasound transmission/reception unit which transmits and receives an ultrasound beam by driving the ultrasound transducers; a physiological characteristic image data generating unit which generates physiological characteristic image data corresponding to at least one time phase, which is used to image at least one physiological characteristic of the object, on the basis of a reception signal received by the ultrasound transmission/reception unit; a memory which stores the physiological characteristic image data; an LOI (Line Of Interest) setting unit which sets an LOI at an arbitrary position on a physiological characteristic image displayed on the basis of the physiological characteristic image data; an M-mode image generating unit which reads out the physiological characteristic image data corresponding to the LOI from the memory and generates an arbitrary M-mode image as an M-mode image representing a temporal change associated with the LOI; a setting unit which sets a profile position by using a cursor displayed on the arbitrary M-mode image; a profile generating unit which generates a temporal profile of the arbitrary M-mode image at the profile position and a spatial profile of the arbitrary M-mode image which is associated with a line segment including at least the LOI; and a display unit which simultaneously displays the arbitrary M-mode image, the temporal profile, and the spatial profile.