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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2014
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, Llc, Waukesha, WI (US);
Hiroshi Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that can identify the angle of a received ultrasonic beam with respect to the predetermined biopsy path of a biopsy needle. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is characterized by including a received beam forming unit that forms received ultrasonic beams based on the echo signals of ultrasonic waves transmitted into a subject, and a display control unit that displays, in a B-mode image formed based on the received ultrasonic beams, a biopsy guide line in a display mode corresponding to an angle between the beam direction of the received ultrasonic beam and the predetermined biopsy path of a biopsy needle to be inserted into the subject. The biopsy guide line is displayed as, for example, a broken line having a width corresponding to the angle.