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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2000
Masato Oonuki, Yaita, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention comprises an ultrasonic probe, a transmitting/receiving unit for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave to and from a subject via an ultrasonic probe, an image generating unit for generating an ultrasonic image based on a signal obtained from the transmitted and received waves, an input means for selecting a desired measuring item and desired calculating item from a plurality of measuring items and calculating items, a measurement processor for performing measurement processing on the measuring item and measuring item necessary to calculation processing on the calculating item with the use of the ultrasonic image and performing calculation processing on the selected calculating item from the measured value of the measuring item necessary to the calculation processing on the selected calculating item, and a measurement managing processor for specifying a measuring item in a not-yet-measured state in the selected measuring item and measuring item necessary to the calculation processing on the selected calculating item and noticing the specified item.