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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2006
Takehiro Tsujita, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Takehiro Tsujita, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Medical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is disclosed for imaging 3-dimensional images by irradiating ultrasonic waves to an object and reconstructing the 3-dimensional image. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe for transmitting/receiving ultrasonic waves to/from an object to be examined, an ultrasonic image construction unit for constructing a 3-dimensional ultrasonic image based on the 3-dimensional ultrasonic image data from the ultrasonic signals received from the ultrasonic probe, and a display unit for displaying the 3-dimensional ultrasonic image. A position sensor is provided for detecting the position of the ultrasonic probe. A positional information analyzing unit stores the first position of the ultrasonic probe obtained from the position sensor and analyzes the positional relationship between the first position and the second position. The ultrasonic image construction unit converts the 3-dimensional ultrasonic image data obtained at the second position into a 3-dimensional ultrasonic image at the first position according to the positional relationship, thereby constructing the 3-dimensional ultrasonic image at the first position.