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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2009
Akiko Tonomura, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Mitake, Tokyo, JP;
Akiko Tonomura, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Mitake, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Medical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that can classify an elasticity image by using elasticity data of the elasticity image and image information and objectively estimate a progress state of a disorder. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus has an elasticity information calculator for calculating elasticity data of a biomedical tissue by using RF signal frame data from the inside of an object which is received by ultrasonic wave transmitting/receiving means, an elasticity image constructing unit for generating an elasticity image on the basis of a distortion amount and/or an elasticity modulus calculated by an elasticity information calculator, an elasticity image estimating unitfor generating estimation data for estimating the characteristic of a biomedical tissue on the basis of an elasticity image, and an image classifying unitfor classifying an elasticity image by using at least one of estimation data generated by the elasticity image estimating unit. A classification result of the classifying unitis displayed on a display unit through a switching and displaying unit