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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2010
Takehiro Tsujita, Tokyo, JP;
Takehiro Tsujita, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Medical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to generate a three-dimensional tomographic image in which the visibility of specific tissue that an examiner wants is enhanced, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatusof the present invention includes: an offset calculating sectionwhich increases or decreases the brightness value of each voxel according to the brightness value of each voxel of a three-dimensional tomographic image volume data. The amount of increase or decrease in the brightness value of each voxel of the offset calculating section is adjustable through a control panel, and a tomographic image volume rendering section generates the three-dimensional tomographic image on the basis of a three-dimensional tomographic image volume data in which the brightness value is offset by the offset calculating section.