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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2010
Applicant:
Takehiro Tsujita, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takehiro Tsujita, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G06T 15/08 (2011.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/466 (2013.01); A61B 8/483 (2013.01); A61B 8/485 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); G01S 7/52071 (2013.01); G06T 15/08 (2013.01); G01S 7/52073 (2013.01); G01S 15/8993 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus configured to appropriately display a region of interest that is intended to be observed in a 3-dimensional elastic image, and also provided is an ultrasonic image display method. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an elastic opacity table creating section for creating, on the basis of the elasticity values, an elastic opacity table used for setting an opacity in the volume rendering of the elastic volume data.