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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 05, 2009
Applicants:

Tetsuya Yoshida, Nasushiobara, JP;

Tetsuya Kawagishi, Nasushiobara, JP;

Naohisa Kamiyama, Otawara, JP;

Yoko Okamura, Nasushiobara, JP;

Yasuhiko Abe, Otawara, JP;

Inventors:

Tetsuya Yoshida, Nasushiobara, JP;

Tetsuya Kawagishi, Nasushiobara, JP;

Naohisa Kamiyama, Otawara, JP;

Yoko Okamura, Nasushiobara, JP;

Yasuhiko Abe, Otawara, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/14 (2006.01); A61B 8/06 (2006.01); A61B 8/13 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/14 (2013.01); A61B 8/06 (2013.01); A61B 8/13 (2013.01); A61B 8/469 (2013.01); A61B 8/08 (2013.01); A61B 8/488 (2013.01);
Abstract

An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus disclosed herein comprises an ultrasonic probe which generates an ultrasonic beam, a volume data set collecting unit which collects a plurality of volume data sets corresponding to a plurality of three-dimensional scan ranges via the ultrasonic probe, the plurality of three-dimensional scan ranges partly overlapping one another, a region of interest setting unit which sets, in accordance with a user instruction, a region of interest on a first tomogram generated from particular one of the plurality of volume data sets, a tomogram generating unit which generates the first tomogram from the particular volume data set and also generates a second tomogram associated with a section including the region of interest from another volume data set corresponding to the three-dimensional scan range including the region of interest, and a display unit which displays the first tomogram and the second tomogram.


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