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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2010
Tetsuya Kawagishi, Nasushiobara, JP;
Katsuhisa Ishii, Kobe, JP;
Tetsuya Kawagishi, Nasushiobara, JP;
Katsuhisa Ishii, Kobe, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
THE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus includes a display unit to display an ultrasonic image, a comparison unit to compare the signal/echo intensity of a cardiac chamber portion of an ultrasonic image with the signal/echo intensity of a myocardial portion of the image, and an indication generating unit to generate a specific indication at a time point when the signal/echo intensity of the cardiac chamber portion changes from a higher value to a lower value than the signal/echo intensity of the myocardial portion or at another time point with reference to the time point.