General Electric Company
ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF

Abstract:

[Problem] To provide an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus that may easily and accurately understand the presence or absence and degree of continuity in the three dimensional direction of a low echo region. [Means for Solution] A processor of an ultrasound apparatus creates a first ultrasound image based on echo signals of a first scanning surface, extracts a first region wherein the signal strength of the echo signals in the first ultrasound image is less than or equal to a threshold, creates a second ultrasound image based on the echo signals of the second scanning surface, extracts, when the first scanning surface and the second scanning surface are separated by the required distance, a second region wherein the signal strength of the echo signals in the second ultrasound image is less than or equal to a threshold, determines whether or not the first region and the second region configure the same three dimensional region 3DRa across the first scanning surface and the second scanning surface, performs, based on the determination result, processing to obtain information representing the size of the three dimensional region 3DRa in the direction intersecting the first scanning surface and the second scanning surface, and displays a color image in accordance with the information.