ULTRASOUND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND ULTRASOUND IMAGE PICKUP METHOD

摘要

The present invention provides an ultrasound image pickup apparatus and ultrasound image pickup method capable of evaluating the stability of Doppler information acquired by a Doppler method and of observing the dynamics of living tissue (heart, blood vessels, etc.) in a subject on the basis of stable Doppler information. This ultrasound image pickup apparatus is equipped with: a probe for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic signals to and from the subject; a Doppler information-generating unit for generating Doppler information from the ultrasonic signals; a degree of similarity-calculating unit for calculating the degree of similarity between multiple sets of Doppler information; and a similar Doppler information-acquiring unit for acquiring Doppler information having a specified degree of similarity as similar Doppler information.