摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an acoustic image generating device, capable of facilitating, when generating acoustic images by scanning using a probe, the confirmation of progress of the scanning process.SOLUTION: An acoustic image generating device 10 including a probe 11 having an ultrasonic transducer is provided with: a scanning length setting means 45 for setting the target scanning length Lin the scanning process of the probe 11; coordinate acquisition means 15, 41, 42 that sequentially acquire coordinates in the actual space of the probe 11; a scanning length calculation means 46 that calculates the scanning length L on the basis of the coordinates acquired by the coordinate acquisition means; a progress display generating means 47 that generates a progress display displaying the progress of the scanning process on the basis of the target scanning length Land scanning length L; and a display means 14 that displays the progress display. |