ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC IMAGE PROCESSOR AND ULTRASONIC IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus or the like accurately distinguishing a continuous structure such as a mammary gland and a microstructure such as a microcalcified portion to extract the microstructure.

SOLUTION: This ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: an image processing means performing image processing which uses a first ultrasonic image and a second ultrasonic image having an imaging position different from the first ultrasonic image, sets a reference region corresponding to a prescribed pixel of the first ultrasonic image in the second ultrasonic image, and determines a pixel value based on a representative pixel value of the reference region and the pixel value of the prescribed pixel to generate a processed image; and a display means displaying the processed image.

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