ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, BREAST IMAGING SYSTEM, AND BREAST IMAGING PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus etc. which can accurately positionally associate mammographic images with ultrasonic images while shortening the time required to acquire ultrasonic images and reducing pain accompanying compression as compared with the prior art.

SOLUTION: A compression paddle of a mammographic diagnosis apparatus is provided with an opening portion where ultrasonic scanning is performed and which allows an ultrasonic probe to be fitted therein and slide. This apparatus performs ultrasonic scanning on a breast compressed/fixed to the compression paddle, and reconstructs a compressed breast image by using the obtained ultrasonic image as a virtual image, thereby acquiring an ultrasonic image and volume data of the compressed/fixed breast.

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