ULTRASONOGRAPHIC DEVICE AND ULTRASONOGRAPHIC METHOD

摘要

An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe 2 for transmitting/receiving ultrasonic waves to/from an object to be exmained, ultrasonic image construction unit 7 for constructing a 3-dimensional ultrasonic image based on the 3-dimensional ultrasonic image data from the ultrasonic signals received from the ultrasonic probe 2, and display unit 7 for displaying the 3-dimensional ultrasonic image. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus further includes: position sensor 4 for detecting the position of the ultrasonic probe; and positional information analyzing unit 6 for storing the first position of the ultrasonic probe 2 obtained from the position sensor 4 and analyzing the positional relationship between the first position and the second position. The ultrasonic image construction unit 7 converts the 3-dimensional ultrasonic image data obtained at the second position into a 3-dimensional ultrasonic image at the first position according to the positional relationship, thereby constructing the 3-dimensional ultrasonic image at the first position.