ULTRASONOGRAPHIC SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

In order to reduce the affect by movement of an examinee, an ultrasonographic system includes an ultrasonic probe, ultrasonogram generation means for generating an ultrasonogram based on a reception signal received from the examinee by using the ultrasonic probe; storage means for storing volume data of the examinee acquired by an image acquiring device; reference image generation means for generating a reference image based on the volume data stored in the storage means; and display means for displaying the same cross section of the ultrasonogram and the reference image. The ultrasonographic system further includes a first position sensor attached to the ultrasonic probe for detecting a position and a direction of the ultrasonic probe and a second position sensor attached to the examinee for detecting a position and a direction of the examinee. The reference image generation means generates the reference image according to the position information from the first position sensor and the position information from the second position sensor.