Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic image display method
AssigneeHitachi Medical Corporation
InventorTakehiro Tsujita
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Abstract
Provided is an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus configured to appropriately display a region of interest that is intended to be observed in a 3-dimensional elastic image, and also provided is an ultrasonic image display method. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an elastic opacity table creating section for creating, on the basis of the elasticity values, an elastic opacity table used for setting an opacity in the volume rendering of the elastic volume data.
Claims15
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprising:
- an ultrasonic probe provided with transducers for transmitting/receiving ultrasonic waves;
- a transmission unit configured to transmit ultrasonic waves to an object to be examined via the ultrasonic probe;
- a reception unit configured to receive the reflected echo signal from the object:
- a 3-dimensional elastic image constructing unit configured to construct a 3-dimensional elastic image by performing volume rendering on the elastic volume data formed by the elasticity values based on the reflected echo signals;
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- a display unit configured to display the 3-dimensional elastic image,
- wherein the 3-dimensional elastic image constructing unit constructs a 3-dimensional elastic image by setting the opacity in the volume rendering of the elastic volume data on the basis of the elasticity values.
An ultrasonic image display method which performs volume rendering on elastic volume data formed by elasticity values based on the reflected echo signals of ultrasonic waves and displays a 3-dimensional elastic image, wherein the opacity in volume rendering of the elastic volume data is set on the basis of the elasticity values.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.