Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging support apparatus, three-dimensional ultrasound imaging support method, and three-dimensional ultrasound imaging support program

A three-dimensional ultrasound imaging support method that supports imaging of an ultrasound image by a three-dimensional ultrasound apparatus for generating a three-dimensional ultrasound image, the method comprising:

• acquiring a plurality of two-dimensional ultrasound images which are imaged by an ultrasound probe at different positions of a certain portion among a plurality of portions of a subject;
• acquiring an imaging position of the ultrasound probe for each imaging;
• generating a three-dimensional ultrasound image based on the plurality of acquired two-dimensional ultrasound images and the acquired imaging position for each imaging;
• estimating, from the plurality of portions of the subject, an imaging portion corresponding to the two-dimensional ultrasound image and to the three-dimensional ultrasound image, based on at least one of the acquired two-dimensional ultrasound image or the generated three-dimensional ultrasound image;
• determining, by using a guideline in which a plurality of imaging targets to be imaged are defined in advance for each of the portions of the subject, for the imaging portion, whether or not all of the plurality of imaging targets being defined in advance in the guideline are imaged in at least one of the plurality of two-dimensional ultrasound images or the three-dimensional ultrasound image;
• and
• performing notification indicating that the imaging target which is not imaged is present in a case where it is determined that, for the imaging portion, the imaging target which is not imaged is present among the plurality of imaging targets which are defined in advance in the guideline.

A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a three-dimensional ultrasound imaging support program that supports imaging of an ultrasound image by a three-dimensional ultrasound apparatus for generating a three-dimensional ultrasound image, the program causing a computer to:

• acquire a plurality of two-dimensional ultrasound images which are imaged by an ultrasound probe at different positions of a certain portion among a plurality of portions of a subject;
• acquire an imaging position of the ultrasound probe for each imaging;
• generate a three-dimensional ultrasound image based on the plurality of two-dimensional ultrasound images and the imaging position for each imaging;
• estimate, from the plurality of portions of the subject, an imaging portion corresponding to the two-dimensional ultrasound image and to the three-dimensional ultrasound image, based on at least one of the two-dimensional ultrasound image or the three-dimensional ultrasound image;
• determine, by using a guideline in which a plurality of imaging targets to be imaged are defined in advance for each of the portions of the subject, for the imaging portion, whether or not all of the plurality of imaging targets are imaged in at least one of the plurality of two-dimensional ultrasound images or the three-dimensional ultrasound image, the plurality of imaging targets being defined in advance in the guideline;
• and
• perform notification indicating that the imaging target which is not imaged is present in a case where the processor determines, for the imaging portion, that the imaging target which is not imaged is present among the plurality of imaging targets which are defined in advance in the guideline.