Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, ultrasonic image processing apparatus, ultrasonic image processing program, and ultrasonic image generation method

A computer program product for processing an ultrasonic image, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer program;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having the computer program tangibly embodied thereon, wherein the computer program causes the computer to perform;
• a step of generating a three-dimensional tomographic image from at least one line-of-sight direction on a two-dimensional projection plane based on three-dimensional tomographic image volume data generated based on reflected echo signals of a plurality of tomographic planes of an object measured by an ultrasonic probe;
• a step of displaying the three-dimensional tomographic image;
• and
• a step of increasing or decreasing the brightness value of each voxel of the three-dimensional tomographic image volume data based on the brightness value of each voxel:
• a step of dividing a range of the brightness value of each voxel of the three-dimensional tomographic image data into a plurality of regions, and setting an amount of increase or decrease in each of plurality of regions,
• wherein an of increase or decrease in the brightness value of each voxel is based on the amount of increase or decrease set in each of the plurality of regions, and the amount of increase or decrease in the brightness value of each voxel in the step of increasing or decreasing the brightness value of each voxel is adjustable via an input interface, and
• wherein in the step of generating the three-dimensional tomographic image, the three-dimensional tomographic image is generated based on the three-dimensional tomographic image volume data in which the brightness value is offset.

An ultrasonic image generation method comprising:

• a step of generating a three-dimensional tomographic image from at least one line-of-sight direction on a two-dimensional projection plane based on three-dimensional tomographic image volume data generated based on reflected echo signals of a plurality of tomographic planes of an object measured by an ultrasonic probe;
• a step of displaying the three-dimensional tomographic image;
• and
• a step of increasing or decreasing a brightness value of each voxel of the three-dimensional tomographic image volume data based on the brightness value of each voxel;
• a step of dividing a range of the brightness value of each voxel of the three-dimensional tomographic image data into a plurality of regions, and setting an amount of increase or decrease in each of the plurality of regions,
• wherein an amount of increase or decrease in the brightness value of each voxel is based on the amount of increase or decrease set in each of the plurality of regions, and the amount of increase or decrease in the brightness value of each voxel in the step of increasing or decreasing the brightness value of each voxel is adjustable via an input interface, and
• wherein, in the step of generating the three-dimensional tomographic image, the three-dimensional tomographic image is generated based on the three-dimensional tomographic image volume data in which the brightness value is offset.