Object information acquiring apparatus

An object information acquiring apparatus, comprising:

• a processor that
• acquires intensity-dependent three-dimensional image data within an object, based on acoustic waves which are generated from the object,
• acquires non-intensity-dependent three-dimensional image data within the object, based on the acoustic waves,
• determines voxel coordinates projected onto a projection plane, based on the intensity-dependent three-dimensional image data, and
• acquires projection image data by projecting, on the projection plane, the non-intensity-dependent three-dimensional image data corresponding to the voxel coordinates.

An object information acquiring method, comprising:

• acquiring intensity-dependent three-dimensional image data within an object, based on acoustic waves from an object;
• acquiring non-intensity-dependent three-dimensional image data within the object, based on the acoustic waves;
• determining voxel coordinates projected onto a projection plane based on the intensity-dependent three-dimensional image data;
• and
• acquiring projection image data by projecting, on the projection plane, the non-intensity-dependent three-dimensional image data corresponding to the voxel coordinates,
• wherein at least one of said steps is performed using a CPU.

A display controlling method, comprising:

• displaying intensity-dependent three-dimensional image data acquired based on acoustic waves generated from an object;
• selecting voxel coordinates projected onto a projection plane from among the intensity-dependent three-dimensional image data;
• displaying non-intensity-dependent three-dimensional image data within the object;
• and
• displaying projection image data by projecting, on the projection plane, non-intensity-dependent three-dimensional image data, acquired based on the acoustic wave, corresponding to the voxel coordinates,
• wherein at least one of said steps is performed using a CPU.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform the steps of:

• acquiring intensity-dependent three-dimensional image data within an object, based on acoustic waves generated from an object,
• acquiring non-intensity-dependent three-dimensional image data within the object, based on the acoustic waves,
• determining voxel coordinates projected onto a projection plane based on the intensity-dependent three-dimensional image data, and
• acquiring the projection image data by projecting, on the projection plane, the non-intensity-dependent three-dimensional image data corresponding to the voxel coordinates.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform the steps of:

• displaying intensity-dependent three-dimensional image data acquired based on acoustic waves generated from an object,
• selecting voxel coordinates projected onto a projection plane from among the intensity-dependent three-dimensional image data,
• displaying non-intensity-dependent three-dimensional image data within the object,
• displaying projection image data by projecting, on the projection plane, non-intensity-dependent three-dimensional image data, acquired based on the acoustic wave, corresponding to the voxel coordinates.