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ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC METHOD

  • US 20120089025A1
  • Filed: 10/05/2011
  • Published: 04/12/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus which observes an inside of a body of a subject based on ultrasound waves reflected from the inside of the body and obtained using an ultrasound probe, said ultrasound diagnostic apparatus comprising:

  • a B-mode image generation unit configured to generate a B-mode image, based on the reflected ultrasound waves;

    a blood flow information generation unit configured to generate, based on the reflected ultrasound waves, blood flow information representing a region of the body in which blood flows;

    a lumen contour extraction unit configured to extract a lumen contour of a blood vessel, based on the blood flow information;

    a provisional adventitia contour setting unit configured to set a provisional adventitia contour containing the lumen contour; and

    an adventitia contour extraction unit configured to extract an adventitia contour of the blood vessel, using the B-mode image, and using the provisional adventitia contour as a first initial contour.

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