ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, OPERATION METHOD FOR ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND OPERATION PROGRAM FOR ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS

摘要

This ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus transmits ultrasonic waves to an object to be observed and generates an ultrasonic image on the basis of an ultrasonic signal acquired by an ultrasonic probe provided with an ultrasonic oscillator which receives ultrasonic waves backscattered by the object. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is provided with: a characteristic amount calculation unit for calculating a characteristic amount on the basis of the ultrasonic wave signal acquired from the object; an estimation unit for estimating a physical quantity of a scatterer contained in the object using a physical quantity of a reference object containing a scatterer having a known physical quantity, a relationship derived on the basis of a characteristic amount obtained from the reference object, and the characteristic amount of the object calculated by the characteristic amount calculation unit; and a physical quantity information generation unit for generating information to be displayed on a display unit, the information containing the result of estimation by the estimation unit.