ULTRASOUND WAVE-BASED DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR TRACKING THE MOVEMENT OF TISSUES CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING THE THICKNESSES OR THE INNER DIAMETERS OF BLOOD VESSELS BY SETTING THE REGION OF INTEREST WITH BLOOD VESSELS

摘要

PURPOSE: An ultrasound wave-based diagnostic apparatus and a method for tracking the movement of tissues are provided to track the movement of a subject to be tracked in a region of interest containing blood vessels based on a gradient method.;CONSTITUTION: A transmitting and receiving unit(110) receives ultrasound wave data from the pre-set region of a subject to be tracked. A first memory unit(115) stores the ultrasound wave data. An image generating unit(121) generates ultrasound wave images with the section image of major axis direction blood vessels based on the ultrasound wave data. A region of interest setting unit(125) displays a crossing point for displaying a region of interest at the ultrasound wave image. A display unit displays the ultrasound wave image. A tracking unit(122) tracks the movement of tissues in the subject. A second memory unit stores information for the movement of the tissues.;COPYRIGHT KIPO 2012