ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem of the conventional manual ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, wherein it is necessary to correct positional shifting of a sensor and deformation of a biotissue caused in rotary scanning of an ultrasonic probe. SOLUTION: This ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus has an ultrasonic probe having an ultrasonic transducer, an angular speed sensor for detecting the angle of inclination of the ultrasonic transducer, and an acoustic wave transfer body covered with a film, wherein the ultrasonic transducer is manually rotated around a rotating shaft provided on a support frame fixed to a living body in the interior of the acoustic wave transfer body. By this arrangement, the motion of the ultrasonic transducer is received in a wide contact area without displacement of the sensor part relative to the skin so that deformation of the biotissue due to rotary scanning can be reduced. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT