APPAREIL DE DIAGNOSTIC À ULTRASONS, PROCÉDÉ DE DIAGNOSTIC À ULTRASONS EFFECTUÉ PAR L'APPAREIL DE DIAGNOSTIC À ULTRASONS ET SUPPORT DE STOCKAGE LISIBLE PAR ORDINATEUR AYANT LE PROCÉDÉ DE DIAGNOSTIC ENREGISTRÉ SUR CELUI-CI
An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and method capable of efficiently measuring the volume of an object is provided. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a data acquisition unit configured to acquire ultrasound image data regarding a object including a target bone which is to be diagnosed, and an image processing unit configured to acquire first information about at least one selected from a location of the target bone within an ultrasound image and a length of the target bone, based on volume data included in the ultrasound image data, acquire a boundary surface of a soft tissue that is adjacent to the target bone, based on the first information, and automatically acquire a volume of an interior of the boundary surface of the soft tissue.