In order the picture to indicate pressure state, from ultrasonic probe 2 and ultrasonic probe 2 in the suffering inspection body or phantom 1 sending and receiving processing the signal which is detected by the ultrasonic sending and receiving section 3 which it can point the ultra wave and ultrasonic probe 2 it is warped and in the ultrasonic diagnostic device which has with the signal processing expedient which forms the elastic picture and the indicatory expedient 11 which indicates the distortion elastic picture, the aforementioned suffering inspection body or phantom it possesses the pressure detection expedient which detects the pressure of the plural places in between 1 and ultrasonic probe 2, indicates pressure state of plural places in indicatory expedient 11.圧迫状態を画面表示するため、超音波探触子2と、超音波探触子2から被検体或いはファントム1に超音波を送受信させる超音波送受信部3と、超音波探触子2によって検出された信号を処理して歪み弾性画像を生成する信号処理手段と、歪み弾性画像を表示する表示手段11とを備えた超音波診断装置において、前記被検体或いはファントム1と超音波探触子2の間における複数箇所の圧力を検出する圧力検出手段を有し、複数箇所の圧力状態を表示手段11に表示する。
