PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medical image diagnostic apparatus which forms continuous images with thickness without overlapping or failing to include a forming range when setting of the forming range is instructed in forming a plurality of continuous cross-sectional images with thickness by performing, for example, BatchMPR processing on a three-dimensional (3D) image.SOLUTION: The medical image diagnostic apparatus for forming a plurality of cross-sectional images with thickness at regular intervals in respective forming ranges in the captured 3D image includes first receiving means for receiving input of the forming range in the 3D image, second receiving means for receiving input of the interval and a thickness of each cross-section with respect to the received forming range, setting means for setting the received forming range based on the received interval and thickness of each cross-section, storage means for storing the forming range which has been set, and adjusting means for adjusting the position of the received forming range based on the interval and thickness of the cross-section and the stored forming range which has been set.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】本発明は、3D画像に対して例えばBatchMPR処理を行って複数の連続した厚さ付き断面画像を作成する際に、作成範囲の設定が指示されたときに、作成範囲が重なったり漏れたりすることなく連続した厚さ付き画像を作成することができる医用画像診断装置を提供する。【解決手段】撮像された3D画像における各々の作成範囲内において複数の厚さ付き断面画像を一定間隔毎に作成する医用画像診断装置であって、3D画像における作成範囲の入力を受け付ける第1の受付手段と、受け付けられた作成範囲に対して、各断面の間隔及び厚さの入力を受け付ける第2の受付手段と、受け付けられた各断面の間隔及び厚さに基づいて、受け付けられた作成範囲を設定する設定手段と、設定済みの作成範囲を記憶する記憶手段と、断面の間隔及び厚さ、及び、記憶された設定済みの作成範囲に基づいて、受け付けられた作成範囲の位置を調整する調整手段と、を備えた。【選択図】 図5
