PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce an amount of calculation related to execution of beamforming processing while suppressing deterioration of quality of an ultrasonic image.SOLUTION: An ultrasonic measuring apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe 16 in which a plurality of ultrasonic elements for transmitting/receiving an ultrasonic beam are arranged, and an arithmetic processing part 370 that executes reduction processing 440 for reducing an amount of information of a reception signal received by each ultrasonic element based on the reception frequency, subjects the signal after the reduction processing to beamforming processing, and generates an ultrasonic image.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】超音波画像の画質の劣化を抑制しつつ、ビームフォーミング処理の実行に係る計算量を低減すること。【解決手段】超音波ビームを送受信するための複数の超音波素子が配列された超音波プローブ16と、超音波素子毎に受信した受信信号の情報量を、受信周波数に基づき削減する削減処理440を行って、当該削減処理後の信号に対してビームフォーミング処理を行って超音波画像を生成する演算処理部370と、を備えた超音波測定装置。【選択図】図9
