PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ultrasonic imaging apparatus which can improve the reliability regardless of the anatomical structure or the like in an imaging region in a subject.SOLUTION: An ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes: a probe 10 which has a plurality of devices 80 transmitting first and second transmission beams to a subject TO, receiving the reflection from the subject as the reception beams, and having the variable relative arrangement a device arrangement estimation unit 43 which estimates the arrangement of the plurality of devices 80 on the basis of the first transmission beam and reception beam and an image data generation unit 50 which generates image data from the reception signal corresponding to the second transmission beam for imaging different from the first transmission beam in consideration of the estimation result of the arrangement by the device arrangement estimation unit 43.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】被検体内の撮像領域における解剖学的な構造等にかかわらず信頼性を向上させることができる超音波撮像装置を提供すること。【解決手段】被検体TOに第1及び第2の送信ビームを送信し被検体からの反射を受信ビームとして受信する相対配置が可変の複数の素子80を有する探触子10と、第1の送信ビーム及び受信ビームに基づいて、複数の素子80の配置を推定する素子配置推定部43と、素子配置推定部43による配置の推定結果を参酌して第1の送信ビームと異なる撮像用の第2の送信ビームに対応する受信信号から画像データを生成する画像データ生成部50と、を備える。【選択図】 図1
