PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suitably distinguish between a blood vessel and a biological tissue other than a blood vessel from a result of ultrasonic measurement.SOLUTION: An ultrasonic measurement apparatus comprises: an ultrasonic probe which is installed on the surface of a living body and transmits and receives ultrasonic waves to and from a predetermined blood vessel and a processing part which performs ultrasonic measurement by controlling the ultrasonic probe. The processing part executes the ultrasonic measurement at different beam angles within a surface crossing the travelling direction of the blood vessel and detection of the position of the blood vessel by synthesizing the results of the measurement at each of the beam angles.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 11COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】超音波測定の測定結果から血管と血管以外の生体組織とを適正に識別すること。【解決手段】生体表面に設置され、所定血管に向けて超音波を送受信する超音波プローブと、前記超音波プローブを制御して超音波測定を行う処理部と、を備え、前記処理部は、前記血管の走行方向に交差する面内において異なるビーム角で前記超音波測定を行うことと、前記ビーム角毎の測定結果を合成処理し、血管位置を検出することと、を実行する超音波測定装置である。【選択図】図11
