PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ultrasonic diagnosing apparatus by which puncturing to an object to be punctured can accurately and effectively be carried out.SOLUTION: The ultrasonic diagnosing apparatus 10 including the puncturing needle has setting means for setting a three-dimensional contrast agent breaking area including no images of the object to be punctured and including the path of the puncturing needle based on the volume data for setting the contrast agent breaking area relating to the three-dimensional scan area including the object to be punctured, means for carrying out low sound pressure scan with low sound pressure ultrasonic pulses to the scan area after carrying out scanning with high acoustic pressure with high sound pressure ultrasonic pulses to the contrast agent breaking area, means generating the volume data for displaying the puncturing treatment relating to a scan area based on the echo signals obtained by the scanning with low acoustic pressure, and display means displaying the cross-sectional image relating to the cross-section including the path of the puncturing needle and the puncturing needle marker showing the path of the puncturing needle while positioning so that they overlap with each other based on the volume data for displaying the puncturing treatment.COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT【課題】超音波診断装置において、穿刺対象への穿刺を正確に効率的に行なわせること。【解決手段】穿刺針を備える超音波診断装置10は、穿刺対象を含む三次元のスキャン領域に関する造影剤破壊領域設定用のボリュームデータを基に、穿刺対象像を含まず、かつ、前記穿刺針のパスを含む三次元の造影剤破壊領域を設定する設定手段と、前記造影剤破壊領域に対して高音圧の超音波パルスにて高音圧スキャン後、前記スキャン領域に対して低音圧の超音波パルスにて低音圧スキャンする手段と、前記低音圧スキャンによって取得されるエコー信号を基に、前記スキャン領域に関する穿刺治療表示用のボリュームデータを生成する手段と、前記穿刺治療表示用のボリュームデータを基に前記穿刺針のパスを含む断面に係る断面画像と、前記穿刺針のパスを示す穿刺針マーカとを位置合わせして重ねて表示する表示手段と、を有する。【選択図】 図3
