PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology to assist an operation of an operator involved in the insertion of a medical instrument into a living body.SOLUTION: An ultrasonic measurement apparatus is equipped with a processing part for performing ultrasonic measurement based on a transmission and reception result of a two-dimensional probe for transmitting/receiving an ultrasonic wave placed on the surface of a living body above a blood vessel as a puncture object. The processing part performs generation of a plurality of tomographic images along the running direction of the blood vessel, detection of a tip of a medical instrument inserted into the living body by puncture from the tomographic images, and notification processing based on a relative position between the detected position of the tip and the blood vessel.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 26COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】生体内部への医療用具の挿入に係る術者の施術を支援する技術を提供すること。【解決手段】穿刺対象の血管上方の生体表面に置かれた超音波を送受信する二次元プローブの前記送受信結果に基づいて超音波測定を行う処理部を備えた超音波測定装置であって、前記処理部は、前記血管の走行方向に沿った複数の断層画像を生成することと、前記断層画像から、穿刺により生体内部に挿入された医療用具の先端部を検出することと、前記検出された前記先端部と前記血管との相対位置に基づく報知処理を行うことと、を実行する超音波測定装置である。【選択図】図26
