In an ultrasound automatic scanning system according to an embodiment, one or more ultrasound probes transmit and receive an ultrasound wave. A mechanical mechanism holds the ultrasound probe and moves the ultrasound probe while a surface of the ultrasound probe is directed toward a subject. Processing circuitry detects, based on the ultrasound wave, distance information between a body surface and the surface of the ultrasound probe, with respect to a first scan position and a second scan position set along the body surface. The processing circuitry controls ultrasound scans performed in the first scan position and in the second scan position by the ultrasound probe moved by the mechanical mechanism based on the distance information. The processing circuitry controls the mechanical mechanism so as to move the ultrasound probe to the second scan position after the distance information detection and the ultrasound scan in the first scan position are performed.
