PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately complement information missing caused by a defective element of a probe even when simple complement processing has difficulty.SOLUTION: A measuring apparatus includes: the probe where receiving elements are arranged two-dimensionally a storage device that stores a position of the receiving elements where a receiver sensitivity is equal to or lower than, or higher than a predetermined threshold a driving unit for moving a measured position of the probe with respect to a subject a creating unit that creates movement information of the probe and a signal processor that acquires information of the subject from an elastic wave measured in each measuring point. In the measuring apparatus, the creation means creates the movement information so that the position measured by the receiving elements that are equal to or lower than the threshold in any measured positions is measured by the receiving elements that are higher than the threshold.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】単純補完処理が困難な場合においても、探触子に不良素子があることによる情報の欠落を精度よく補完する。【解決手段】受信素子を2次元的に配列した探触子と、受信感度が所定の閾値以下または大きい受信素子の位置を記憶する記憶装置と、被検体に対する探触子の測定位置を移動させる駆動手段と、前記探触子の移動情報を作成する作成手段と、各測定位置で測定された弾性波から被検体情報を取得する信号処理手段と、を有し、作成手段がいずれの測定位置でも閾値以下の受信素子で測定される位置が閾値より大きい受信素子で測定されるように移動情報を作成する測定装置を用いる。【選択図】図1
