A method to check a tissue located in the vicinity of an object of
examination when a treatment instrument such as a puncture needle is
inserted into a subject, wherein a first planar image construction block
included in an image construction unit reconstructs in real time
two-dimensional planar images, which represent subject's slice planes, on
the basis of projection data. A stereoscopic image construction block
included in the image construction unit constructs three-dimensional
stereoscopic images, which represent the subject's slice planes, on the
basis of projection data. The planar images constructed by the first
planar image construction block are displayed in real time on the screen
of a display unit, and the stereoscopic images constructed by the
stereoscopic image construction block are displayed on the screen of the
display unit while being juxtaposed with the first planar images
constructed by the first planar image construction block.