Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and method of controlling ultrasound diagnosis apparatus

An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus comprising:

• an ultrasound probe;
• an ultrasound image acquisition processor that performs transmission and reception of an ultrasonic beam from the ultrasound probe toward a subject and images a reception signal output from the ultrasound probe to acquire an ultrasound image;
• a digital camera that images a state of the ultrasound probe being in contact with the subject to acquire a digital image;
• a touch panel that has a display screen displaying the ultrasound image acquired by the ultrasound image acquisition processor, the digital image acquired by the digital camera, an ultrasound image operation button provided to allow a user to operate the ultrasound image acquisition processor and a digital image operation button provided to allow the user to operate the digital camera, wherein the ultrasound image operation button includes a freeze button and a save button;
• an operation control processor that makes the digital image operating button operable by the user only in a case where the ultrasound image is freeze-displayed and exclusively operates the ultrasound image acquisition processor and the digital camera based on operations of the ultrasound image operation button and the digital image operation button;
• an image memory that stores the ultrasound image and the digital image;
• and
• a save control processor that saves the ultrasound image and the digital image acquired in a same inspection in the image memory in association with each other,
• wherein the digital camera acquires the digital image in a visual field in a first direction opposite to a second direction, wherein the display screen of the touch panel is directed in the second direction.