Ultrasonic image display apparatus and ultrasonic image display method
AssigneeGE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
InventorSei Kato
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Abstract
For the purpose of improving monitor display condition operating ease and enabling easy display of an arbitrary site, an ultrasonic image based on an echo signal received by an ultrasonic probe 3 is produced by an image producing section 12, a display area is formed on a screen by a display area forming section 17, a displayed range of the ultrasonic image to be displayed in the display area is selected by a displayed range selecting section 14, and scrolling of a selected range and rotation of the displayed range are achieved by a displayed range moving section 15 and a displayed range rotating section 16, respectively, based on a position on the monitor screen specified by the pointing device 3.
Claims16
An ultrasonic image display apparatus for producing an ultrasonic image based on an echo signal received by an ultrasonic probe and displaying said ultrasonic image on a monitor, said apparatus comprising:
- display area forming means for forming on a screen of said monitor a display area in which at least part of said ultrasonic image is displayed;
- displayed range selecting means for selecting a displayed range to be displayed in said display area from said ultrasonic image;
- displayed range moving means for conducting movement of said displayed range of said ultrasonic image;
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- movement instruction inputting means for inputting a direction and an amount of the movement of said displayed range to said displayed range moving means.
An ultrasonic image display method for producing an ultrasonic image based on an echo signal received by an ultrasonic probe and displaying said ultrasonic image on a monitor, said method comprising the steps of:
- forming on a screen of said monitor a display area in which at least part of said ultrasonic image is displayed;
- selecting a displayed range to be displayed in said display area from said ultrasonic image;
- conducting movement of said displayed range of said ultrasonic image;
- and
- inputting a direction and an amount of the movement of said displayed range to said displayed range moving means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.