Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and image generation method
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorEiji KASAHARA
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Abstract
In a past ultrasound examination, a processor generates a reference image including a body mark image and a probe mark, and also registers position information indicating a position of a tissue of interest in a living body. In a current ultrasound examination, the processor generates a second reference image that includes a body mark, a probe mark, and a pointer. The processor determines a display position of the pointer with respect to the probe mark based on the registered position information.
Claims10
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus comprising:
- a processor configured to generate a tomographic image based on data received from an ultrasound probe in contact with a living body,
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- generate, in a past ultrasound examination, a first reference image including a first body image representing the living body and a first probe image representing the ultrasound probe, the first reference image being displayed together with the tomographic image, and register position information indicating a position of a tissue of interest in the living body;
- generate, in a current ultrasound examination, a second reference image including a second body image corresponding to the first body image, a second probe image corresponding to the first probe image, and a pointer representing the position of the tissue of interest, the second reference image being displayed together with the tomographic image;
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- determine, in a case of generating the second reference image, a display position of the pointer with respect to the second probe image based on the position information.
An image generation method in an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, the method comprising:
- generating a tomographic image based on data received from an ultrasound probe in contact with a living body;
- generating, in a past ultrasound examination, a first reference image including a first body image representing the living body and a first probe image representing the ultrasound probe, the first reference image being displayed together with the tomographic image, and registering position information indicating a position of a tissue of interest in the living body;
- generating, in a current ultrasound examination, a second reference image including a second body image corresponding to the first body image, a second probe image corresponding to the first probe image, and a pointer representing the position of the tissue of interest, the second reference image being displayed together with the tomographic image;
- and
- determining, in a case of generating the second reference image, a display position of the pointer with respect to the second probe image based on the position information.
A non-transitory storage medium storing a program executed in an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, the program causing the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus to implement:
- generating a tomographic image based on data received from an ultrasound probe in contact with a living body;
- generating, in a past ultrasound examination, a first reference image including a first body image representing the living body and a first probe image representing the ultrasound probe, the first reference image being displayed together with the tomographic image, and registering position information indicating a position of a tissue of interest in the living body;
- generating, in a current ultrasound examination, a second reference image including a second body image corresponding to the first body image, a second probe image corresponding to the first probe image, and a pointer representing the position of the tissue of interest, the second reference image being displayed together with the tomographic image;
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- determining, in a case of generating the second reference image, a display position of the pointer with respect to the second probe image based on the position information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.