Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorNaohisa Kamiyama
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Abstract
An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus scans inside of a subject with an ultrasonic wave to obtain a cross-sectional image. A reference image in which a portion as a reference for holding an equal cross-section is extracted from an image being diagnosed is generated. The reference image is displayed as a still image, superimposed on a motion image.
Claims21
An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus which scans inside of a subject with an ultrasonic wave to obtain a cross-sectional image, comprising:
- an image generator configured to generate a reference image in which a portion as a reference for holding an equal cross-section is extracted from the cross-sectional image;
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- a display device configured to display the reference image as a still image, superimposed on a motion image.
An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprising:
- an ultrasonic probe configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave to a subject and receive the ultrasonic wave from the subject;
- a generator configured to generate ultrasonic images based on the signal received by said ultrasonic probe;
- a memory configured to store a reference image which is an ultrasonic image to adjust a scan position;
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- a display device configured to display the ultrasonic images generated by said generator as a real-time motion image, superimposed the reference image.
An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus which scans inside of a subject applied with a contrast agent, with an ultrasonic wave, to obtain a cross-sectional image, comprising:
- a display device configured to display an ultrasonic image;
- a specification device configured to allow an operator to specify an area of an ultrasonic diagnosis image displayed;
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- a transmitting unit configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave such that a focus point of transmitting ultrasonic wave is varied to exist in the area specified by said specification device.
An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprising:
- a memory configured to store a plurality of diagnosis image groups in each of which a plurality of diagnosis images collected at a predetermined cycle based on an organic signal of a subject are arranged based on time;
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- a display device configured to display simultaneously the plurality of diagnosis image groups such that time phases in the predetermined cycle correspond between the groups.
An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprising:
- an ultrasonic probe configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave to a subject and receive the ultrasonic wave from the subject;
- a receiving unit configured to obtain electrocardiogram signal;
- a generator configured to generate an ultrasonic image based on the signal received by said ultrasonic probe;
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- an analyzer configured to analyze a luminance change curve based on the ultrasonic image obtained when the electrocardiogram signal is at one same heartbeat phase.
An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus configured to scan inside of a subject with an ultrasonic wave to obtain a cross-sectional image, comprising:
- an image generator configured to generate a plurality of reference images in each of which a portion as a reference for holding an equal cross-section is extracted from the cross-sectional image at a predetermined timing based on an organic signal of the subject;
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- a display device configured to display a motion image and the reference images synchronized with each other, based on the organic signal of the subject, in superimposed display of the motion image and the reference images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.