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.
Claims20
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;
- displayed range selecting means for selecting a first displayed range to be displayed in said display area from said ultrasonic image;
- displayed range moving means for conducting movement of said first displayed range of said ultrasonic image;
- movement instruction inputting means for inputting a direction and an amount of movement of said first displayed range to said displayed range moving means;
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- a position specifying means configured to be moved from a first position within said display area to a second position outside said display area, wherein when said position specifying means is moved from the first position within said display area to the second position outside said display area, a second displayed range from said ultrasonic image is displayed in said display area, and said second displayed range includes image data not included within the first displayed range.
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 first displayed range to be displayed in said display area from said ultrasonic image;
- conducting movement of said first displayed range of said ultrasonic image;
- inputting a direction and an amount of the movement of said first displayed range to a displayed range moving means;
- moving from a first position within said display area to a second position outside said display area;
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- displaying, from said ultrasonic image, a second displayed range within said display area when said moving from a first position within said display area to a second position outside said display area occurs, wherein said second displayed range includes image data not included within said first displayed range.
An ultrasonic image display apparatus for producing an ultrasonic image based on an echo signal received by an ultrasonic probe and displaying the ultrasonic image on a monitor, said apparatus comprising:
- a display area forming section configured to form on a screen of said monitor a display area;
- a displayed range selecting section configured to enable a selection of a first displayed range to be displayed in said display area from the ultrasonic image;
- a displayed range moving section configured to enable a movement of the first displayed range of the ultrasonic image;
- a movement instruction inputting section configured to enable inputting a direction and an amount of movement of the first displayed range;
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- a position specifying section configured to be moved from a first position within said display area to a second position outside said display area, wherein when said position specifying section is moved from the first position within said display area to the second position outside said display area, a second displayed range from said ultrasonic image is displayed in said display area, and said second displayed range includes image data not included within the first displayed range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.