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US 8,538,100 B2Granted
Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic image display method
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
InventorYoshitaka Mine
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Abstract
In the image acquisition mode, desired past images are registered in an image table. A past image selected from the past images registered in the table is displayed as a reference image together with a live image in a predetermined form. Selecting another image registered in the image table at an arbitrary timing will display another past image upon replacing the reference image.
Claims21
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprising:
- a selection unit which is configured to select at least one of past images acquired in the past from an image storage management unit in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, an image recording medium connected to the apparatus, and an image storage management system connected via a network;
- a reference image registration unit which is configured to register a selected image in an image list for image reference together with information about a storage location of the image;
- an acquisition unit which acquires the image registered in the image list on the basis of the information about the storage location and stores the image in an image storage management unit in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus;
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- a display unit which arbitrarily repeatedly displays the acquired past image in the reference list as a reference image side by side with a live image,
- wherein the display unit executes image processing to the reference image based on image processing to the live image, and
- wherein the display unit executes the image processing in which at least one of a luminance and dynamic range of the reference image is adjusted so as to correspond to the live image.
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An ultrasonic image display method comprising:
- registering at least one past image acquired in the past in an image table and storing information about a storage location of the registered past image;
- selecting a desired past image from the registered past images;
- acquiring the selected past image from the storage location on the basis of the information about the storage location;
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- displaying the acquired past image as a reference image together with a live image side by side,
- wherein in the display, executing image processing to the reference image based on image processing to the live image, and
- wherein the display unit executes the image processing in which at least one of a luminance and dynamic range of the reference image is adjusted so as to correspond to the live image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.