JP2008279095A - Ultrasonic diagnostic device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ultrasonic diagnostic device capable of improving an operatability to enhance inspection efficiency. <P>SOLUTION: The ultrasonic diagnostic device 1 obtains ultrasonic image information 17 of the living body tissue of a subject sent from an ultrasonic probe 3. The ultrasonic diagnostic device 1 stores corresponding bullseye information 23 in a memory section 13 by making the same correspond to a cross section kind of the ultrasonic image information 17. Further, the ultrasonic diagnostic device 1 stores the bullseye information 23 and a measurement information 19 in the memory section 13 by making them correspond to each other. The obtaining processing, reading out processing, and measuring processing of the ultrasonic image can be uniformly carried out using typical patterns such as the bullseye. The intuitive operation of an operator becomes possible and the operatability is improved. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that images and displays a biological tissue of a subject. More specifically, the present invention relates to an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that displays ultrasonic images and measures biological tissue.

  In a conventional ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, for example, an operator who acquires an ultrasonic image of the heart of a subject gives a body mark that is a schematic diagram of a cross section of the heart to the acquired ultrasonic image. Subsequently, the operator performs measurement based on the ultrasonic image displayed on the screen, displays the measurement value superimposed on the same screen on which the ultrasonic image is displayed, and displays the ultrasonic image and the measurement value. The screen was stored in the storage unit as image information. The operator repeated the same operation for a plurality of other heart sections.

Also, when acquiring an ultrasound image of the subject, if the operator selects a body mark indicating the model of the subject, a teacher image corresponding to the body mark is displayed on the screen to assist the operator in acquiring the ultrasound image. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus has been proposed (see “Patent Document 1”).
In addition, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus using a bullseye map display to display the wall thickness change rate of the myocardium as an index of cardiac function has been proposed (see “Patent Document 2”).

JP 2002-254125 A JP-A-11-155862

  However, conventionally, since it is assumed that ultrasonic image acquisition and measurement are performed simultaneously, an inspection engineer who acquires an ultrasonic image while applying an ultrasonic probe to the subject, and an inspection that measures the ultrasonic image It was inconvenient for engineers and doctors who diagnosed to share roles to improve the efficiency of medical examination work. In addition, inspection, measurement, and diagnosis work using an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus could not be performed remotely.

  In addition, when retrieving and reading a target image from the acquired ultrasonic image from the storage device, the operation of extracting the corresponding cross-sectional image from the image file recorded for each subject is complicated. was there.

Conventionally, a body-mark consisting of a schematic diagram of a heart cross section to be added to an acquired ultrasonic image is used to display a mark indicating a cross-sectional type corresponding to the ultrasonic image, and the recorded ultrasonic image is searched. There is no function to do.
Further, the conventional body mark does not have a function to check for acquisition omission of ultrasonic images, omission of measurement, or the like.

  The schematic diagram (various marks) according to “Patent Document 1” has an ultrasonic image acquisition assisting function for reading out and displaying a teacher image serving as an index for acquiring an ultrasonic image by selecting and operating the schematic diagram. The figure does not have a function for efficiently assisting the acquisition of an ultrasonic image or a function for checking for an acquisition failure of the ultrasonic image.

  The bullseye map display according to “Patent Document 2” is used for displaying cardiac function information for each heart region, and the function of efficiently assisting the acquisition of ultrasound images and the function of checking for leakage of ultrasound image acquisition are as follows. Not equipped.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus capable of improving operability and improving examination efficiency.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, the present invention relates to an ultrasonic image acquisition unit that acquires an ultrasonic image indicating a tomographic image of a subject, and the acquired ultrasonic image and a mark indicating a cross-sectional type in association with each other. Holding means for holding in the storage unit, mark display means for selectively displaying the mark, ultrasonic image reading means for reading out the ultrasonic image corresponding to the selected mark from the storage unit, and the selected And an ultrasonic image display means for displaying the read ultrasonic image together with a mark.

  The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention acquires an ultrasonic image indicating a tomographic image of a subject, and stores the ultrasonic image and a mark indicating a cross-sectional type in association with each other in a storage unit. In addition, an ultrasonic image corresponding to the selected mark is read from the storage unit, and the read ultrasonic image is displayed together with the selected mark. The mark is a schematic pattern indicating the cross-sectional type of the ultrasonic image.

  Thereby, since an ultrasonic image and a mark are matched and hold | maintained at a memory | storage part, the search of an ultrasonic image can be performed efficiently by operating via this mark.

Further, the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus may include means for selecting an organ type of an ultrasonic image and display a mark when a predetermined organ is selected.
Thereby, when a predetermined organ (for example, heart) is selected, the operability of the operator is improved by associating the mark according to the cross-sectional type of the predetermined organ, and the identification efficiency is improved and the work efficiency is improved. be able to.

The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus performs measurement processing on the displayed ultrasonic image, holds the measured measurement information in the storage unit in association with the ultrasonic image and the mark, and the mark display unit is measured together with the mark. Measurement information may be displayed.
Further, the mark display means may notify an unmeasured measurement item when an unmeasured measurement item exists.

  In this way, measurement information and a mark are held in association with each other, and measurement information is displayed together with the mark. Therefore, the measurement information corresponding to the mark can be looked down on, and efficient measurement processing is performed without omission or duplication. be able to.

The mark display means may notify that an ultrasonic image has not been acquired when there is no ultrasonic image corresponding to the mark. That is, it may be notified that the ultrasonic image of the cross-sectional type corresponding to the mark has not been acquired.
As described above, since the mark display corresponds to the ultrasonic image, it can be easily detected that there is an unacquired ultrasonic image.

  As a mark, a diagram, a figure, an image, a symbol, a character string, a schematic diagram, a code, a bullseye, or the like can be used. The bullseye is a display method that is conventionally used to divide the myocardial position of the left ventricle of the heart into 16 parts, correspond to the 16 concentric positions, and represent the measured values of the heart. By using a bull's eye familiar to medical personnel such as an operator or a doctor as a mark indicating the cross-sectional type, the operator can perform intuitive operations.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that can improve operability and improve examination efficiency.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(1. Configuration of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1)
First, the configuration of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1.

  The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 is an apparatus that displays an ultrasonic image of a diagnostic region by transmitting ultrasonic waves to a subject and receiving reflected waves from a living tissue. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 includes an ultrasonic probe 3 that transmits and receives ultrasonic waves, an operation unit 5 that an operator operates, an arithmetic processing unit 6 that performs processing such as ultrasonic image acquisition and measurement, and acquisition. A storage unit 13 for storing the ultrasonic image information and the subject information, a display unit 15 for displaying the acquired ultrasonic image information, and the like.

The ultrasonic probe 3 is a device that transmits ultrasonic waves to a subject and receives reflected waves from living tissue. The ultrasonic probe 3 converts the received reflected wave into an electric signal and sends it to the arithmetic processing unit 6.
The operation unit 5 is an input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, a trackball, and a touch panel arranged in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1. The operator operates the operation unit 5 to perform an ultrasonic image acquisition operation by the ultrasonic apparatus 1, a measurement operation instruction, information input, and the like.

  The arithmetic processing unit 6 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a memory. The CPU loads a control program (not shown) stored in the storage unit 13 or the like into the memory and executes it. The arithmetic processing unit 6 includes an ultrasonic image acquisition unit 7, a measurement unit 9, an ultrasonic image reading unit 11, and the like.

  The ultrasonic image acquisition unit 7 transmits a control signal instructing acquisition of an ultrasonic image of the subject to the ultrasonic probe 3. The ultrasonic image acquisition unit 7 processes an electrical signal obtained by the ultrasonic probe 3 transmitting ultrasonic waves to the biological tissue of the subject and converting the reflected waves, and generates an ultrasonic image of the biological tissue of the subject. get.

  The measurement unit 9 performs various measurements according to instructions from the operator based on the ultrasonic image obtained by the ultrasonic image acquisition unit 7. For example, items such as the affected area distance, tube diameter, volume calculation, and strain measurement are measured.

  The ultrasonic image reading unit 11 reads the ultrasonic image obtained by the ultrasonic image acquisition unit 7 and stored in the storage unit 13. The read ultrasonic image is used as a diagnostic image by a medical staff such as a doctor. Further, the operator can perform various measurements based on the read ultrasonic image.

  The storage unit 13 is, for example, a hard disk, a general-purpose memory, a frame memory, or the like. The storage unit 13 holds ultrasonic image information 17, measurement information 19, subject information 21, bullseye information 23, a correspondence table 25, a control program, and the like. The correspondence table 25 is a table showing the correspondence between the ultrasonic image information 17, the measurement information 19, the subject information 21, and the bullseye information 23. Details of the storage unit 13 will be described later.

  The display unit 15 is a CRT, a liquid crystal display device, or the like. The display unit 15 displays an ultrasonic image acquired by the ultrasonic image acquisition unit 7, an ultrasonic image read out from the storage unit 13 by the ultrasonic image reading unit 11, and the like. The display unit 15 may display measurement information 19, subject information 21, bullseye information 23, and the like together with the ultrasonic image information 17.

(2. Configuration of storage unit 13)
Next, the configuration of the storage unit 13 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the storage unit 13.

The storage unit 13 holds ultrasonic image information 17, measurement information 19, subject information 21, bullseye information 23, a correspondence table 25, and the like.
The ultrasonic image information 17 is an ultrasonic image 27 of the biological tissue of the subject acquired and stored by the ultrasonic image acquisition unit 7.

The measurement information 19 is information measured and stored by the measurement unit 9 based on each ultrasonic image 27. In the measurement information 19, a predetermined measurement item 18 is set for each ultrasonic image 27, and a measurement value 20 is stored.
The subject information 21 stores information about the subject. The subject information 21 includes items such as a subject name 35, a date of birth 30, an examination date 31, sex, and an address.
The bullseye information 23 is information related to the bullseye 41 associated with the cross-sectional type 28 of the ultrasonic image information 17 (echocardiogram) of the heart. The bullseye information 23 associates the bullseye 41, which is a mark indicating the cross-sectional type 28, with the measurement item 18 with the cross-sectional type 28 of the heart (for example, “apex portion short-axis cross section”).

The bullseye 41 is a pattern symbol that is conventionally used to divide the left ventricular myocardium of the heart and assign the number to each part for measurement display of the myocardial motion.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the bullseye 41. FIG. 3 shows a bull's eye 41 in which the position of the left ventricular myocardium of the heart is divided as an ASE (American Society of Echocardiography) 16 fraction and corresponds to 16 concentric positions. The bullseye 41 (FIG. 2) indicating the position “13, 14, 15, 16” of the ASE 16 fraction indicates the sectional type 28 “apical short axis section” of the left ventricle of the heart. Correspondence between the cross-section type 28 and the bull's eye display according to the positions of other ASE 16 fractions is shown, for example, in bull's eye 41-1 to bull's eye 41-6 in FIG.

The correspondence table 25 shows the correspondence between the ultrasonic image information 17, the measurement information 19, the subject information 21, and the bullseye information 23. For example, the ultrasound image information 17, the measurement information 19, and the bullseye information 23 are associated with each other at 1: 1.
When the subject information 21 and the bullseye information 23 are confirmed, the ultrasound image information 17 and the measurement information 19 associated with the subject information 21 and the bullseye information 23 are extracted with reference to the correspondence table 25. Can do.

  Note that there may be a plurality of ultrasonic image information 17 having different acquisition dates and time phases even with the same cross-sectional type. In this case, an ultrasonic image with the latest image acquisition date may be displayed first. A plurality of time-phase ultrasonic images may be displayed side by side. In addition, information related to the image acquisition date and time phase is held in association with the ultrasonic image information 17 and the like, and when the image acquisition date and time phase are specified, the corresponding ultrasonic image information 17 and the like are read out. Also good.

(3. Ultrasonic image acquisition processing)
Next, ultrasonic image acquisition processing will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an ultrasonic image acquisition process.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the display of the ultrasonic image acquisition screen 33 and the bullseye 41.

When the operation name 39 “acquire ultrasonic image” (FIG. 5) is selected by the operator, the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 acquires an ultrasonic image of the subject.
The ultrasound image acquisition screen 33 displays an ultrasound image 27, an input field for a subject name 35, an input field for an organ name 37, an input field for an operation name 39, and a bullseye 41. A bullseye selection button 43 and a save button are displayed. 45 is arranged.

When the operator places an ultrasonic probe 3 on the subject and instructs acquisition of the ultrasonic image 27 of the living tissue, the ultrasonic image acquisition unit 7 (FIG. 1) of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 displays the ultrasonic image. 27 is acquired and displayed on the display unit 15 (step 1001).
The ultrasound image acquisition unit 7 obtains a subject name 35 and an organ name 37 that are selected or input from the ultrasound image acquisition screen 33 by the operator (step 1002, step 1003).

If the organ name 37 is not “heart” (NO in step 1004), the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 performs a conventional operation. That is, the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus 1 stores the subject name 35, the organ name 37, and the acquired ultrasound image 27 in association with each other in the storage unit 13 (step 1005).
When the organ name 37 is “heart” (YES in step 1004), the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus 1 displays the bullseye 41 on the ultrasound image acquisition screen 33 of the display unit 15 (step 1006).

  The bullseye 41-1 to bullseye 41-6 each correspond to the cross-sectional type 28 of the left ventricle of the heart. Bullseye 41-1 is apical short axis cross-section, bullseye 41-2 is papillary muscle short-axis cross-section, bullseye 41-3 is base short-axis cross-section, bullseye 41-4 is apical four-chamber cross section, bullseye 41-5 is long-axis Cross section, bullseye 41-6 shows apical two-chamber cross section. When the operator operates the bullseye selection button 43, the display can be switched to any one of the bullseye 41-1 to the bullseye 41-6. Note that a dial may be provided instead of the bullseye selection button 43, and the bullseye 41 may be switched by a dial operation.

  When the operator receives designation of the bullseye 41 indicating the cross-sectional type 28 corresponding to the acquired ultrasound image 27 (step 1007) and the save button 45 is pressed, the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus 1 detects the ultrasound related to the ultrasound image 27. The sonic image information 17, the subject information 21, and the bullseye information 23 related to the selected bullseye 41 are stored in the storage unit 13 in association with each other (step 1008). In addition, the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus 1 stores information on the correspondence between the ultrasound image information 17, the subject information 21, and the bullseye information 23 in the correspondence table 25.

Note that when the organ name 37 is not “heart”, the conventional storage method is performed without using the bullseye information 23. In order to facilitate, other marks, figures, symbols, etc. may be stored in correspondence with the ultrasonic image 27.
Although the measurement will be described later, the operator may perform the measurement based on the ultrasonic image 27 displayed on the display unit 15 simultaneously with the acquisition of the ultrasonic image 27.

  As described above, the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 stores the ultrasonic image 27 of a predetermined organ (“heart”) in the storage unit 13 in association with the bullseye 41 indicating the cross-sectional type. The bullseye 41 can be used intuitively, and the effect of improving operability is great.

(4. Ultrasonic image reading / measurement processing)
Next, the ultrasound image reading process and measurement process will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing ultrasonic image reading / measurement processing.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the ultrasonic image reading screen 47.

  In the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1, the ultrasonic image information 17 of the subject is already stored in the storage unit 13. When the operation name 39 “read ultrasound image” is selected by the operator, the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus 1 performs ultrasound image readout.

  On the ultrasonic image reading screen 47, an ultrasonic image 49 read from the storage unit 13, an input field for a subject name 35, an input field for an organ name 37, an input field for an operation name 39, a bullseye 41, measurement information 51 ( Measurement items and measurement values) are displayed, and a bullseye selection button 43 is arranged. The measurement information 51 is displayed in association with the bullseye 41.

  The ultrasonic image reading unit 11 obtains the subject name 35 and the organ name 37 selected or input from the ultrasonic image reading screen 47 by the operator (steps 2001 and 2002).

If the organ name 37 is not “heart” (NO in step 2003), the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 performs a conventional operation. That is, the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus 1 reads an ultrasound image and measurement information from the storage unit 13 from the subject name 35 and the organ name 37 (step 2004).
When the organ name 37 is “heart” (YES in step 2003), the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus 1 displays the bullseye 41 on the ultrasound image reading screen 47 of the display unit 15 (step 2005).
The operator operates the bullseye selection button 43 to select any one of the bullseye 41-1 to bullseye 41-6 and display the bullseye 41 corresponding to the ultrasonic image 49 to be read.

  When the operator receives designation of the bullseye 41 indicating the cross-sectional type 28 corresponding to the ultrasonic image 49 to be read (step 2006), the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 detects the subject information 21 and the bullseye information on the selected bullseye 41. The ultrasound image information 17 related to the ultrasound image 49 corresponding to the image data 23 is read from the storage unit 13 with reference to the correspondence table 25. Further, the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus 1 reads the measurement information 19 corresponding to the ultrasound image information 17 from the storage unit 13 (step 2007).

  If the ultrasound image corresponding to the bullseye 41 designated by the operator has not been acquired (YES in step 2008), the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus 1 displays a notification text or the like and issues a warning (step 2009).

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an ultrasonic image reading screen 53.
Since the ultrasound image specified by the bullseye 41-4 has not been acquired, the ultrasound image is not displayed on the ultrasound image readout screen 53, and the notification sentence 55 “There is no ultrasound image of the apex four-chamber section” is displayed. Is displayed. Further, since the ultrasonic image has not been acquired and the measurement information 57 has not been measured, a notification sentence 69 “not measured” is displayed.

Returning to FIG. 6, the ultrasonic image 49 designated by the operator is displayed on the ultrasonic image reading screen 47 (NO in step 2008, step 2010).
When there is an unmeasured measurement item 18 (YES in Step 2011), the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus 1 displays the unmeasured measurement item 18 together with the bullseye 41 (Step 2012).
The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 displays the measurement information 51 together with the bullseye 41 on the display unit 15 (NO in step 2011, step 2013). When the measurement process is not performed (NO in step 2014), the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 ends the process.

  When there is an unmeasured measurement item 18 or when re-measurement is performed, the operator switches the operation name 39 from “read ultrasonic image” to “measurement” (YES in step 2014). The measurement unit 9 of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 performs measurement processing and acquires measurement information 19 (step 2015). The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 stores the measurement information 19 in the storage unit 13 in association with the ultrasonic image information 17, the bullseye information 23, and the subject information 21 (step 2016).

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an ultrasonic image measurement screen 61.
On the ultrasonic image measurement screen 61, since the measurement information 65-2 and the measurement information 65-3 are not measured, a notification sentence 59 “Not measured” is displayed. Instead of inputting the operation name 39, the measurement process may be switched to the measurement process when the mouse is operated on the unmeasured measurement information 65-2 or the measurement information 65-3. When the operator selects a measurement item in the ultrasonic image 63, specifies a measurement position and a measurement region, and presses the measurement execution button 67, the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 executes a measurement process.

  Thus, since the measurement item 18 corresponding to the bullseye 41 is stored in the bullseye information 23 shown in FIG. 2, the unmeasured measurement item 18 can be extracted immediately. Moreover, since the measurement information 19 corresponding to the bullseye information 23 can be displayed as a list on the display unit 15, a measurement omission can be prevented.

In addition, when performing an ultrasound image readout process when the organ name 37 is “heart”, the type of the bullseye 41 that has been conventionally used is associated with the section type 28 to be read out. In addition, an ultrasonic image reading operation can be performed.
Also, by acquiring and storing the ultrasound image information 17 and the bullseye information 23 and operating the bullseye 41, it is possible to perform an ultrasound image acquisition process, a readout process, and a measurement process in a unified manner.

(5. Other)
In the present invention, it has been described that the cross-sectional type 28 of the acquired ultrasonic image information 17 is stored in correspondence with the type of the bullseye 41. In addition, at least one of a schematic diagram and a cord may be used. In addition, the symbol of a schematic symbol indicating the cross-sectional type may be used similarly for other organs without limiting the living tissue (organ) to the heart.

An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention includes an operator that images a subject and stores ultrasonic image information, an operator that reads and measures the stored ultrasonic image information, and a stored ultrasonic image A medical worker such as a doctor who reads information and measurement information and interprets and diagnoses can share and perform each work, thereby improving the efficiency of medical examination work. In addition, each work can be performed remotely, and the efficiency of inspection work can be further improved.
In addition, since a pattern symbol such as a bull's eye familiar to medical professionals is used, it is easy to operate intuitively, and there is an effect of preventing erroneous operation and improving operability.

Further, not only an ultrasonic image acquisition operation function but also a function such as display of measurement information and display of unmeasured items is given to a pattern symbol such as a bullseye. Therefore, a series of processes such as acquisition, readout, measurement, diagnosis, etc. of an ultrasonic image are displayed by displaying ultrasonic image information and measurement information related to the mark, presence / absence of image acquisition, and presence / absence of measurement. You can get an overview.
The bullseye also has a function to assist each processing such as acquisition, reading, measurement, and diagnosis of an ultrasonic image.

  In the above-described embodiment, the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus has been described. However, the present invention can be applied to apparatuses other than the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, for example, an X-ray CT (Computed Tomography) apparatus and an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) apparatus.

  The technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes or modifications can be conceived within the scope of the technical idea disclosed in the present application, and these are naturally within the technical scope of the present invention. Understood.

Configuration diagram of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 Configuration diagram of storage unit 13 The figure which shows the bullseye 41 Flow chart showing acquisition of ultrasound image The figure which shows the ultrasonic image acquisition screen 33 Flow chart showing ultrasound image readout / measurement The figure which shows the ultrasonic image read-out screen 47 The figure which shows the ultrasonic image read-out screen 53 The figure which shows the ultrasonic image measurement screen 61

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ......... Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 3 ......... Ultrasonic probe 5 ......... Operation part 6 ......... Calculation processing part 7 ......... Ultrasonic image acquisition part 9 ......... Measurement part 11 ......... Ultra Sonic image reading unit 13... Storage unit 15 ... Display unit 17 Ultrasonic image information 18 Measurement items 19, 51-1 to 51-3, 57, 65-1 to 65-3. …… Measurement information 21 ……… Subject information 23 ……… Bullseye information 25 ……… Correspondence table 27, 49, 63 ……… Ultrasound image 28 ……… Section types 41, 41-1 to 41-6 ……… Bullseye 30 ……… Birth date 31 ……… Examination date 33 ……… Ultrasound image acquisition screen 35 ……… Subject name 37 ……… Organ name 39 ……… Operation name 43 ……… Bullseye selection button 45 ……… Save button 47, 53 ……… Ultrasonic image readout screen 55, 59, 59 …… Display 61 ......... ultrasound image measurement screen 67 ......... measurement button

Claims (6)

An ultrasound image acquisition means for acquiring an ultrasound image showing a tomographic image of the subject;
A holding unit that holds the acquired ultrasonic image and a mark indicating a cross-sectional type in association with each other in a storage unit;
Mark display means for selectively displaying the mark;
Ultrasonic image reading means for reading out the ultrasonic image corresponding to the selected mark from the storage unit;
Ultrasonic image display means for displaying the read ultrasonic image together with the selected mark;
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprising: Comprising an organ selection means for selecting an organ type of the ultrasonic image;
The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mark display unit displays the mark when a predetermined organ is selected by the organ selection unit. Comprising measurement means for performing measurement processing on the displayed ultrasonic image;
The holding unit holds the measurement information measured by the measuring unit in the storage unit in association with the ultrasonic image and the mark,
The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mark display unit displays the measured measurement information together with the mark.   The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the mark display unit notifies the unmeasured measurement item when an unmeasured measurement item exists in the ultrasound image.   The mark display means notifies the unacquired ultrasonic image when there is no ultrasonic image corresponding to the mark. Ultrasonic diagnostic equipment.   The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mark includes a bull's eye indicating the cross-sectional type.

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