JPH06105838A - Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus which achieves operability of the apparatus by simplifying the searching of items to be preset. CONSTITUTION:A means is so arranged that a presetting switch 10 for starting a program for resetting and a function switch 12 desired to be reset are depressed to search an item for setting observation conditions related to the function switch 12 selected and the item is displayed on a monitor 9.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus having a preset function which allows easy resetting of observation conditions such as image conditions, inspection modes and depth of field.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus has a preset function for resetting observation conditions such as an image condition, an inspection mode and a depth of field.

In order to reset the observation conditions of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus using this preset function, select the OTHER key on the touch command screen of the operator console and make the screen of the touch command screen the initial screen of the preset menu. After switching, select the observation condition set key. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, an item screen 15 displaying a list of preset menus composed of a number of page screens is displayed on the monitor, and a page of an item to be reset, for example, a COLOR page is searched for using a trackball or the like. After that, a key such as ROI to be specifically reset is selected on this page.

Here, as the observation conditions, for example, the focus can be set automatically or manually by the item "FOCUS", and the focus point at the manual focus can be reset by the item "FOCAL ZONE".

[0005]

However, in an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus having a conventional preset function, an item to be reset by checking one screen at a time from a list item in a preset menu consisting of a number of page screens every time presetting is performed. It is necessary for the operator to search, and it takes a long time for a person who is unfamiliar with the search to preset the observation conditions, resulting in a problem that the operability of the apparatus is deteriorated.

The present invention has been made to solve these problems, and an object thereof is to provide an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus which simplifies the search for items to be preset and improves the operability of the apparatus. To do.

[0007]

A first ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention comprises means for displaying a list of setting items of observation conditions on a monitor and selecting and setting the setting items by a positioning device such as a trackball. In the equipped ultrasonic diagnostic equipment,
It has a preset switch that activates the program to be reset, and means for pressing the function switch that you want to reset to search for the setting item of the observation condition related to the selected function switch and displaying it on the monitor. It has a feature.

A second ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention is
In an ultrasonic diagnostic device equipped with a touch command screen that displays touch keys for setting observation conditions, by pressing the preset switch that starts the program to be reset and the function switch that you want to reset, the selected function switch And a means for displaying a touch command for setting a related observation condition and displaying the touch key on the touch command screen.

[0009]

According to the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the above means, by pressing the preset switch and then selecting the function switch to be preset, only the setting item or setting touch key related to the selected function switch is searched by the computer. And can be displayed on a monitor or touch command screen. This eliminates the need for the operator to switch a large number of pages to search for an item to be set, and to quickly search and set the item to be set.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus to which the present invention is applied will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a monitor and a console of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus used when setting observation conditions.

The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe 1 which transmits and receives ultrasonic waves to and from a patient to obtain desired information, and an ultrasonic wave which is transmitted from the ultrasonic probe 1 to the patient and at the same time. A transmission / reception circuit 2 that receives a sound wave echo and detects a Doppler shift signal and the like, and a DSC circuit (digital scan converter) 3 that performs a hard process such as zooming on reception data based on a set observation condition, A control circuit 4 for driving and controlling the wave transmission / reception circuit 2 and the DSC circuit 3, an operation console 5 for inputting a command signal to the control circuit 4 by a switch operation,
A preset menu circuit 6 having a starting program for presetting observation conditions; a preset menu search means 8 for searching a large number of setting items of the observation conditions stored in the preset menu table 7 in association with a desired function switch; The monitor 9 displays a desired ultrasonic diagnostic image and the like.

The operation console 5 has a preset switch 1 for executing a start program for presetting observation conditions.
0, a trackball 11 as a positioning device for designating setting items listed on the monitor, and a B-FRAM
A function switch 12 such as E or COLOR is provided. Next, the procedure of presetting using the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and the operation of the apparatus will be described. Note that FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a procedure for executing presetting of the observation condition.

First, when the operator presses the preset menu switch 10 (ST1), a preset command signal is input from the console 5 to the control circuit 4, and an operation signal is output from the control circuit 4 to the preset menu circuit 6. The preset menu circuit 6 that receives this operation signal activates a processing program that presets the observation conditions. Next, when the operator presses the function switch 12 desired to be preset from the function switches 12 such as B-FRAME and COLOR (ST2), the information for selecting the function switch 12 is input from the console 5 to the control circuit 4. , Is sent from the control circuit 4 to the preset menu circuit 6 as search data. Based on this search data, the preset menu search means 8 searches for item data related to the function switch 12 selected from a large number of setting items of the observation conditions stored in the preset menu table 7.

The retrieved item data is sent to the DSC circuit 3 via the preset menu circuit 6 and the control circuit 4, and the setting items 14 related to the selected function switch 12 are displayed as a list on the monitor 9 (ST3). ). And
The operator can use the trackball 11 to specify an item to be set from the items 14 displayed in a list.

When it is desired to switch the preset menu item screens 15 one by one and display them on the monitor 9 as shown in FIG. 4, select the OTHER key (not shown) on the touch command screen 13 to display the touch command screen. This can be executed by selecting the observation condition set key after switching the screen of 13 to the initial screen of the preset menu.

In the above embodiment, as a method of resetting the observation conditions, the list of retrieved items is displayed on the monitor 9 and the item is designated by the trackball 11. However, as another example, the operation console is used. The touch command screen 13 provided in FIG. 5 may display touch keys for setting the items for which the search has been completed, as in the above embodiment. In such a case, the operator does not use the trackball 11 but touches the setting touch key displayed on the touch command screen 13 to reset the observation condition.

In the above embodiment, the preset items to be set are displayed as a list in the preset menu.
It is also possible to arrange only the items required for displaying the list in a rearranged manner according to the frequency, or display only the necessary items in the preset menu by changing the brightness.

[0018]

In the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention, only the setting items or setting touch keys related to the function switch desired to be preset can be searched by the computer and displayed on the monitor or the touch command screen. Switch the screen page of the item,
It is not necessary to search for the item to be set, and even an operator who is not familiar with resetting the observation conditions can quickly find and reset the item to set.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a monitor and a console of an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a procedure for executing presetting of observation conditions using the same apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an item screen displaying a list of preset menus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 5 Operation console 9 Monitor 10 Preset switch 11 Trackball 12 Function switch 13 Touch command screen

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus having means for displaying a list of setting items of observation conditions on a monitor and designating and selecting the setting items with a positioning device, and a preset switch for starting a program to be reset, An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprising: means for searching a setting item of an observation condition related to the selected function switch and displaying it on a monitor by pressing a function switch to be set. 2. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus having a touch command screen displaying touch keys for setting observation conditions, a preset switch for activating a program to be reset and a function switch desired to be reset are selected by pressing the preset switch. And a unit for retrieving a touch key for setting an observation condition related to the selected function switch and displaying the touch key on a touch command screen.