Hitachi Medical Corporation

Hitachi, Ltd.

Kiyoshi Okuma

Osamu Arai

Tsuyoshi Mitake

Koichi Oshio

Takao Iwasaki

Hiroshi Shinmoto

An ultrasonic image is captured by an ultrasonic probe. A reference image is obtained by extracting a tomographic image corresponding to the scan plane of the ultrasonic image from volume image data that is pre-obtained by a diagnostic imaging apparatus and that is stored in a volume-data storing unit. The ultrasonic image and the reference image are displayed on the same screen. In this case, of the reference image, a portion corresponding to the view area of the ultrasonic image is extracted and the resulting reference image having the same region as the ultrasonic image is displayed as a fan-shaped image.

Reference image display method for ultrasonography and ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus

An ultrasonic imageis captured by an ultrasonic probe. A reference imageis obtained by extracting a tomographic image corresponding to the scan plane of the ultrasonic image from volume image data that is pre-obtained by a diagnostic imaging apparatusand that is stored in a volume-data storing unit. The ultrasonic image and the reference imageare displayed on the same screen. In this case, of the reference image, a portion corresponding to the view area of the ultrasonic image is extracted and the resulting reference image having the same region as the ultrasonic image is displayed as a fan-shaped image.

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Kiyoshi Okuma