Ge Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC

Ge Medical Systems Global Technology, LLC

Sotaro Kawae

Mitsuhiro Nozaki

Masami Uchibori

Shunichiro Tanigawa

Eigil Samset

Michael Charles MacDonald

An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus is provided. The ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe configured to transmit ultrasonic push pulses to a biological tissue of a test object and further configured to transmit measuring ultrasonic pulses to the biological tissue subjected to the transmitted push pulses in order to measure an elasticity of the biological tissue, a respiration detection part configured to detect respiration of the test object, and a notification part which, based on the detection by the respiration detection part, is configured to give notification allowing a transmission timing of the push pulses to be recognized.

Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus

An ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes a 3D tomographic image data capturing device which captures 3D tomographic image data from a 3D region inside a subject, a region-of-interest setting device which sets a 3D region of interest corresponding to the 3D region in an image memory, a surface image extracting device which extracts data on a surface image, in the 3D region of interest, of a massive tissue included in the 3D region, a stereoscopic display generating device which generates stereoscopic display data, and a display device which displays the stereoscopic display data. The region-of-interest setting device displays a 2D tomographic image of a 2D region including the massive tissue on the display device, allows setting of a marker indicating a periphery of the massive tissue in the 2D tomographic image, and generates the 3D region of interest according to data on the marker's position.

Ultrasonic imaging apparatus and image processing apparatus

In order to facilitate recognition of the correct orientation of a connector, the rear portion of a connectoris configured to form an elevation angle when the front portion of the connector can be correctly inserted into a receptaclein a horizontal direction.

Connector case, ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic imaging apparatus

In order for an operator to perceive a lock completion of the mechanical connection between a connector of an ultrasonic probe and a socket of an ultrasonic diagnostic equipment main body, the following structure is provided. In the ultrasonic diagnostic equipment, the ultrasonic probe includes a connector portion having a lock mechanism (a cam shaft penetrating a connector, a conductive movable contact/lock pin projecting from the cam shaft, and a connector lock releasing handle), and an ultrasonic probe main body. The ultrasonic diagnostic equipment main body includes a socket having connection hole H for connecting the connector, a locking confirming contact points for conducting by being in contact with the movable contact/lock pin as the connection with the connector being mechanically locked, LED for illuminating under conduction, and a safety circuit for allowing for starting scanning when conducting.

Ultrasonic diagnostic equipment

In order to prevent a troublesome result if a wrong operation button is pressed by mistake, a signal is transmitted from a &ldquo;New Patient&rdquo; button to a control section &prime; when a normal/lock switching switch is in a normal mode. When the normal/lock switching switch is in a lock mode, no signal is transmitted from the &ldquo;New Patient&rdquo; button to the control section &prime;, and an LED is lit.

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Tokyo, Japan

Sotaro Kawae