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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2003
Sei Kato, Tokyo, JP;
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
For the purpose of improving monitor display condition operating ease and enabling easy display of an arbitrary site, an ultrasonic image based on an echo signal received by an ultrasonic probe is produced by an image producing section a display area is formed on a screen by a display area forming section a displayed range of the ultrasonic image to be displayed in the display area is selected by a displayed range selecting section and scrolling of a selected range and rotation of the displayed range are achieved by a displayed range moving section and a displayed range rotating section respectively, based on a position on the monitor screen specified by the pointing device