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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2005
Applicant:
Takashi Takeuchi, Otawara, JP;
Inventor:
Takashi Takeuchi, Otawara, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pre-acquired reference image, a currently picked-up ultrasonic image, and position information indicating a relation between a position of the ultrasonic probe when the reference image was picked-up and a current position of the ultrasonic probe are displayed on a display portion as navigation information. Also, when the following diagnosis image is to be acquired, probe movement information, specifying a position or the like to which the ultrasonic probe has to be moved, is displayed on the display portion as the navigation information.