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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2012
Osamu Arai, Ibaraki, JP;
Takao Iwasaki, Miyagi, JP;
Tsuyoshi Mitake, Chiba, JP;
Koichi Oshio, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Okuma, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Shinmoto, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Arai, Ibaraki, JP;
Takao Iwasaki, Miyagi, JP;
Tsuyoshi Mitake, Chiba, JP;
Koichi Oshio, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Okuma, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Shinmoto, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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.