JPH0444749A - Ultrasonic diagnostic device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To dispense with a large capacity memory means, and obtain a desired image within a short time by storing a taken ultrasonic image with a mark being added thereto, and, at the time of selecting this mark by an operator, displaying the ultrasonic image corresponding to the selected mark. CONSTITUTION:When an ultrasonic image is formed in an image collecting and constituting part 2 from the echo signal obtained by an ultrasonic probe 1, a corresponding mark extracted from a body mark memory 7 to judge the photographed part at that time is added to the ultrasonic image, and the resulting image is stored in a memory 3. An operator selects this mark, whereby the ultrasonic image corresponding to the selected mark is extracted from the memory 3 and displayed on a display part 5. Only each mark data stored in the memory 3 is extracted and multi-frame displayed on a screen. Consequently, the operator can select a desired ultrasonic image by a selecting part 8 in reference to this mark. Thus, a large capacity memory is not required, and a desired ultrasonic image can be obtained within a short time.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention stores created ultrasound images in a storage device and extracts the stored image data as needed. The present invention relates to an ultrasonic diagnostic device that displays images.

(Prior Art) Generally, in an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, captured ultrasonic images are stored and saved in a storage device.1. It is extracted and displayed on the screen every time there is a display request from the operator. FIG. 4 shows a conventional example of such an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, in which an echo signal obtained by transmitting an ultrasonic beam from an ultrasonic probe 1 to a subject (not shown) is received by this probe 1. is,
The image acquisition component 2 is supplied with the image acquisition component 2.

Then, the image acquisition configuration unit 2 creates an ultrasound image from this echo signal and stores it in the memory 3 as a full-size image. At the same time, the reduction unit 4 reduces the created ultrasound image to a predetermined size, and stores this reduced image in accordance with the image of the current person j.

When a display request is made by the operator, first, the reduced images 6 to 6 are displayed in multi-frames on the display unit 5 as shown in FIG. 5. Then, when you select an image of interest from among these using a selection means (not shown), the current state of this image will be displayed.
- image data is extracted from the memory 3 and displayed on the display unit 5.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in such a conventional device, it is necessary to store the same number of reduced image data as the current image data of ζ1 size stored in the memory, and the memory capacity of The disadvantage is that it requires

In order to solve this problem, a method can be considered that reduces and displays each current dog image at the time of image extraction without storing the reduced image, but in this method, the desired display request is received and then the desired image is displayed. There is a problem that it takes a long time for the ultrasound image to be displayed.

The present invention was made to solve these conventional problems, and its first object is to create a desired ultra-8' wave image in a short time without requiring a large memory capacity. To provide an ultrasonic diagnostic device that can display images.

[Structure of the invention] (1st stage for solving the problem) In order to achieve the above 1:1 objective, the present invention creates an ultrasound image from an echo signal received by an ultrasound probe and stores it in an image storage means. Extract the stored image data each time a display command is given.1. In an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that displays on a screen, a symbol storage means stores a symbol to identify a region to be imaged by the ultrasound probe, and when an ultrasound image is created, a symbol corresponding to the region to be imaged is added to the image. The present invention is characterized by comprising means for storing I2 in the first stage of the image storage, and means for extracting image data corresponding to a symbol selected from the symbols from the image storage means and displaying the extracted image data.

Further, in addition to the above-mentioned means, means for extracting symbols of each image data stored in the image storage means is provided, and the symbols are displayed and selected in a multi-frame manner.

(Function) If the configuration is configured as described in 1, the “L” obtained with the ultrasonic probe
] - Ultrasound image from signal 11. Once the ultrasonic image is scanned, a symbol is added to the ultrasound image and stored in the memory in order to identify the region to be imaged at this time. By selecting this symbol as the operation name, the ultrasound image corresponding to the selected symbol is extracted from the memory.1. It can be displayed as follows.

In addition, by extracting only each symbol data stored in memory and displaying it in multiple frames on the screen,
The operator can select the desired ultrasound image by referring to this symbol.

Therefore, a desired ultrasound image can be obtained in a short time without requiring a large capacity memory.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus to which the present invention is applied.

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It is composed of a 7-build 1, an image collection configuration section 2, a memory 3, a display section 5, a body mark memory 7, a selection section 8, and a jeep generator 9.

The ultrasonic beam τ7-b1 transmits an ultra-eight wave beam to a subject (not shown) (7), receives the echo signal (2'C) and supplies it to the image collection component 2.

The body mark memory 7 stores body marks such as the one shown in FIG. 2 as court data.

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The memory 3 is for storing image data produced by the image acquisition configuration section 2-0.

The image collection configuration unit 2 generates an ultrasound image from the ultrasonic glove and obtains the code of the body mark corresponding to the imaged area of this image data.
Extract the image data from the body mark memory 1, add 1 to the image data of the lever, and supply it to the memory 3.

Also, when there is a request to display an ultrasound image, the system extracts only the body mark code 12 from the menu 3, creates a body mark based on this, and operates to display the multi-frame on the display unit 5. .

The selection unit 8 selects a desired one from among the body marks displayed in multi-frames, and the code generator 9 converts this body mark into code data and supplies it to the image collection configuration unit 2. be.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

Now, when an ultrasound beam is transmitted to a patient as a subject using the ultrasound probe 1, an echo signal is obtained, and the image collection component 2 creates an ultrasound image based on this echo signal. Then, the body mark memory 7 stores the code data of the body mark corresponding to the area to be photographed in this ultrasound image.
This code data is added to the ultrasound image data and stored in the memory 3.

Thereafter, when a display request specifying, for example, the patient's name and the date of imaging is given, the image data corresponding to this condition is selected from among the ultrasound image data stored in the memory 3, and this image Only the body mark code data added to the data is extracted. Then, an image of the body mark is created from each extracted code data, and this is displayed on the display unit 5 in a multi-frame manner. As a result, a body mark 11 is displayed on the display screen 10 as shown in FIG.

The operator looks at this body mark and selects a desired image using the selection section 8. Then, the selected body mark is converted into code data by the code generator 9, and then supplied to the image acquisition configuration section 2, and image data corresponding to this code data is extracted from the memory 3. This image data is then displayed on the screen on the display section 5.

In this way, in this embodiment, when searching the ultrasound image data stored in the memory 3, by selecting the body mark added to each image data, the ultrasound image corresponding to the selected body mark is Images can be displayed. Furthermore, since the body mark of each image data is displayed in a multi-frame manner, the operator can easily select and display a desired ultrasound image while looking at this.

Therefore, a desired ultrasound image can be obtained in a short time without requiring a large capacity memory.

In this embodiment, body marks are used to identify the body part to be imaged, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other characters, pictures, etc. may be used.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, in the present invention, a symbol is added to a photographed ultrasound image and stored, and when the operator selects this symbol, the ultrasound image corresponding to the selected symbol is displayed. can be displayed. Furthermore, since this symbol is displayed in multiple frames, it is possible to easily search for a desired ultrasound image.

As a result, it is possible to obtain the desired ultrasound image in a short time without requiring a large-capacity storage means.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a body mark, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a body mark displayed in a multi-frame manner, and FIG. Configuration diagram showing a conventional example, 5th r! ! J is an explanatory diagram showing an example when a reduced image is displayed in multiple frames. 12. Ultrasonic probe 2... Image acquisition component 3.
・Memory 5・・Display section 7・Body mark Memory 8・Selection section 1 Topo day mark

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In an ultrasonic diagnostic device that creates an ultrasonic image from an echo signal received by an ultrasonic probe and stores it in an image storage means, and extracts the stored image data and displays it on the screen every time a display command is given. , a symbol storage means for storing a symbol to identify a region to be imaged by the ultrasound probe; when an ultrasound image is created, a symbol corresponding to the region to be imaged in the image is added and stored in the image storage means; An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprising: means for extracting image data corresponding to a symbol selected from the symbols from the image storage means and displaying the extracted image data. (2) The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for extracting only the symbols of each image data stored in the image storage means, and selecting the symbols by displaying them in a multi-frame manner.