Patent ID: 9072471
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A portable ultrasound diagnosis apparatus comprising: an ultrasound probe configured to transmit and receive an ultrasound wave to and from a subject; a processing unit being connected to the ultrasound probe and including a generating unit configured to generate image data of the subject on a basis of an ultrasound signal received by the ultrasound probe; a display controlling unit configured to exercise control so as to cause the image data to be displayed by an information terminal being connected to the processing unit and having a display unit; and an identifying unit configured to perform an identifying process on a basis of identification information that indicates a display size of the display unit of the information terminal, wherein the identifying unit is configured to perform the identifying process by comparing the display size of the display unit of the information terminal with a threshold value to classify the information terminal into one of a plurality of types of information terminals, and the display controlling unit exercises a display control in accordance with the information terminal connected to the processing unit, by varying a size of a diagnosis image area displayed on the display unit relative to the display size of the display unit in accordance with a result of the identifying process by the identifying unit.