Patent ID: 8046707
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A medical imaging apparatus for generating medical information regarding a plurality of measurement parameters, comprising: a plurality of input units including a measurement parameters selection menu screen, a keyboard, and a track ball operable by a user and configured to selectively input an instruction for selecting measurement parameters among the plurality of measurement parameters to be displayed in an emphasized manner on a processed medical image; a plurality of scan converters configured to execute measuring processes and to output mapped signals based on the instruction associated with the selected measurement parameters; a plurality of interfaces including a video interface configured to output the mapped signals to a monitor, a printer interface configured to output the mapped signals to a printer, and a network interface configured to output the mapped signals to a remote medical imaging apparatus through a network; a processor configured to generate a graphical user interface that includes a plurality of body symbols that depict a position and direction of a probe of the medical imaging apparatus on a human body, wherein the graphical user interface allows a user to select one of the body symbols, and at least one of the body symbols is displayed in an emphasized manner; a first display configured to display the processed medical image associated with the selected measurement parameters, wherein the one of the body symbols selected by the user is displayed on the processed medical image; a first setting unit configured to set a first part of display information among medical information of the selected measurement parameters to be displayed in the emphasized manner from non-selected measurement parameters; and a display controller configured to automatically display the first part of the display information of the selected measurement parameters in the emphasized manner on the first display of the processed medical image, which is a different display than the measurement parameters selection menu, and on a second display of another image, subsequent to the first display of the processed medical image, without reselecting measurement parameters to be emphasized such that the selected measurement parameter is always displayed in the emphasized manner whenever the display controller causes the processed medical image or the another image to be displayed on or printed by either one or more of the monitor, the printer, and the remote medical imaging apparatus which are selected by the plurality of interfaces.