Patent ID: 6685644
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: A61B,G01S,Y10S

Abstract:
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus comprising:a first probe; a second probe; a first transmitter/receiver configured to scan the inside of an object to be examined with a first ultrasound beam through said first probe to acquire first ultrasound image data associated with the object; a second transmitter/receiver configured to scan the inside of the object with a second ultrasound beam through said second probe to acquire second ultrasound image data associated with the object; a position detector configured to detect a position of said first probe relative to said second probe; a first converter configured to receive and store the first ultrasound image data and positional information related to the first ultrasound image data; a second converter configured to receive and store the second ultrasound image data and positional information related to the second ultrasound image data; an image processor configured to synthesize the second ultrasound image data from the second converter with the first ultrasound image data from the first converter on the basis of the detected position to generate synthetic image data; and a display configured to display an image on the basis of the synthetic image data.