Patent ID: 6743176
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An ultrasonic image display apparatus for producing an ultrasonic image based on an echo signal received by an ultrasonic probe and displaying said ultrasonic image on a monitor, said apparatus comprising:display area forming means for forming on a screen of said monitor a display area; displayed range selecting means for selecting a first displayed range to be displayed in said display area from said ultrasonic image; displayed range moving means for conducting movement of said first displayed range of said ultrasonic image; movement instruction inputting means for inputting a direction and an amount of movement of said first displayed range to said displayed range moving means; and a position specifying means configured to be moved from a first position within said display area to a second position outside said display area, wherein when said position specifying means is moved from the first position within said display area to the second position outside said display area, a second displayed range from said ultrasonic image is displayed in said display area, and said second displayed range includes image data not included within the first displayed range.