Patent ID: 7905834
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A remote ultrasonic diagnostic examiner-side apparatus that is used in a remote ultrasonic diagnostic system, comprising: an examiner-side apparatus by which an examiner performs a diagnosis with respect to a subject in a remote location via a communication line by using an ultrasonic image; and the subject-side apparatus on the subject side, the examiner-side apparatus comprising: a communication line interface that receives, during a live mode, an ultrasonic image data in real time that is transmitted via a communication line, and requests, during a mode after freezing, a communication line interface of the subject-side apparatus to retransmit a frame to be reproduced via the communication line; an image formation portion that forms an ultrasonic image using the ultrasonic image data received in real time or the retransmitted frame; and a displaying means that displays the ultrasonic image that is formed by the image formation portion, wherein during the mode after freezing, the ultrasonic image displayed by the display means is frozen to be a still state, and the request to the communication line interface of the subject-side apparatus to retransmit a frame occurs every time when a frame to be reproduced is designated by moving a pointer.