Patent ID: 7738941
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An image diagnostic system comprising: a probe positionable in a body cavity and configured to repeatedly transmit signals into a body cavity and receive reflected signals which are reflected by biotissue surrounding the body cavity; a control unit configured to produce data based on the reflected signals to construct a tomographic image of the body cavity and surrounding biotissue, the control unit comprising: a plural storage units configured to store the data in transmission/reception units; a writing control unit configured to control writing processing of the data in which the data is written in the storage units in accordance with a transmission/reception timing of the signals; a reading control unit configured to control reading processing of the data stored in the storage units in which the data stored in the storage units is read in accordance with a corresponding rotation angle of the probe; the writing control unit configured to control the writing processing to write the data in the storage unit corresponding to an oldest stored data; the reading control unit configured to control the reading processing to read the data in the storage unit corresponding to a newest stored data; and a display unit configured to display the tomographic image constructed by the control unit based on the data read by the reading control unit.