Patent ID: 7819808

Claim:
An ultrasound image diagnosis apparatus comprising: a transmitting and receiving unit configured to transmit and receive ultrasound to and from an object; a memory unit configured to store a plurality of ultrasound images in image frames acquired through transmission and reception of the ultrasound with a relation to living body signal data acquired through a living body signal measuring unit; an input unit configured to receive input instructions from an operator; a display unit configured to display the plurality of ultrasound images; and a display control unit configured to display images corresponding to each of a cardiac diastolic end period and a cardiac systolic end period by reading out respective ultrasound image frames from the memory unit based on the living body signal data in accordance with an input of a freeze command through the input unit during a display of the ultrasound image, by searching back from an acquisition time of the displayed image from a time of input of the freeze command for a latest diastolic end period image and a latest systolic end period image relative to that time of input of the freeze command.