Patent ID: 8758247

Claim:
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, comprising: a plurality of ultrasound probes that transmit an ultrasonic beam toward a subject and receive ultrasonic echoes from the subject to produce reception data; an apparatus body to which any one of the plurality of ultrasound probes is connected, and that produces an ultrasound image based on the reception data obtained by the one of the plurality of ultrasound probes connected to the apparatus body and displays the produced ultrasound image; a connection selector that selectively switches a connection between the plurality of ultrasound probes and the apparatus body to connect one ultrasound probe among the plurality of ultrasound probes to be used for examination; an operating unit that receives input from an operator to perform an input operation; an interruption detector that detects interruption of the ultrasound probe connected to the apparatus body by the connection selector ultrasound examination without operation of the operating unit by the operator; and a controller that causes the apparatus body to automatically display a selection screen for selecting one of the ultrasound probes to be subsequently used when the interruption detector detects interruption of the ultrasound probe connected to the apparatus body ultrasound examination, wherein, when the operator selects via the operating unit one of the ultrasound probes from the displayed selection screen for subsequent use, the controller controls the connection selector to connect the selected ultrasound probe with the apparatus body.