Patent ID: 8496589

Claim:
An ultrasonic diagnosis device comprising: a diagnostic image generation unit that generates an ultrasonic image from ultrasonic data obtained by transmission and reception of ultrasonic waves; an input unit for receiving an input of data to be used by the diagnostic image generation unit; a parameter setting unit that sets parameter information necessary for acquiring the ultrasonic data and generating the ultrasonic image based on the input data that has been input; a storage unit that stores the ultrasonic image; and an ultrasonic data acquisition unit that, when a reference image with which parameter information is associated is input from the input unit, acquires the ultrasonic data based on the input parameter information, wherein the parameter setting unit comprises a first parameter setting unit that sets a device control parameter based on information associated with the ultrasonic image stored in the storage unit, and a second parameter setting unit that sets an image processing parameter based on the information associated with the ultrasonic image stored in the storage unit, the parameter setting unit adds hardware configuration information pertaining to the ultrasonic diagnosis device to the parameter information, in which the hardware configuration information is defined as information for converting the parameter information into a format that is in accordance with a hardware configuration of the current ultrasonic diagnosis device, the storage unit stores the parameter information in association with the ultrasonic image, with the hardware configuration information being added to the parameter information, the ultrasonic data acquisition unit acquires the ultrasonic data based on the device control parameter set by the first parameter setting unit, the diagnostic image generation unit generates a diagnostic image by, based on the image processing parameter set by the second parameter setting unit, performing image processing on the ultrasonic data acquired by the ultrasonic data acquisition unit, and the storage unit converts a change in parameter information caused by additional adjustment into a format conforming to the hardware configuration information of the ultrasonic diagnosis device, adds the resulting information to the device control parameter set by the first parameter setting unit, and stores the resulting device control parameter and the image processing parameter set by the second parameter setting unit, in association with the diagnostic image generated by the diagnostic image generation unit.