Patent ID: 7250922

Claim:
A medical image diagnosis apparatus, comprising: an image generator configured to generate a medical image; a display, comprising a plurality of monitors, configured to display the medical image; a mechanism configured to change, based on a detected use of the medical image diagnosis apparatus, an arrangement of the plurality of monitors with respect to each of the monitors so that a first monitor is positioned to superpose a second monitor, thereby rendering the second monitor at least partially unviewable from any viewing angle, wherein the image generator comprises a plurality of image systems, each comprising a generation device and a detection device detecting a generated part of the medical image and wherein the mechanism is configured to change the arrangement based on how many of the plurality of image systems are used, the apparatus further comprising a system detector configured to detect the number of the plurality of image systems being used and wherein the mechanism is configured to automatically change the arrangement responsive to the number detected by the system detector.