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Image display method and ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus

US6217515A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Filing dateAug 2, 1999
Grant dateApr 17, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 2, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG16H30/40
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In order that an image observed last is ensured to be re-displayed even if an operator inadvertently misses a command to save the image before releasing freeze, an image save processing is activated when the operator commands freeze during cine display, and the latest freeze-displayed image is tagged with a last mark by the image save processing (Step R2). The image tagged with the last mark is automatically saved.

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