Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus and method for presenting items for inspection

1. An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprising:

an ultrasonic wave transmitting and receiving device, configured to transmit and receive a signal used to generate an ultrasonic signal transmitted and received by an ultrasonic probe, and configured to perform signal processing on a signal received by the ultrasonic probe;

an ultrasonogram forming device configured to generate a plurality of items for inspection using the signal received by the ultrasonic probe;

a memory configured to store a plurality of items for inspection including ultrasonic imaging or measurement of an imaged ultrasonogram and an order of the items;

a controller configured to calculate, regarding an item set for inspection constituted of a next item for inspection which is an item for inspection subsequent to a current item for inspection which is currently being implemented out of the plurality of items for inspection, an implementation frequency at which the item set for inspection is implemented, for each next item for inspection;

a display configured to display a candidate for the next item for inspection on the basis of the implementation frequency; and

an input device configured to input the next item for inspection from the candidate for the next item for inspection,

wherein:

if a number of total events is increased by one increment by once implementing an event in which the current item for inspection changes to the next item for inspection, then the controller calculates an implementation probability of the implemented event using a first implementation probability formula, and the implementation probability of an unimplemented event using a second implementation probability formula,

the input device newly inputs a next item for inspection, and

the controller newly calculates an item set for inspection constituted of the newly inputted next item for inspection and the current item for inspection,

wherein:

the first implementation probability formula represents: (a number of relevant events in the past+1)/(a number of total events in the past+1), and

the second implementation probability formula represents: the number of relevant events in the past/(the number of total events in the past+1).

2. The ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the display displays the current item for inspection and the next item for inspection in different displaying modes.

3. The ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the display displays the implementation probability in a displaying region different from a displaying region of the ultrasonogram.

4. The ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller calculates a conditional probability of a second item for inspection which is an item for inspection next to the next item for inspection on the basis of implementation probabilities of the next item for inspection and the current item for inspection.

5. A method for presenting items for inspection in an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving reflected echo signals from an object;

performing signal processing on the reflected echo signals;

generating a plurality of items for inspection using the reflected echo signals;

a first step of storing the plurality of items for inspection including ultrasonic imaging or measurement of an imaged ultrasonogram and an order of the items;

a second step of using a controller to calculate, regarding an item set for inspection constituted of a next item for inspection which is an item for inspection subsequent to a current item for inspection which is currently being implemented out of the plurality of items for inspection, an implementation frequency at which the item set for inspection is implemented, for each next item for inspection;

a third step of displaying a candidate for the next item for inspection on the basis of the implementation frequency;

a fourth step of inputting the next item for inspection from the candidate for the next item for inspection,

calculating an implementation probability of an implemented event using a first implementation probability formula, and the implementation probability of an unimplemented event using a second implementation probability formula if a number of total events is increased by one increment by once implementing the event in which the current item for inspection changes to the next item for inspection,

a fifth step of newly inputting a next item for inspection, and

using the controller to calculate an item set for inspection constituted of the newly inputted next item for inspection and the current item for inspection,

wherein:

the first implementation probability formula represents: (a number of relevant events in the past+1)/(a number of total events in the past+1), and

the second implementation probability formula represents: the number of relevant events in the past/(the number of total events in the past+1).

6. The method for presenting items for inspection in an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

in the second step, an implementation probability in which the item set for inspection is implemented by calculating a non-implementation frequency for each next item for inspection for which the item set for inspection has not been sequentially implemented and an overall frequency obtained by adding the implementation frequency and the non-implementation frequency and by dividing the implementation frequency by the overall frequency is calculated, and

in the third step, the candidate of the next item for inspection on the basis of the implementation probability is displayed.

7. The method for presenting items for inspection in an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

in the third step, the candidate for the next item for inspection is displayed in descending order of probability on the basis of the implementation probability.

8. The method for presenting items for inspection in an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

in the third step, the current item for inspection and the next item for inspection are displayed in different displaying modes.

9. The method for presenting items for inspection in an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

in the third step, the implementation frequency is displayed in a displaying region different from a displaying region of the ultrasonogram.

10. The method for presenting items for inspection in an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

in the third step, the candidate for the next item for inspection is displayed in descending order of frequency on the basis of the implementation frequency.

11. The method for presenting items for inspection in an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

in the fourth step, a next item for inspection is newly inputted, and

in the third step, an item set for inspection constituted of the newly inputted next item for inspection and the current item for inspection is newly calculated.