IP Library Patent Application 14690534
Patent Application
App. No. 14/690,534

ULTRASONIC PROBE AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME

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14/690,534
Abstract

An ultrasonic diagnostic device including: an image acquirer for acquiring an ultrasonic image of an object from ultrasonic waves received by an ultrasonic probe; an image memory for preliminary memorizing a volume data of the object, which is acquired by an image diagnostic device; a first positional detector for detecting 3-dimensional information of the ultrasonic probe; an tomogram obtainer for obtaining a tomogram of the image diagnostic device, in which positions of the tomogram and the ultrasonic image correspond, based on a positional information from the first positional detector; a display for displaying the ultrasonic image and the tomogram; wherein the ultrasonic image device further including, a selector for selecting predetermined angles of a puncture needle, where angles can be set at fixed values, and the display displays a guideline of the puncture needle on at least one of the ultrasonic image and the tomogram.

Claims (22)

1 . An ultrasonic diagnostic device comprising:

an ultrasonic probe for transmitting/receiving ultrasonic waves to/from an object to be examined;

an image acquirer for acquiring an ultrasonic image of an object from ultrasonic waves received by the ultrasonic probe;

an image memory for preliminary memorizing a volume data of the object, which is acquired by an image diagnostic device;

a first positional detector for detecting 3-dimensional information of the ultrasonic probe;

an tomogram obtainer for obtaining a tomogram from the image diagnostic device, in which a position of the tomogram corresponds to a position of the ultrasonic image, based on a positional information from the first positional detector;

a display for displaying the ultrasonic image and the tomogram;

wherein the ultrasonic image device further including,

a selector for selecting predetermined angles of a puncture needle, where angles can be set at fixed values, and

the display displays a guideline of the puncture needle on at least one of the ultrasonic image and the tomogram.

2 . The ultrasonic diagnostic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display displays the guideline of the puncture needle on both of the ultrasonic image and the tomogram.

3 . The ultrasonic diagnostic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a tip of the puncture needle is displayed in accordance with a movement of the puncture needle.

4 . The ultrasonic diagnostic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a tip of the puncture needle is displayed on the guideline.

5 . The ultrasonic diagnostic device according to claim 3 ,

wherein a second magnetic sensor is attached to the puncture needle, and a position of the tip of the puncture needle is specified by a position and an angle of the second magnetic sensor and a length of the puncture needle.

6 . The ultrasonic diagnostic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the image diagnostic device is one of a CT diagnostic apparatus, MR diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus.

7 . The ultrasonic diagnostic device according to claim 4 ,

wherein a second magnetic sensor is attached to the puncture needle, and a position of the tip of the puncture needle is specified by a position and an angle of the second magnetic sensor and a length of the puncture needle.

Assignments (1)
MERGER Recorded Mar 6, 2017
From: HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION
To: HITACHI, LTD.
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