ULTRASOUND OBSERVATION APPARATUS
First Claim
1. An ultrasound observation apparatus which has an ultrasound probe or an ultrasound endoscope manually moved relative to a subject, and which displays a plurality of ultrasound tomographic images in time sequence with the movement,the apparatus comprising a control section which, when a first display range is selected, performs control so that images are displayed in a first number of displayed frames per the stroke time, which, when a second display range is selected, performs control so that the number of displayed frames per the stroke time is smaller than the first number of displayed frames, and which, when a manual scanning mode is selected, performs control so that a predetermined number of frames per the stroke time are displayed regardless of whether the display range is the first display range or the second display range.
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Abstract
An ultrasound observation apparatus has an ultrasound probe or an ultrasound endoscope manually moved relative to a subject, and displays a plurality of ultrasound tomographic images in time sequence with the movement. The ultrasound observation apparatus has a control section which, when a first display range is selected, performs control so that images are displayed in a first number of displayed frames per stroke time, which, when a second display range is selected, performs control so that the number of displayed frames per stroke time is smaller than the first number of displayed frames, and which, when a manual scanning mode is selected, performs control so that a predetermined number of frames per stroke time are displayed regardless of whether the display range is the first display range or the second display range.
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1. An ultrasound observation apparatus which has an ultrasound probe or an ultrasound endoscope manually moved relative to a subject, and which displays a plurality of ultrasound tomographic images in time sequence with the movement,
the apparatus comprising a control section which, when a first display range is selected, performs control so that images are displayed in a first number of displayed frames per the stroke time, which, when a second display range is selected, performs control so that the number of displayed frames per the stroke time is smaller than the first number of displayed frames, and which, when a manual scanning mode is selected, performs control so that a predetermined number of frames per the stroke time are displayed regardless of whether the display range is the first display range or the second display range.
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