| 摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus capable of contributing to the improvement of processing speed in combining an ultrasonic image with a character image and displaying the composite image. <P>SOLUTION: The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: an ultrasonic probe 201 for transmitting ultrasonic waves to a subject, receiving reflection waves and generating reflected echo signals; an ultrasonic image composing part 203 for generating an ultrasonic image based on the reflected echo signals; a character image composing part 205 for composing a character image visualizing information added to the ultrasonic image; an image combining part 206 for generating a composite image by combining the ultrasonic image with the character image; an image conversion/transfer part 204 for simultaneously executing a process of converting at least one of a buffer size or a file type of either the ultrasonic image or character image into at least one of the buffer size or file type of the other image, and a process of transferring one of the images to the image combining part 206. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT</p> |
