PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow an operator performing an ultrasonography to easily acquire an inspection status of the ultrasonography.SOLUTION: An inspection status image representing an inspection status by an ultrasonic wave is displayed. The inspection status image is formed by arranging, in a three-dimensional space, a foreground image including: a linear image being as an image including a plurality of linear images that change in accordance with a status of a probe and connect the center of a circle and a circumference of the circle with each other a probe image that is located at the center of the circle and has a shape of the probe and a spherical image being as a spherical image that represents a range to which the ultrasonic wave output from the probe is applied and has a cross section as the circle. This technique, for example, can be applied to a case of performing an ultrasonography.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】超音波検査の検査状況を、容易に把握する。【解決手段】超音波による検査状況を表す検査状況画像が表示される。検査状況画像は、プローブの状態に応じて変化する、円の中心とその円の円周とを結ぶ複数の線状の画像である線状画像と、円の中心に位置する、プローブを模したプローブ画像と、プローブが出力する超音波が当たる範囲を模した、円を断面とする球状の画像である球状画像とを有する前景画像を、3次元空間に配置した画像になっている。本技術は、例えば、超音波検査を行う場合に適用できる。【選択図】図5
