Provided are an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and a method of controlling an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus capable of allowing a user to perform more accurate diagnosis while referring to an ultrasound image and a digital image.An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus (1) includes an ultrasound image acquisition unit (21) that acquires an ultrasound image (U), a digital image acquisition unit (9) that acquires a digital image (D), a touch panel (8) having an ultrasound image operation section (22) and a digital image operation section (23), an operation controller (6) that makes the digital image operation section (23) operable only in a case where the ultrasound image (U) is freeze-displayed and exclusively operates the ultrasound image acquisition unit (21) and the digital image acquisition unit (9) exclusively operate, and a save controller (10) that saves the ultrasound image (U) and the digital image (D) in an image memory (11) in association with each other. The digital image acquisition unit (9) acquires a digital image (D) of a visual field in a direction opposite to a direction, to which a display screen of the touch panel (8) is directed.
