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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kimito Katsuyama, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasound diagnostic device includes: an ultrasound probe including a plurality of ultrasound transducers transmitting ultrasound waves to an object and receiving ultrasound waves reflected from the object to output an ultrasound detection signal, a region-of-interest setting device setting a region of interest within the object, a transmission focus instructing device making the ultrasound probe transmit the ultrasound waves by focusing on the region of interest, a device setting at least one or more points of interest in the region of interest, a device finding a change in sound velocity or attenuation at the point of interest, and a device finding an index indicating a sonic variation or an attenuation variation based on the change in sound velocity or attenuation.