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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2018
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tatsuya Miyake, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/469 (2013.01); A61B 8/085 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/485 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasound observation device includes a controller. The controller is configured to: generate data on an ultrasound image based on an ultrasound signal; automatically set a second region of interest that is relatively stiff in a first region of interest preset within the ultrasound image; and generate data on first and second elastic images each having a display mode according to stiffness of the corresponding first and second regions of interest.