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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tomonari Sendai, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
FUJIFILM CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/485 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01); A61B 8/0825 (2013.01); A61B 8/403 (2013.01); A61B 8/4416 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); A61B 8/5261 (2013.01); A61B 8/469 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hardness deriving device includes: an acquisition section configured to acquire plural ultrasound images obtained by ultrasound imaging a breast in a state in which the breast is pressed by a pressing member at a plurality of different pressures; and a deriving section configured to find an amount of change at corresponding points between the plural ultrasound images acquired by the acquisition section, and to derive information indicating a hardness of tissue of the breast based on the amount of change at the corresponding points.