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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2018
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiro Imai, Ashigara-kami-gun, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasound probe and an imaging unit that transmits and receives an ultrasound beam to and from a subject using the ultrasound probe and converts a received signal output from the ultrasound probe into an image to generate an ultrasound image of the subject, according to set imaging conditions. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus further includes a probe state determination unit that determines whether the ultrasound probe is in an aerial emission state or a contact state with the subject; and an apparatus control unit that changes the imaging conditions in a case in which the probe state determination unit determines that the ultrasound probe has been changed from the contact state with the subject to the aerial emission state and controls the imaging unit such that the ultrasound image is generated using the changed imaging conditions.