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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2022
Applicant:
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Katsuya Yamamoto, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Yasuhiko Morimoto, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Satoru Okada, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Assignee:
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/546 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/445 (2013.01); B06B 1/0215 (2013.01); B06B 1/0607 (2013.01); B06B 2201/76 (2013.01);
Abstract
An operation method of an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes executing one or more imaging series of steps with an ultrasound transducer; and applying a polarization processing to the ultrasound transducer one or more of before, after, and interleaved between the one or more imaging series of steps, where the polarization processing is separate from the one or more imaging series of steps.