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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2021
Applicant:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Eiji Kasahara, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
FUJIFILM HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, Chiba, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/52 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/5205 (2013.01); A61B 8/587 (2013.01); G01S 15/8915 (2013.01); A61B 8/4461 (2013.01);
Abstract
A testing apparatus has a phantom and a scanning mechanism. The scanning mechanism moves an ultrasonic probe in a scanning direction (x direction) while maintaining a contact state of the ultrasonic probe with the phantom. The phantom includes a heart simulated element simulating a heart which is a tissue of interest, and a simulated element simulating a tissue which is present at a periphery of the heart. A form of the heart simulated element changes continuously in the scanning direction. A change of a form thereof represents a change with respect to time of the heart.