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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2022
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsurou Ebata, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoki Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus () includes a urinary bladder extraction unit (), a feature quantity calculation unit (), a candidate frame extraction unit (), and a urine volume measurement unit (). The urinary bladder extraction unit () extracts a urinary bladder region from ultrasound images of a plurality of frames. The feature quantity calculation unit () calculates a feature quantity related to the bladder region. The candidate frame extraction unit () extracts, from the ultrasound images of the plurality of frames, an ultrasound image of a frame for which the feature quantity becomes a local maximum, as an ultrasound image of at least one candidate frame that serves as a candidate subjected to measurement. The urine volume measurement unit () analyzes an ultrasound image of a measurement frame selected from the ultrasound image of the at least one candidate frame to measure a urine volume.