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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2022
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided are an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus capable of appropriately highlighting a blood vessel in an ultrasound image depending on an insertion situation of an insert, and a method of controlling the same. An ultrasound diagnostic apparatusincludes a transducer array, an image acquisition unitthat acquires an ultrasound image, a display devicethat displays the ultrasound image, an image analysis unitthat analyzes the ultrasound image to detect a blood vessel and an insert in the ultrasound image, a highlighting unitthat highlights the blood vessel detected by the image analysis unitin displaying the ultrasound image, and an apparatus controllerthat controls the highlighting unit. The apparatus controllerperforms control such that the highlighting unitchanges a form in highlighting the blood vessel depending on a relative positional relationship between the blood vessel and the insert.