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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tsuyoshi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4245 (2013.01); A61B 8/085 (2013.01); A61B 8/0858 (2013.01); A61B 8/4281 (2013.01); A61B 8/429 (2013.01); A61B 8/4488 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus () includes a gel layer thickness calculation unit () that calculates a thickness of a gel layer by analyzing an ultrasound image; a tissue recognition unit () that recognizes a tissue of a subject by analyzing the ultrasound image; and a press state determination unit () that determines a press state of an ultrasound probe () against a body surface of the subject on the basis of a shape change of the tissue recognized by the tissue recognition unit () in a case where the calculated thickness of the gel layer is equal to or less than a thickness threshold value.