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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2023
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Riko Koshino, Tokyo, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a control method of an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus that enable a user to clearly check whether or not a breast of a subject is sufficiently scanned are provided. An ultrasound diagnostic apparatusincludes a sensorthat detects an inclined angle or a height position of an ultrasound probe, an image generation unitthat generates an ultrasound image from a reception signal obtained by scanning, a scanning detection unit that detects a start point and an end point of scanning of a breast of a subject from an inclined angle or a height position of the ultrasound probe, a graph generation unitthat generates a graph of a change in the inclined angle or the height position detected from the start point to the end point and that displays the graph on a monitor, and a display image selection unitthat, in a case where at least one of a designation point on the graph corresponding to the start point or a designation point on the graph corresponding to the end point is designated by a user, displays an ultrasound image of an imaging position corresponding to the designation point on the monitor.