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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2023
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masafumi Noguchi, Tokyo, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided are an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a method for controlling the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus capable of improving image qualities of a two-dimensional ultrasound image and a three-dimensional ultrasound image. An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus () includes an ultrasound probe () and an apparatus main body (). The ultrasound probe () includes a two-dimensional transducer array () including a plurality of transducers, a patch division circuit () that divides at least a part of the transducers into a plurality of patches in which the transducers are arranged in an elevation direction in a case of performing the two-dimensional scanning and divides at least a part of the transducers into a plurality of patches in which the transducers are arranged in an azimuth direction in a case of performing the three-dimensional scanning, and a plurality of probe beam formers () corresponding to the plurality of patches. The apparatus main body () includes a main body beam former (). The probe beam formers () perform beam forming on transmission and reception signals for the transducers in the patches, and the main body beam former () performs beam forming on the transmission and reception signals for the plurality of patches.