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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
May. 03, 2023
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided are an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a control method for an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus capable of accurately evaluating dysphagia. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: an ultrasound probe; an image formation unit that acquires an ultrasound image of a pharyngeal part of a subject in accordance with an image formation condition by transmitting and receiving an ultrasound beam using the ultrasound probe; a chewing information acquisition unit that acquires chewing information during chewing of the subject; an image formation condition adjustment unit that adjusts the image formation condition on the basis of the chewing information acquired by the chewing information acquisition unit; and a swallowing evaluation unit that evaluates swallowing of the subject, on the basis of the ultrasound image acquired by the image formation unit in accordance with the image formation condition adjusted by the image formation condition adjustment unit.
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