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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2024
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuya Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiko Morimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided are an ultrasound diagnostic system capable of performing a polarization process of an ultrasound transducer using an existing transmission circuit and continuing examination of an observation target part while maintaining performance without degrading a workflow in a pause period after a transmission of a transmission signal consisting of an excitation pulse, and an operation method of an ultrasound diagnostic system. As a result, a control circuit of an ultrasound diagnostic system controls such that an ultrasound generating transmission signal and a polarization process transmission signal are generated, after a transmission of the transmission signal, which generates an ultrasonic wave including at least an excitation ultrasonic wave that generates an acoustic radiation pressure, sets a polarization process time within a pause period according to an acoustic output value generated in a case of transmissions of the ultrasound generating transmission signal and the polarization process transmission signal, and controls a transmission circuit to transmit the polarization process transmission signal to a plurality of ultrasound transducers that have transmitted at least the excitation ultrasonic waves, to perform the polarization process in the polarization process time.