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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2024
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hisatsugu Horiuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Osawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Rika Tashiro, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeyasu Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sayaka Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medical imaging apparatus includes a processor that acquires a position of an ultrasound probe that emits an ultrasound beam toward a breast of an examinee, which is in a compressed state by way of a compression plate. The processor detects a distance in a direction orthogonal to a side surface of the compression plate on a chest wall side to the ultrasound probe based on the position of the ultrasound probe. When the distance is equal to or smaller than a predetermined distance from the side surface, the processor controls switching to a steer mode or a trapezoidal mode in which an emission direction of the ultrasound beam is directed toward the chest wall side.