US 12,268,553 B2
Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and control method of ultrasound diagnostic apparatus
Mikihiko Karube, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/160,942.
Application 18/160,942 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/011369, filed on Mar. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-143290 (JP), filed on Aug. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0165563 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/4254 (2013.01) [A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/469 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus comprising:
an ultrasound probe;
a position sensing device that is attached to the ultrasound probe, and configured to acquire positional information of the ultrasound probe;
a scanning direction instructing device formed by a vibration mechanism that is included in the ultrasound probe, and configured to instruct a user on a direction to perform the scan by the ultrasound probe;
a processor configured to
generate an ultrasound image by performing a scan of an ultrasound beam on an abnormal portion of a subject by using the ultrasound probe,
recognize a boundary between a normal portion and the abnormal portion of the subject by analyzing the ultrasound image,
specify the direction to perform the scan by the ultrasound probe based on the positional information of the ultrasound probe acquired by the position sensing device and the boundary, and
instruct the user on the specified direction to perform the scan according to a vibration pattern of the vibration mechanism of the scanning direction instructing device.