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Granted Patent B2
US 12685512 · App. 18/475,164 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and control method for ultrasound diagnostic apparatus

Inventor: Rika Tashiro (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
A61B8/465A61B8/469
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Patent No.
US 12685512
App. No.
18/475,164
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a control method for an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus capable of obtaining excellent operability and accurately performing an examination. An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: an examination menu selection unit that selects at least one examination menu from a plurality of predetermined examination menus; an examination execution unit that executes the examination menu selected by the examination menu selection unit; and an examination controller that, in a case where two or more examination menus are selected by the examination menu selection unit, controls the examination execution unit to concatenate and continuously execute the two or more selected examination menus.

Claims (26)

1 . An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to:

select two or more examination menus from a plurality of predetermined examination menus,

select an examination menu lastly selected among the two or more examination menus, as a main sequence,

select remaining examination menus among the two or more examination menus, as a sub-sequence, and

concatenate and continuously execute the two or more examination menus.

2 . The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a monitor,

wherein the processor is further configured to

display a plurality of select buttons corresponding to the plurality of predetermined examination menus, on the monitor,

select two or more examination menus once the two or more select buttons among the plurality of select buttons are sequentially long-pressed.

3 . The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to execute the sub-sequence in a shortened manner.

4 . The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of predetermined examination menus include a rectum observation menu and a urine volume measurement menu, and

the processor is further configured to select the rectum observation menu as the main sequence and select the urine volume measurement menu as the sub-sequence.

5 . The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the plurality of predetermined examination menus include a rectum observation menu and a urine volume measurement menu, and

the processor is further configured to select the rectum observation menu as the main sequence and select the urine volume measurement menu as the sub-sequence.

6 . The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the processor is configured to perform approximate urine volume measurement using a two-axis rotating ellipsoid in executing the urine volume measurement menu.

7 . A control method for an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, comprising:

selecting two or more examination menus from a plurality of predetermined examination menus;

selecting an examination menu lastly selected among the two or more examination menus, as a main sequence;

selecting remaining examination menus among the two or more examination menus, as a sub-sequence; and

concatenating and continuously executing the two or more examination menus.