ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,979, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and control method of ultrasound diagnostic apparatus" was invented by Riko Koshino (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a control method of an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus that enable a user to clearly check whether or not a breast of a subject is sufficiently scanned are provided. An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus 1 includes a sensor 4 that detects an inclined angle or a height position of an ultrasound probe 2, an image generation unit 13 that generates an ultrasound image from a reception si...