US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM on Feb. 10 for "Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and operation method thereof" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,034, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and operation method thereof" was invented by Mikihiko Karube (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processor of an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus acquires first ultrasound image data of a lower abdomen of a subject, derives a size of a bladder region included in the first ultrasound image data based on the first ultrasound image data, determines presence or absence of an organ, other than a bladder, that is to be examined, in the lower abdomen based on the size of the bladder region, and in a case where determination is made...