ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,547, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and method for controlling ultrasound diagnostic apparatus" was invented by Masafumi Noguchi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a method for controlling the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus capable of improving image qualities of a two-dimensional ultrasound image and a three-dimensional ultrasound image. An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus (1) includes an ultrasound probe (2) and an apparatus main body (3). The ultrasound probe (2) includes a two-dimensional transducer array (11) inclu...