US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM on June 17 for "Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus configured to modify examination protocol" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,579, issued on June 17, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus configured to modify examination protocol" was invented by Wataru Tokudome (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detector detects a lesion site contained in an ultrasound image while an examination protocol is running. A display processor (display controller) displays an option list in response to detection of the lesion site. A protocol modifying unit incorporates a specific option selected from the option list into the examination protocol being run. A protocol execution controller controls operations of an ultrasound diagnosti...