ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,565, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and control method of ultrasound diagnostic apparatus" was invented by Yukiya Miyachi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus having: a display that displays a B-mode image in which at least a blood vessel region is imaged; and a processor configured to set a Doppler gate within the blood vessel region on the B-mode image; acquire a blood vessel gradient; and detect an anterior vascular wall and a posterior vascular wall by performing image analysis on the B-mode image, on an outer side of the Dopp...