Provided are an ultrasound diagnostic system and a control method of the ultrasound diagnostic system capable of performing advanced measurement, report creation, and the like even while improving operability and mobility of an ultrasound probe.

An ultrasound probe, a portable terminal, and a diagnostic apparatus are wirelessly connected to each other, the ultrasound probe has a probe memory, the ultrasound probe acquires echo data, including echo information before becoming an ultrasound image, through transmission and reception of an ultrasound wave with respect to a subject and stores the acquired echo data in the probe memory, the portable terminal controls the ultrasound probe and the diagnostic apparatus such that the echo data stored in the probe memory is wirelessly transmitted from the ultrasound probe to the diagnostic apparatus, and the diagnostic apparatus performs ultrasound diagnosis based on the echo data wirelessly transmitted from the ultrasound probe.

Provided is an ultrasound diagnostic device comprising: a sheet material that is capable of being attached to a surface of a living body and has a two-dimensional code drawn on a surface thereof; an ultrasonic transducer; a probe; an imaging device that is provided to the probe and is capable of imaging the two-dimensional code; an inclination angle sensor provided to the probe; a probe specifying unit configured to specify a position of the probe on the surface of the living body based on the two-dimensional code imaged by the imaging device, and specify an inclination angle of the probe with respect to a vertical direction based on a detection result given by the inclination angle sensor; and an image generating unit configured to generate a diagnostic image indicating a result of ultrasound diagnostic of the living body based on the ultrasonic wave echo.

Method of facilitating inspection of an ultrasonic transducer used in high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy. Selection and observation processing is performed by: (i) processing for selecting one pair of divided surfaces from multiple pairs of divided surfaces obtained by dividing a bowl-shaped surface at multiple cutting planes that include the central axis of the bowl-shaped surface; (ii) processing for causing ultrasonic transducers disposed on the one pair of divided surfaces selected from the multiple pairs of divided surfaces to transmit ultrasonic waves; (iii) processing for setting an ultrasonic probe to a state in which an ultrasonic beam is scanned on an observation surface that passes through the pair of divided surfaces selected from the multiple pairs of divided surfaces; and (iv) processing for acquiring ultrasound date regarding the observation surface on which the ultrasonic beam was scanned.

Systems and methods for displaying data based on machine-reading of an ultrasound device are described. In some embodiments, an ultrasound system includes an ultrasound device having a machine-readable indicator and a reader device configured to read information from the machine-readable indicator. The ultrasound system also includes a display device configured to display device information about the ultrasound device based on the information read from the machine-readable indicator.

A method for controlling a plurality of time gain compensation physical switches. The method includes: performing a current ultrasonic scan; determining current positions of the plurality of TGC physical switches; determining target positions of the plurality of TGC physical switches; and simultaneously displaying the current positions and the target positions of the plurality of TGC physical switches on a display. Some other embodiments of the present application further provide a system for controlling a plurality of time gain compensation physical switches, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium.

Ultrasound attenuation coefficient estimation (ACE) techniques that can ameliorate frequency power ratio curve oscillations caused by signal interferences, non-uniform tissue structures, or both, are described. The resulting smoothed frequency power ratio curves enable more accurate ACE and reduced region-of-interest (ROI) sizes for linear regression.

A recognition unit executes recognition processing of a scanning cross section on an ultrasound image generated by being scanned with ultrasound, to estimate a plurality of candidates for a scanning cross section scanned with the ultrasound. The recognition unit calculates a score indicating a certainty of the estimation for each candidate. A display controller displays, on a display, candidate images showing a plurality of respective candidates having higher scores among the plurality of candidates in different display aspects for each score.

An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a transmission unit, a reception unit, and an information processing unit. The transmission unit transmits an ultrasonic wave to a subject via an ultrasound probe. The reception unit receives the ultrasonic wave reflected by the subject via the ultrasound probe. The information processing unit executes processing on a reception signal output from the reception unit. The information processing unit generates Doppler waveform data based on the reception signal, determines whether an observation site is an artery or a vein based on the Doppler waveform data, and decides a display range of blood flow velocity indicated by a Doppler waveform according to a determination result.

An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a transmission unit, a reception unit, and an information processing unit. The transmission unit transmits an ultrasonic wave to a subject via an ultrasound probe. The reception unit receives the ultrasonic wave reflected by the subject via the ultrasound probe. The information processing unit executes processing on a reception signal output from the reception unit. The information processing unit generates Doppler waveform data based on the reception signal, obtains a maximum value, a minimum value, and a reference value of a Doppler waveform line obtained from the Doppler waveform data, and decides a display range of blood flow velocity indicated by a Doppler waveform based on the maximum value, the minimum value, the reference value.

A compact mixed ultrasound transducer including a transducer case, a source array configured comprising at least one acoustic energy generating transducer and configured to transmit acoustic waves; and an optical receiver array including at least one optical sensor and configured to detect acoustic echoes associated with the acoustic waves is provided. The mixed ultrasound transducer may have a compact geometry facilitated by various features.