Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus, imaging method, and computer program product
AssigneeCanon Medical Systems Corporation
InventorYoshitaka MINE
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Abstract
An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes a robot arm and processing circuitry. The robot arm is capable of moving and rotating an ultrasound probe. The processing circuitry is configured to three-dimensionally perform a scan by using the robot arm. Further, the processing circuitry is configured to evaluate ultrasound data obtained from the scan so as to judge whether or not it is necessary to perform a re-scan using the robot arm.
Claims10
An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus comprising:
- a robot arm capable of moving and rotating an ultrasound probe;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to three-dimensionally perform a scan by using the robot arm and to evaluate ultrasound data obtained from the scan so as to judge whether or not it is necessary to perform a re-scan using the robot arm.
An imaging method comprising:
- three-dimensionally performing a scan by using a robot arm capable of moving and rotating an ultrasound probe;
- and
- evaluating ultrasound data obtained from the scan so as to judge whether or not it is necessary to perform a re-scan using the robot arm.
A computer program product having a computer-readable recording medium including a plurality of computer-executable instructions, wherein the plurality of instructions cause a computer to execute:
- three-dimensionally performing a scan by using a robot arm capable of moving and rotating an ultrasound probe;
- and
- evaluating ultrasound data obtained from the scan so as to judge whether or not it is necessary to perform a re-scan using the robot arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.