Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorsNatsumi DANNO, Takehiro TSUJITA, Teiichiro IKEDA
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Abstract
Provided is an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus. In a support information database, comments as different pieces of support information are associated with a plurality of different examiner levels. An examiner level specifying unit specifies an examiner level of an examiner who is currently using an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus. The output unit outputs support information with a content tailored to the examiner level of the examiner, which is specified by the examiner level specifying unit, based on the support information database.
Claims12
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus comprising:
- an examiner level specifying unit that specifies an examiner level indicating a level of proficiency in operation of an examiner for the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, based on an examiner database in which an examiner ID for uniquely identifying the examiner and the examiner level of the examiner are associated with each other, or an input from the examiner;
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- an output unit that outputs, based on a support information database in which support information related to an operation of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and used to support formation of an ultrasound tomographic image by the examiner is associated with each examiner level, support information with a content tailored to the examiner level specified by the examiner level specifying unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.