Ultrasound probe

Abstract

Provided is an ultrasound probe that can prevent contamination of an ultrasound emission surface of a transducer array and malfunction of a functional element in a case in which the ultrasound probe is placed on a placement surface. An ultrasound probe includes a housing that has a front end portion and a rear end portion; and a transducer array that is disposed inside the front end portion of the housing and that has an ultrasound emission surface exposed from the housing, in which the rear end portion of the housing has a peripheral wall portion that surrounds a periphery of a center line extending from the front end portion of the housing to the rear end portion of the housing and that extends along a plane perpendicular to the center line, and a recess portion that is recessed in a direction toward the front end portion along the center line on an inner side of the peripheral wall portion, and an operation button is disposed in the recess portion.

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