Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasound observation device, method of operating ultrasound observation device, and computer-readable recording medium
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Application No.: US16015484Application Date: 2018-06-22
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Publication No.: US11176640B2Publication Date: 2021-11-16
- Inventor: Junichi Ichikawa
- Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JPJP2015-252210 20151224
- Main IPC: G06T5/00
- IPC: G06T5/00 ; A61B8/12 ; A61B8/14 ; A61B8/08 ; A61B8/00

Abstract:
An ultrasound observation device includes a controller. The controller is configured to: calculate feature data of an ultrasound signal by analyzing the ultrasound signal; divide an area of interest preliminarily set on an ultrasound image into a plurality of sections; and set an attenuation rate for each of the sections; correct the attenuation rate in a range including at least a boundary between adjacent sections in a manner smoothly changing across the adjacent sections; and perform attenuation correction on the feature data using the corrected attenuation rate to calculate correction feature data.
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