Patent ID: 9414811
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: A61B,G06T,G16H

Claim Text:
1. An ultrasound diagnostic device that specifies, from an ultrasound image of a subject that includes a joint, a joint image portion that indicates components of the joint, the ultrasound diagnostic device comprising: an image processing circuit that acquires the ultrasound image and specifies the joint image portion, including: an ultrasound image acquirer that acquires the ultrasound image; and a component specifier that specifies an image portion indicating a boundary between the components, wherein when a first direction is a depth direction substantially perpendicular to a surface of the subject, a second direction is a direction orthogonal to the first direction, a first pixel is a pixel at a pixel location N in the second direction, a second pixel is a pixel at a pixel location N+1 in the second direction, and N is a positive integer, the component specifier