Patent ID: 9237882
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: A61B,G01S

Claim Text:
1. An ultrasound probe diagnosing apparatus which diagnoses an ultrasound probe, comprising: a checking part which reads identification information stored in the ultrasound probe and checks a state of the ultrasound probe on a basis of a feature value of the ultrasound probe and generates a check result; a first acquiring part which acquires first outer appearance information concerning a quality of appearance states of the ultrasound probe; a photographing part which acquires second outer appearance information which is digital photographic data obtained by imaging an appearance state of the ultrasound probe at the time of diagnosis, and indicates the appearance state visually perceived; a storage part which stores the second outer appearance information concerning each of a plurality of ultrasound probes in correspondence with identification information of the ultrasound probes; a second acquiring part which acquires the second outer appearance information stored in correspondence with the identification information of the ultrasound probe as a diagnosis target from the storage part and; a generating part which generates a diagnostic report that indicates all of the check result, the acquired first outer appearance information, and the acquired second outer appearance information.