Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, image processing apparatus, and image processing method
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Application No.: US14717646Application Date: 2015-05-20
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Publication No.: US10376236B2Publication Date: 2019-08-13
- Inventor: Yasuhiko Abe
- Applicant: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Otawara-shi
- Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Otawara-shi
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2012-255579 20121121; JP2013-235938 20131114
- Main IPC: A61B8/08
- IPC: A61B8/08 ; G06T7/246

Abstract:
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry sets a ROI in ultrasound image data that corresponds to at least one temporal phase and is among moving image data of two-/three-dimensional ultrasound image data acquired while using a region containing a tissue in motion as an image taking target. The processing circuitry obtains first position information of an estimated ROI based on movement information and second position information of an estimated ROI based on information other than the movement information, in ultrasound image data corresponding to the other remaining temporal phases within an acquisition period of the moving image data. The processing circuitry tracks the ROI, by obtaining position information combining the first and second position information based on an index related to reliability of the movement information, as position information of the ROI.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150257731A1 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Public/Granted day:2015-09-17
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