摘要:
A method and apparatus for adaptively enhancing a scanned ultrasound image of body portion having both areas (14) of tissue and areas (16) of blood pool. Clutter (18) which appears in the blood pool areas (16) is removed by processing the image signal (30) to generate a mask signal, which signal is substantially present in areas of tissue to pass such areas and is substantially not present in areas of blood pool to block such areas. The image signal (30) is modulated (36) with the mask signal, preferably on a pixel-by-pixel basis, to substantially remove the clutter.
摘要:
In an ultrasonic imaging apparatus for obtaining a tomogram image of an object to be diagnosed on a monitor, the apparatus includes electroacoustic transducers, a phasing unit, a phase detection unit, and an adding unit: electroacoustic transducers are provided in a line along with a surface of the object, emitting ultrasonic waves to the object, detecting the ultrasonic waves reflected therefrom, and converting them to electric signals as detection signals; a phasing unit is connected to the electroacoustic transducers for receiving the detection signals, delaying them in accordance with distance between the electroacoustic transducers and the object, and phasing them to match the phase of detection signals; a phase detection unit is connected to the electroacoustic transducers and the phasing unit for detecting the error of phase contained in the detection signals output from the electroacoustic transducers or the phasing unit and correcting the amount of delay previously set in the phase unit in accordance with the error of phase, the phase detection unit further comprising first and second binary units for binalizing the detection signals to detect the error of phase contained in the detection signals; and an adding unit is connected to the phasing unit to accumulate the detection signals phased by the phasing unit.
摘要:
Les technologies de stockage en mémoire comprennent des mémoires vives et des dispositifs à couplage de charge. La fonction mémoire adaptative et la fonction servomémoire améliorent les caractéristiques de mémoire. Dans un mode de réalisation de mémoire vive, on utilise un détecteur (220B, 220A) afin de détecter un état d'adresse en mémoire (217) et afin de commander la mémoire (222) ainsi que le registre d'adresses en mémoire (218) en réponse audit état. Dans un mode de réalisation de dispositif à couplage de charge, on utilise un détecteur (220A, 220B) afin de détecter un signal de référence de mémoire (217) et afin de régénérer les signaux mémoire (221A, 221B, 221) en réponse à ce dernier. La régénération, les performances et la capacité améliorées de la mémoire améliorent les caractéristiques du système. Une architecture de mémoire améliorée offre les avantages d'une vitesse accrue, d'un coût inférieur et d'une efficacité de mise en oeuvre. Les informations stockées en mémoire peuvent être parcourues et extraites à une vitesse supérieure à la vitesse d'adressage associée aux mémoires. Cet agencement permet un fonctionnement à vitesse supérieure avec des mémoires de coût inférieur. L'emploi d'un tampon de sortie tel qu'un système premier entré premier sorti (FIFO), permet la normalisation de fréquences de base de mémoire.
摘要:
An object to be examined is scanned with an ultrasonic wave and a tomographic image of the object is obtained on the basis of reflected ultrasonic waves. This image is stored in a frame memory. The types of the motion of the image, i.e., a still image, a motion image and a slight motion are detected on the basis of the difference in image data between the current tomographic image and a past tomographic image, and the correlation between rasters of the current tomographic image. The correlation coefficient used for frame correlation processing between the current tomographic image and the past tomographic image is adaptively changed in accordance with the detection result.
摘要:
In an ultrasonic imaging apparatus for obtaining a tomogram image of an object to be diagnosed on a monitor, the apparatus includes electroacoustic transducers, a phasing unit, a phase detection unit, and an adding unit: electroacoustic transducers are provided in a line along with a surface of the object, emitting ultrasonic waves to the object, detecting the ultrasonic waves reflected therefrom, and converting them to electric signals as detection signals; a phasing unit is connected to the electroacoustic transducers for receiving the detection signals, delaying them in accordance with distance between the electroacoustic transducers and the object, and phasing them to match the phase of detection signals; a phase detection unit is connected to the electroacoustic transducers and the phasing unit for detecting the error of phase contained in the detection signals output from the electroacoustic transducers or the phasing unit and correcting the amount of delay previously set in the phase unit in accordance with the error of phase, the phase detection unit further comprising first and second binary units for binalizing the detection signals to detect the error of phase contained in the detection signals; and an adding unit is connected to the phasing unit to accumulate the detection signals phased by the phasing unit.
摘要:
An ultrasonic analyzer for use in an ultrasonic diagnosis instrument includes: a first unit (100) for determining a start point (t₁) and an end point (t₂) at an analysis interval (T) to be analyzed based on an analysis selection signal (w(t)) and a time signal (t) for an input time-series signal (y(t)) reflected from a medium; second units (110, 120, 130, 140) for generating four kinds of integration values (x₁ to x₄) based on four kinds of multiplication signals, each of the multiplication signals being calculated by multiplying the analysis selection signal (w(t)) by the time signal (t), or a square signal (t²) of the time signal, or a product signal (y(t).t) of the time signal (t) and the time-series signal (y(t)), or by the time-series signal (y(t)); third units (111,112; 121,122; 131,132; 141,142) for storing each of the integration values (x₁ to x₄) by using the time signal (t) as an address for storing; and a fourth unit (150) for calculating a slope of a regression curve based on differences between the integration values (x₁ to x₄), a determination of the differences being based on the start point (t₁) and the end point (t₂) at the analysis interval (T). Such an analyzer can enable high precision measurement of an acoustic characteristic of an echo signal reflected from a medium.