公开(公告)号：US07455640B2

公开(公告)日：2008-11-25

申请号：US10560375

申请日：2004-06-10

申请人： Takao Suzuki ,  Hisashi Hagiwara ,  Yoshinao Tannaka ,  Yoshinobu Watanabe

发明人： Takao Suzuki ,  Hisashi Hagiwara ,  Yoshinao Tannaka ,  Yoshinobu Watanabe

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/485 ,  A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/0456 ,  A61B8/08 ,  A61B8/14 ,  A61B8/463 ,  A61B8/466 ,  A61B8/5238 ,  G01S7/52042 ,  G01S7/52074 ,  G01S7/52087

摘要： A tomographic image and a tissue characteristic image that are in conformity with each other in terms of time-phase and positional relationships can be displayed superimposedly, thereby providing an excellent ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that enables an easy and detailed observation of a relationship between a structure and a characteristic of a subject tissue. During an operation of ultrasonic wave transmission/reception (in a live mode), a control part (100) allows a tomographic image to be renewed continuously, displayed on a monitor (107), and stored in a tomographic image memory (110), while allowing an elastic modulus image as a tissue characteristic image to be renewed per heartbeat, displayed on the monitor, and stored in an elastic-modulus-image memory (111) as a tissue characteristic image memory. During a suspension of ultrasonic wave transmission/reception (in a cine mode), the control part (100) allows the elastic modulus image to be read out from the elastic-modulus-image memory and the tomographic image that is in synchronization with the elastic modulus image to be read out from the tomographic image memory, and allows these images to be displayed on the monitor.

摘要翻译： 可以叠加地显示在时间相位和位置关系方面彼此一致的断层图像和组织特征图像，从而提供优异的超声波诊断装置，能够容易且详细地观察结构与 主题组织的特征。 在超声波发送/接收操作（在实时模式中），控制部分（100）允许连续更新断层图像，显示在监视器（107）上，并存储在断层图像存储器（110）中， 同时允许弹性模量图像作为组织特征图像在心跳上更新，显示在监视器上，并作为组织特征图像存储器存储在弹性模量图像存储器（111）中。 在超声波发送/接收（电影模式）的中止期间，控制部（100）允许从弹性模量图像存储器读出弹性模量图像，并且与弹性体同步的断层图像 将从断层图像存储器读出的模数图像，并且允许这些图像显示在监视器上。

公开(公告)号：US20070032725A1

公开(公告)日：2007-02-08

申请号：US10569661

申请日：2004-08-30

申请人： Yoshinobu Watanabe ,  Hisashi Hagiwara ,  Yoshinao Tannaka ,  Takao Suzuki

发明人： Yoshinobu Watanabe ,  Hisashi Hagiwara ,  Yoshinao Tannaka ,  Takao Suzuki

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B5/02007 ,  A61B8/0858 ,  A61B8/58 ,  G01S7/5206 ,  G01S15/8979 ,  Y10S128/916

摘要： There is provided an excellent biological signal monitor device that allows a living tissue moving in accordance with a body motion or a vibration to be observed as if it were standing still. A reverse correction processing unit (114) subjects a B-mode image to reverse correction based on a movement amount of the living tissue detected by a movement amount detection unit (113), and outputs the B-mode image corresponding to the living tissue moving in accordance with a body motion as quasi-still image information. An arithmetic processing unit (115) subjects the quasi-still image information from the reverse correction processing unit (114) to arithmetic processing such as averaging and filter processing, so as to remove a random noise component. As a result, it is possible to display, for example, a contour portion of a blood vessel wall as the living tissue clearly.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种优良的生物信号监测装置，其允许活体组织根据身体运动或振动进行移动，就像静止状态一样被观察。 反向校正处理单元（114）根据由移动量检测单元（113）检测到的生物体组织的移动量对B模式图像进行反向校正，并输出与活组织移动对应的B模式图像 根据身体运动作为准静止图像信息。 算术处理单元（115）对来自反向校正处理单元（114）的准静止图像信息进行诸如平均和滤波处理之类的算术处理，以便去除随机噪声分量。 结果，可以清楚地显示例如血管壁的轮廓部分作为活体组织。

公开(公告)号：US07686764B2

公开(公告)日：2010-03-30

申请号：US10562319

申请日：2004-06-24

申请人： Yoshinobu Watanabe ,  Yoshinao Tannaka ,  Takao Suzuki ,  Hisashi Hagiwara ,  Kazuhiro Sunagawa

发明人： Yoshinobu Watanabe ,  Yoshinao Tannaka ,  Takao Suzuki ,  Hisashi Hagiwara ,  Kazuhiro Sunagawa

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/0858 ,  A61B5/02007

摘要： An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a transmission unit that transmits at least one ultrasonic pulse from a surface of a skin of a subject toward a blood vessel (21) thereof, a reception unit (3) that receives an ultrasonic echo reflected by the blood vessel and converts the same into an electric signal to obtain a signal of the ultrasonic echo along a depth direction from the surface of the skin, a movement detection unit (5) that analyzes a phase of the ultrasonic echo signal in a direction traversing the blood vessel so as to calculate a movement amount in each of a plurality of parts included in a blood vessel wall constituting the blood vessel and a vicinity of the blood vessel wall, and a boundary detection unit (7) that detects a boundary position between the blood vessel wall and a blood flow region (22) in a lumen of the blood vessel through which blood flows based on a variation in the calculated movement amount in each part. Instability occurring when a brightness signal in image data is used can be eliminated, so that a state of a blood vessel, such as an IMT value, can be measured correctly using ultrasonic waves.

摘要翻译： 一种超声波诊断装置，包括从被检体的皮肤表面向其血管（21）发送至少一个超声波脉冲的发送部，接受由血管反射的超声回波的接收部（3），以及 将其转换为电信号以从皮肤表面沿着深度方向获得超声回波的信号;移动检测单元（5），其在穿过血管的方向上分析超声回波信号的相位， 计算包括在构成血管的血管壁和血管壁附近的多个部位的移动量的边界检测部（7），其检测血管壁 以及基于每个部分中计算出的移动量的变化的血液流过的血管内腔中的血流区域（22）。 可以消除使用图像数据中的亮度信号时发生的不稳定性，从而可以使用超声波正确地测量诸如IMT值的血管状态。

公开(公告)号：US20080125651A1

公开(公告)日：2008-05-29

申请号：US10562550

申请日：2004-07-02

申请人： Yoshinobu Watanabe ,  Yoshinao Tannaka ,  Takao Suzuki ,  Hisashi Hagiwara

发明人： Yoshinobu Watanabe ,  Yoshinao Tannaka ,  Takao Suzuki ,  Hisashi Hagiwara

IPC分类号： A61B5/021

CPC分类号： A61B8/0858 ,  A61B5/02007 ,  A61B5/1075 ,  A61B8/463 ,  A61B8/543

摘要： There are provided transmission means (1) for transmitting an ultrasonic signal from a surface of a skin of a subject toward a blood vessel (21) of the subject, reception means (3) for receiving a reflected ultrasonic echo and converting the ultrasonic echo into an electric signal to obtain the ultrasonic echo signal in a depth direction from the surface of the skin, movement detection means (5) for analyzing a phase of the ultrasonic echo signal in a direction traversing the blood vessel to calculate a movement amount in each of a plurality of regions including a blood vessel wall and a vicinity of the blood vessel wall, analysis means (7) for analyzing a state of the blood vessel based on a variation in the calculated movement amount in each of the regions, boundary position detection means (8) for detecting a boundary position between the blood vessel wall and a blood flow region of the blood vessel based on a result of the analysis by the analysis means, and stability judgment means (15) for comparing the detected boundary position with a detection result in a previous cycle.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于从受试者的皮肤表面向对象的血管（21）发送超声信号的发送装置（1），用于接收反射的超声回波并将超声回波转换成 从皮肤表面获得深度方向的超声波回波信号的电信号，用于在穿过血管的方向上分析超声波回波信号的相位的运动检测装置（5），计算出每个 包括血管壁和血管壁附近的多个区域，分析装置（7），用于基于每个区域中计算的移动量的变化来分析血管的状态，边界位置检测装置 （8），用于基于分析装置的分析结果检测血管壁与血管的血流区域之间的边界位置，稳定性j 用于将检测到的边界位置与前一个循环中的检测结果进行比较的倾斜装置（15）。

公开(公告)号：US20070162869A1

公开(公告)日：2007-07-12

申请号：US10586955

申请日：2005-08-25

申请人： Yoshinobu Watanabe ,  Yoshinao Tannaka ,  Takao Suzuki

发明人： Yoshinobu Watanabe ,  Yoshinao Tannaka ,  Takao Suzuki

IPC分类号： G01N23/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/461 ,  A61B8/465 ,  A61B8/467 ,  G01S7/52073 ,  G01S7/52074

摘要： An ultrasonic detecting portion 1 that transmits an ultrasonic wave to a subject and receives a reflected wave therefrom, an image display portion 6 that has a diagnostic image display region 8 for displaying a diagnostic image based on an image signal from the ultrasonic detecting portion and displays a setting button 9 and a cursor 7 of a pointing device for making a selection of a setting condition, and a control portion 5 that has a function of setting and changing the setting condition based on an instruction to select the setting condition are provided. A function in which a pop-up menu opens by locating the cursor on the operation button, and a function in which an alternative in the pop-up menu is selected by locating the cursor on the alternative and the alternative that is selected last is confirmed by moving the cursor to a region outside the pop-up menu are provided. It is possible to select a parameter of the operation button solely with a cursor operation of the pointing device.

摘要翻译： 超声波检测部1，其向对象发送超声波并接收反射波;图像显示部6，其具有基于来自超声波检测部的图像信号显示诊断图像的诊断图像显示区域8，并显示 提供了用于选择设置条件的指示设备的设置按钮9和光标7，以及具有基于选择设置条件的指令来设置和改变设置条件的功能的控制部分5。 通过将光标定位在操作按钮上来打开弹出菜单的功能，以及通过将光标定位在备选方案上并选择最后选择的替代方案来确定弹出菜单中的替代方案的功能 通过将光标移动到弹出菜单之外的区域。 只需用指示设备的光标操作即可选择操作按钮的参数。

公开(公告)号：US20090143675A1

公开(公告)日：2009-06-04

申请号：US12067203

申请日：2006-09-14

申请人： Takao Suzuki ,  Makoto Kato ,  Hisashi Hagiwara ,  Yoshinao Tan-Naka

发明人： Takao Suzuki ,  Makoto Kato ,  Hisashi Hagiwara ,  Yoshinao Tan-Naka

IPC分类号： A61B8/04 ,  A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/0858 ,  A61B5/02007 ,  A61B8/485

摘要： The present invention aims at providing an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus capable of acquiring more accurate tissue character values such as strain, an average elastic modulus, and an average viscosity.The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present invention detects tissue boundaries of a subject in accordance with a received signal based on an ultrasonic echo from a receiving section 103, by means of a boundary detection section 110; and tracks motions of the tissue boundaries of the subject by means of a tissue tracking section 108. A tissue character value computing section 109 computes tissue character values of the subject from the motions of the tissue boundaries of the subject tracked by the tissue tracking section 108 and a blood pressure value of the subject acquired from a blood pressure value acquisition section 112.

摘要翻译： 本发明的目的在于提供一种能够获得更精确的组织特征值的超声波诊断装置，例如应变，平均弹性模量和平均粘度。 本发明的超声波诊断装置借助于边界检测部110，根据来自接收部103的超声波回波的接收信号来检测被检体的组织边界; 并且通过组织跟踪部分108跟踪对象的组织边界的运动。组织字符值计算部分109根据由组织跟踪部分108跟踪的对象的组织边界的运动来计算对象的组织字符值 以及从血压值获取部112获取的被检者的血压值。

公开(公告)号：US20090118615A1

公开(公告)日：2009-05-07

申请号：US11995993

申请日：2006-07-20

申请人： Makoto Kato ,  Yoshinao Tan-Naka ,  Hisashi Hagiwara ,  Takao Suzuki

发明人： Makoto Kato ,  Yoshinao Tan-Naka ,  Hisashi Hagiwara ,  Takao Suzuki

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/08 ,  A61B5/02007 ,  A61B8/0891 ,  A61B8/485

摘要： The present invention aims at providing an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus capable of displaying a stable spatial distribution of elastic characteristics for each hear beat without depending on the accuracy or stability of measurement of blood pressure and without involvement of measurement of blood pressure.In an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present invention, an ultrasonic reflected wave transmitted from an ultrasonic probe 13 and reflected by biomedical tissue is input to a computing section 19 by way of a receiving section 15, a delay time control section 16, a phase detection section 17, and a filter section 18. In accordance with the phase detection signal acquired from the phase detection section 17, the computing section 19 computes a relative elastic characteristic which is an elastic characteristic normalized by an elastic characteristic of an arbitrary reference area in the biomedical tissue. A distribution of relative elastic characteristics computed by the computing section is displayed on a display section 21.

摘要翻译： 本发明的目的在于提供一种超声波诊断装置，其能够在不依赖于血压测量的准确性或稳定性的情况下显示每个听觉搏动的弹性特性的稳定空间分布，而不涉及血压测量。 在本发明的超声波诊断装置中，从超声波探头13发送并被生物医学组织反射的超声波反射波通过接收部15，延迟时间控制部16，相位检测 部分17和滤波器部分18.根据从相位检测部分17获取的相位检测信号，计算部分19计算相对弹性特性，该相对弹性特性是由弹性特性标准化的任意参考区域的弹性特性 生物医学组织。 由计算部分计算的相对弹性特性的分布被显示在显示部分21上。

公开(公告)号：US20100312110A1

公开(公告)日：2010-12-09

申请号：US12160447

申请日：2007-01-10

申请人： Takao Suzuki ,  Hisashi Hagiwara ,  Makoto Kato ,  Yoshinao Tan-naka

发明人： Takao Suzuki ,  Hisashi Hagiwara ,  Makoto Kato ,  Yoshinao Tan-naka

IPC分类号： A61B8/14

CPC分类号： A61B8/0858 ,  A61B5/02007 ,  A61B5/021 ,  A61B8/13 ,  A61B8/485

摘要： An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention includes: a transmitting section 102 driving an ultrasonic probe; a receiving section 103 receiving an ultrasonic echo, produced by getting an ultrasonic wave reflected by a subject, at the probe to generate a received signal; a tissue tracking section 105 for tracking the motion of each tissue of the subject based on the received signal and outputting location tracking information; a radius and wall thickness calculating section calculating the radius and wall thickness of the blood vessel; a tissue attribute value calculating section 108 calculating radial and circumferential elasticities of the vascular wall of the vessel based on information about the blood pressure of the subject provided externally, the tracking information, and the radius and wall thickness of the vessel; and a display section 107 presenting the radial and circumferential elasticities. While the transmitting section and the receiving section are transmitting or receiving the ultrasonic wave, the tissue attribute value calculating section calculates the radial elasticities one after another based on the tracking information and the information about the blood pressure, and the display section presents the radial elasticities. But while the transmission and reception of the ultrasonic waves are suspended, the tissue attribute value calculating section calculates the circumferential elasticity based on the tracking information, the information about the blood pressure, and the radius and wall thickness of the blood vessel and the display section presents the circumferential elasticities.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的超声波诊断装置包括：驱动超声波探头的发送部分102; 接收部103，其通过在被检测体上取得被检体反射的超声波而接收超声波回波，生成接收信号; 组织跟踪部分105，用于基于所接收的信号跟踪对象的每个组织的运动并输出位置跟踪信息; 计算血管的半径和壁厚的半径和壁厚计算部; 组织属性值计算部分108，根据关于外部提供的对象的血压，跟踪信息以及血管的半径和壁厚的信息，计算血管壁的血管壁的径向和周向弹性; 以及呈现径向和周向弹性的显示部分107。 当发送部分和接收部分正在发送或接收超声波时，组织属性值计算部分基于跟踪信息和关于血压的信息来一个接一个地计算径向弹性，并且显示部分呈现径向弹性 。 但是，在超声波的发送接收停止的情况下，组织属性值计算部根据跟踪信息，关于血压的信息以及血管的半径和壁厚以及显示部来计算周边弹性 呈现圆周弹性。

公开(公告)号：US20090227867A1

公开(公告)日：2009-09-10

申请号：US12097142

申请日：2006-12-13

申请人： Takao Suzuki ,  Hisashi Hagiwara ,  Makoto Kato ,  Yoshinao Tan-naka ,  Hiroshi Kanai ,  Hideyuki Hasegawa

发明人： Takao Suzuki ,  Hisashi Hagiwara ,  Makoto Kato ,  Yoshinao Tan-naka ,  Hiroshi Kanai ,  Hideyuki Hasegawa

IPC分类号： A61B8/14

CPC分类号： A61B8/0858 ,  A61B5/02007 ,  A61B5/1075 ,  A61B8/461 ,  A61B8/467 ,  A61B8/485

摘要： An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention is designed to measure a vascular wall. The apparatus includes: a transmitting section that drives a probe to transmit an ultrasonic wave toward a subject including a blood vessel; a receiving section that receives an ultrasonic echo, produced by getting the ultrasonic wave reflected by the subject, at the probe to generate a received signal; a tomographic image processing section for generating an image signal based on the received signal to present the tomographic image of the subject on a display section; a first borderline generating section for determining a first type of borderline based on the tomographic image presented on the display section; and a second borderline generating section for generating at least one borderline of a second type by translating the first type of borderline.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的超声波诊断装置被设计成测量血管壁。 该装置包括：传送部分，其驱动探针以朝向包括血管的对象发送超声波; 接收部，其接收由所述被检体反射的超声波产生的超声回波，所述超声回波在所述探头处产生接收信号; 断层图像处理部分，用于基于所接收的信号产生图像信号，以在显示部分上呈现被摄体的断层图像; 第一边界线生成部分，用于基于在所述显示部分上呈现的断层图像来确定第一类型的边界线; 以及第二边界线生成部分，用于通过翻译第一类型的边界线来生成第二类型的至少一个边界线。

公开(公告)号：US07946987B2

公开(公告)日：2011-05-24

申请号：US11995993

申请日：2006-07-20

申请人： Makoto Kato ,  Yoshinao Tan-naka ,  Hisashi Hagiwara ,  Takao Suzuki

发明人： Makoto Kato ,  Yoshinao Tan-naka ,  Hisashi Hagiwara ,  Takao Suzuki

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/08 ,  A61B5/02007 ,  A61B8/0891 ,  A61B8/485

摘要： The present invention aims at providing an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus capable of displaying a stable spatial distribution of elastic characteristics for each heart beat without depending on the measurement of blood pressure and the accuracy or stability of such measurement, where an ultrasonic wave transmitted from an ultrasonic probe 13 and reflected by biomedical tissue is input to a computing section 19 by way of a receiving section 15, a delay time control section 16, phase detection section 17 and filter section 18. In accordance with the phase detection signal acquired from the phase detection section 17, the computing section 19 computes a relative elastic characteristic which is an elastic characteristic normalized by an elastic characteristic of an arbitrary reference area in the biomedical tissue. A distribution of relative elastic characteristics computed by the computing section is displayed on a display section 21.

摘要翻译： 本发明的目的是提供一种超声波诊断装置，其能够显示针对每个心跳的弹性特性的稳定的空间分布，而不依赖于血压的测量以及这种测量的精度或稳定性，其中超声波从超声波探头 通过接收部分15，延迟时间控制部分16，相位检测部分17和滤波器部分18将由生物医学组织反射的信号输入到计算部分19.根据从相位检测部分获取的相位检测信号 如图17所示，计算部19计算作为通过生物医学组织中的任意基准面积的弹性特征标准化的弹性特性的相对弹性特性。 由计算部分计算的相对弹性特性的分布被显示在显示部分21上。