WAVEFORM TRACKING DEVICE, ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, AND WAVEFORM TRACKING METHOD
    51.
    发明申请
    WAVEFORM TRACKING DEVICE, ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, AND WAVEFORM TRACKING METHOD 审中-公开
    波形跟踪装置,超声波诊断装置和波形跟踪方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150164467A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-06-18

    申请号:US14415341

    申请日:2013-06-11

    摘要: A bone strength diagnostic device comprises oscillators, a determination index calculator, a tracking start point setting component, and a tracking execution component. A plurality of the oscillators are disposed in a line to acquire echo signals of a transmitted ultrasound beam. The determination index calculator calculates a determination index expressing a probability that the echo signal is a reflected wave from the surface of a cortical bone. The tracking start point setting component sets a tracking start point at a signal waveform timing corresponding to the echo signal for which the determination index satisfies a specific condition and that is received by one of the plurality of oscillators. The tracking execution component successively sets tracking points for the echo signals acquired from other oscillators using the tracking start point as an origin.

    摘要翻译: 骨强度诊断装置包括振荡器,确定指标计算器,跟踪起始点设置部件和跟踪执行部件。 多个振荡器被布置成一行以获取发射的超声波束的回波信号。 判定指标计算器计算表示回波信号是来自皮质骨表面的反射波的概率的判定指标。 跟踪开始点设定部件在与该判定指标满足特定条件的回波信号对应的信号波形定时设定跟踪开始点,并由多个振荡器之一接收。 跟踪执行部件使用跟踪开始点作为原点,连续设定从其他振荡器获取的回波信号的跟踪点。

    Head unit, ultrasonic probe, electronic instrument, and diagnostic device
    53.
    发明授权
    Head unit, ultrasonic probe, electronic instrument, and diagnostic device 有权
    头单元,超声波探头,电子仪器和诊断装置

    公开(公告)号:US09039625B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-05-26

    申请号:US13774270

    申请日:2013-02-22

    发明人: Masaki Takahashi

    摘要: A head unit for an ultrasonic probe includes a connecting section, an element chip and a storing section. The connecting section is configured to electrically connect the head unit to a probe main body of the ultrasonic probe. The element chip includes an ultrasonic element array having a substrate defining a plurality of openings arranged in an array pattern and a plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements with each of the ultrasonic transducer elements being provided in each of the openings. The element chip is configured to be electrically connected to a processing device of the probe main body through the connecting section. The storing section is configured to store operation setting information of the processing device to be output to the processing device through the connecting section.

    摘要翻译: 用于超声波探头的头单元包括连接部分,元件芯片和存储部分。 连接部被配置为将头单元电连接到超声波探头的探针主体。 元件芯片包括具有限定以阵列图案布置的多个开口的基板的超声波元件阵列和多个超声波换能器元件,每个超声换能器元件设置在每个开口中。 元件芯片被构造成通过连接部分电连接到探针主体的处理装置。 所述存储部被配置为通过所述连接部存储要输出到所述处理装置的处理装置的动作设定信息。

    UNIVERSAL MULTIPLE APERTURE MEDICAL ULTRASOUND PROBE
    56.
    发明申请
    UNIVERSAL MULTIPLE APERTURE MEDICAL ULTRASOUND PROBE 审中-公开
    通用多孔医疗超声探头

    公开(公告)号:US20150045668A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-02-12

    申请号:US14526186

    申请日:2014-10-28

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00 A61B8/14

    摘要: A Multiple Aperture Ultrasound Imaging (MAUI) probe or transducer is uniquely capable of simultaneous imaging of a region of interest from separate physical apertures. Construction of probes can vary by medical application. That is, a general radiology probe can contain multiple transducers that maintain separate physical points of contact with the patient's skin, allowing multiple physical apertures. A cardiac probe may contain only two transmitters and receivers where the probe fits simultaneously between two or more intracostal spaces. An intracavity version of the probe can space transmit and receive transducers along the length of the wand, while an intravenous version can allow transducers to be located on the distal length the catheter and separated by mere millimeters. Algorithms can solve for variations in tissue speed of sound, thus allowing the probe apparatus to be used virtually anywhere in or on the body.

    摘要翻译: 多孔超声成像(MAUI)探针或换能器独特地能够从单独的物理孔径同时成像感兴趣区域。 探针的构建因医疗应用而异。 也就是说,一般放射学探针可以包含多个换能器,其保持与患者皮肤分开的物理接触点,允许多个物理孔径。 心脏探针可以仅包含两个发射器和接收器,其中探针同时在两个或更多个腔内空间之间配合。 探针的腔内版本可以沿着棒的长度放置发射和接收换能器,而静脉内的形式可以使换能器位于导管的远端长度上并且分开仅仅毫米。 算法可以解决声音组织速度的变化,从而允许探针设备实际上用于身体内部或身体的任何位置。

    Motion Artifact Suppression for Three-Dimensional Parametric Ultrasound Imaging
    57.
    发明申请
    Motion Artifact Suppression for Three-Dimensional Parametric Ultrasound Imaging 审中-公开
    运动神经抑制三维参数超声成像

    公开(公告)号:US20150031995A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-01-29

    申请号:US13952475

    申请日:2013-07-26

    IPC分类号: A61B8/08 A61B8/14

    摘要: Motion artifacts are suppressed for three-dimensional parametric ultrasound imaging. Motion tracking is performed so that the parameter values derived over time are based on return from the same locations. Distortion due to the scan pattern is accounted for in the results of the motion tracking, such as by re-sampling the results to deal with discontinuity in time between data from adjacent sub-volumes and/or by aligning the scan pattern based on a direction of motion.

    摘要翻译: 运动伪影被抑制用于三维参数超声成像。 执行运动跟踪,使得随时间推导的参数值基于从相同位置的返回。 在运动跟踪的结果中考虑到扫描模式的失真,例如通过重新采样结果来处理来自相邻子体积的数据之间的时间上的不连续性和/或通过基于方向对齐扫描图案 的运动。

    ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ULTRASOUND IMAGE
    59.
    发明申请
    ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ULTRASOUND IMAGE 审中-公开
    超声诊断装置及超声图像的制作方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150025382A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-01-22

    申请号:US14509093

    申请日:2014-10-08

    发明人: Toshitaka AGANO

    IPC分类号: A61B8/08 A61B8/00 A61B8/14

    摘要: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasound image producer which produces an ultrasound image from reception data based on a predetermined set sound speed, a reception data image producer which produces a reception data image representing a luminance image of an ultrasonic echo wavefront from the reception data corresponding to a predetermined range on at least one scan line in the ultrasound image, a sound speed determination unit configured to determine an optimum sound speed based on ultrasound images respectively produced by the ultrasound image producer while changing the predetermined set sound speed, and a controller which makes an ultrasound image for diagnosis produced by the ultrasound image producer and the reception data image produced by the reception data image producer be displayed simultaneously on a display unit based on the optimum sound speed determined by the sound speed determination unit.

    摘要翻译: 超声波诊断装置包括:超声波图像生成器,其基于预定的设定声速从接收数据产生超声波图像;接收数据图像生成器,其从对应的接收数据产生表示超声波回波波前的亮度图像的接收数据图像 在超声波图像中的至少一条扫描线上的预定范围内,声速确定单元,被配置为基于在改变预定设定声速的同时由超声波图像生成器分别产生的超声图像来确定最佳声速;以及控制器, 基于由声速确定单元确定的最佳声速,使由超声波图像产生器产生的用于诊断的超声波图像和由接收数据图像产生器产生的接收数据图像同时显示在显示单元上。