公开(公告)号：US20090012399A1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-08

申请号：US11815581

申请日：2006-02-06

申请人： Kazuhiro Sunagawa ,  Yoshinao Tannaka ,  Makoto Kato

发明人： Kazuhiro Sunagawa ,  Yoshinao Tannaka ,  Makoto Kato

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/0858 ,  A61B5/02007 ,  G01S7/52036 ,  G01S7/52042 ,  G01S15/8918 ,  G01S15/8925 ,  G01S15/8984

摘要： The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the invention evaluates a shape or qualitative property of an organism's arterial wall tissue and includes: a delay control section 3 for controlling delays for ultrasonic vibrators 1 in an ultrasonic probe 2; a transmitting section 5 for driving the probe under the control of the control section 3 such that the probe 2 transmits a first ultrasonic beam toward different locations within a scan region, defined along the axis of the artery, every predetermined frame period; a receiving section 6 for receiving ultrasonic echoes, generated by getting the first beam reflected by the wall, at the probe every set of frame periods, thereby outputting a first group of ultrasonic echo signals; and a signal processing section 13 for calculating a thickness variation, or elasticity, of the tissue between measuring points on the tissue in response to the first group of echo signals. The section 13 selects one of the echo signals of the first group every frame period according to an axial velocity of the tissue to make calculations at each measuring point.

摘要翻译： 本发明的超声波诊断装置对生物体的动脉壁组织的形状或质量特性进行评价，包括：延迟控制部3，用于控制超声波探头2中的超声波振动体1的延迟; 发射部分5，用于在控制部分3的控制下驱动探针，使得探针2以预定的帧周期沿着动脉轴限定的扫描区域内的不同位置发射第一超声波束; 接收部分6，用于接收通过在每个帧周期中的探测器处获取由壁反射的第一光束而产生的超声回波，从而输出第一组超声波回波信号; 以及信号处理部分13，用于响应于第一组回波信号计算组织上的测量点之间的组织的厚度变化或弹性。 部分13根据组织的轴向速度在每个帧周期中选择第一组的回波信号之一，以在每个测量点进行计算。

公开(公告)号：US20080021318A1

公开(公告)日：2008-01-24

申请号：US11572726

申请日：2005-07-27

申请人： Makoto Kato ,  Hisashi Hagiwara ,  Kazuhiro Sunagawa ,  Yoshinao Tannaka

发明人： Makoto Kato ,  Hisashi Hagiwara ,  Kazuhiro Sunagawa ,  Yoshinao Tannaka

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/08 ,  A61B5/02007 ,  A61B5/1075 ,  A61B8/0858 ,  A61B8/0891 ,  A61B8/485 ,  A61B8/543 ,  G01S7/52042 ,  G01S15/8906

摘要： An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention includes: a transmitting section 14 for driving an ultrasonic probe 13 sending out an ultrasonic transmitted wave toward a tissue of an organism; a receiving section 15 for receiving an ultrasonic reflected wave, produced by getting the ultrasonic transmitted wave reflected by the tissue of the organism, through the ultrasonic probe to generate a received signal; a phase detecting section 17 for detecting the phase of the received signal to generate a phase detected signal; a positional displacement calculating section 31a for calculating the magnitudes of positional displacements at multiple measuring points, set on the tissue of the organism, based on the phase detected signal; a thickness variation calculating section 31b for calculating thicknesses or thickness variations, each measured between two arbitrary points set with respect to the measuring points, based on the magnitudes of positional displacements; and a maximum/minimum value calculating section 31c for finding the maximum and minimum thicknesses or thickness variations during a maximum value finding period and a minimum value finding period, which are defined as respective partial periods of one cardiac cycle of the organism. At least one of the greatest thickness difference, strain and elastic property is calculated based on a difference between the maximum and minimum thicknesses or thickness variations.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的超声波诊断装置包括：发送部分14，用于驱动向生物体的组织发送超声波发射波的超声波探头13; 接收部15，其通过超声波探头接收由生物体的组织反射的超声波发送波而产生的超声波反射波，生成接收信号; 相位检测部分17，用于检测接收信号的相位以产生相位检测信号; 基于所述相位检测信号计算在所述生物体的组织上设定的多个测量点的位置位移的大小的位置位移计算部31a; 厚度变化计算部分31b，用于基于位移位移的大小来计算在相对于测量点设置的两个任意点之间测量的厚度或厚度变化; 以及最大/最小值计算部分31c，用于在最大值发现周期和最小值发现周期中找到最大和最小厚度或厚度变化，其被定义为生物体的一个心动周期的相应部分周期。 基于最大厚度和最小厚度或厚度变化之间的差异计算最大厚度差，应变和弹性的至少一个。

公开(公告)号：US08414491B2

公开(公告)日：2013-04-09

申请号：US11572726

申请日：2005-07-27

申请人： Makoto Kato ,  Hisashi Hagiwara ,  Kazuhiro Sunagawa ,  Yoshinao Tannaka

发明人： Makoto Kato ,  Hisashi Hagiwara ,  Kazuhiro Sunagawa ,  Yoshinao Tannaka

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/08 ,  A61B5/02007 ,  A61B5/1075 ,  A61B8/0858 ,  A61B8/0891 ,  A61B8/485 ,  A61B8/543 ,  G01S7/52042 ,  G01S15/8906

摘要： An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: a positional displacement calculating section for calculating the magnitudes of positional displacements at multiple measuring points within a body tissue; a thickness variation calculating section for calculating thicknesses or thickness variations, each measured between two arbitrary points within the tissue set with respect to the measuring points, based on the magnitudes of positional displacements; and a maximum/minimum value calculating section for finding the maximum and minimum thicknesses or thickness variations during a maximum value finding period and a minimum value finding period. At least one of the greatest thickness difference, strain and elastic property is calculated based on a difference between the maximum and minimum thicknesses or thickness variations.

摘要翻译： 一种超声波诊断装置，具备：位置运算部，计算身体组织内的多个测定点的位置位移的大小; 厚度变化计算部分，用于基于位置位移的大小计算厚度或厚度变化，每个厚度或厚度变化在组织组中的两个任意点之间相对于测量点测量; 以及最大/最小值计算部分，用于在最大值发现周期和最小值发现周期期间找到最大和最小厚度或厚度变化。 基于最大厚度和最小厚度或厚度变化之间的差异计算最大厚度差，应变和弹性的至少一个。

公开(公告)号：US07666141B2

公开(公告)日：2010-02-23

申请号：US11577075

申请日：2005-10-18

申请人： Makoto Kato ,  Yoshinao Tannaka

发明人： Makoto Kato ,  Yoshinao Tannaka

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/0858 ,  A61B8/461 ,  A61B8/463 ,  A61B8/469 ,  A61B8/485 ,  G01S7/52042 ,  G01S7/5206 ,  G01S7/52066 ,  G01S15/8979

摘要： An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: a transmitting section for driving a probe transmitting an ultrasonic wave to a subject; a receiving section for amplifying a reflected echo, produced by getting the ultrasonic wave reflected by a tissue and received at the probe, to generate a received signal; an image processing section for generating a tomographic image of the subject based on the signal; a region setting section for setting an arbitrary range of the tomographic image as a region of interest; a motion information gathering section for getting the motion information of the subject at measuring points on the subject based on the signal; a property value calculating section for calculating the property values of target tissues of the subject, specified by the measuring points, by reference to the motion information; and a distribution plotting section, which gets the property measured values and plots a frequency distribution of the property values based on the property values of the target tissues located within the region of interest set by the setting section.

摘要翻译： 一种超声波诊断装置，包括：发送部，用于驱动向对象发送超声波的探针; 用于放大反射回波的接收部分，通过获得由组织反射并在探头处接收的超声波产生，以产生接收信号; 图像处理部，其基于该信号生成被检体的断层图像; 区域设定部，其将所述断层图像的任意范围设定为感兴趣区域; 运动信息收集部分，用于基于所述信号获得所述被摄体的测量点上的所述被摄体的运动信息; 属性值计算部分，用于通过参考运动信息计算由测量点指定的对象的目标组织的属性值; 以及分布绘制部分，其基于由设置部分设置的关注区域内的目标组织的属性值获得属性测量值并绘制属性值的频率分布。

公开(公告)号：US09380994B2

公开(公告)日：2016-07-05

申请号：US11722549

申请日：2005-12-19

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

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

IPC分类号： A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/08

CPC分类号： A61B8/08 ,  A61B8/44

摘要： An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention includes: a transmitting section, which drives a probe that transmits an ultrasonic wave toward a subject; a receiving section, which receives an ultrasonic echo, produced by getting the ultrasonic wave reflected by the subject, through the probe, thereby generating a received signal; a property value calculating section for calculating property values of the subject based on the received signal over a period of time; a stability estimating section for sequentially estimating the degrees of stability of the property values that have been calculated over the period of time; and a presenting section for presenting the degrees of stability thereon.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的超声波诊断装置包括：发送部，其将朝向被检体发送超声波的探针驱动; 接收部，其通过由所述探针接收被检体反射的超声波而产生的超声波回波，从而生成接收信号; 属性值计算部分，用于在一段时间内基于所接收的信号来计算被摄体的属性值; 稳定性估计部，用于顺序地估计在该时间段内计算出的属性值的稳定度; 以及呈现部分，用于呈现其上的稳定度。

公开(公告)号：US20090030324A1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-29

申请号：US11577065

申请日：2005-10-18

申请人： Makoto Kato ,  Hisashi Hagawara ,  Yoshinao Tannaka

发明人： Makoto Kato ,  Hisashi Hagawara ,  Yoshinao Tannaka

IPC分类号： A61B8/14

CPC分类号： G01S15/899 ,  A61B5/02007 ,  A61B5/021 ,  A61B8/08 ,  A61B8/485 ,  A61B8/543 ,  G01S7/52036 ,  G01S7/52042 ,  G01S7/52087

摘要： The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present invention includes: a transmitting section 14 for driving an ultrasonic probe 13 to send an ultrasonic transmitted wave to an organism's tissue; a receiving section 15 for amplifying an ultrasonic reflected wave, produced by getting the transmitted wave reflected by the tissue and received by the ultrasonic probe 13, to generate a received signal; a frame calculating section 19 for calculating shape measured values of the tissue based on the received signal and figuring out a spatial distribution frame, representing the spatial distribution of the shape measured values and/or property measured values of the organism every cardiac cycle, based on the shape measured values of the tissue; a difference calculating section 19 for calculating a difference between the shape measured values or property measured values of two of the spatial distribution frames calculated every cardiac cycle; a storage section for storing the shape measured values, property measured values and/or difference; and a display section 21 for presenting the frames thereon.

摘要翻译： 本发明的超声波诊断装置包括：发送部14，用于驱动超声波探头13向生物体的组织发送超声波发送波; 接收部分15，用于放大由超声波探头13接收的由组织反射的透射波产生的超声波反射波，以产生接收信号; 一个帧计算部分19，用于基于接收的信号计算组织的形状测量值，并基于每个心动周期计算出代表每个心动周期的生物体的形状测量值和/或属性测量值的空间分布的空间分布帧，基于 组织的形状测量值; 差分计算部分19，用于计算每个心动周期计算的两个空间分布帧的形状测量值或特性测量值之间的差; 用于存储形状测量值，特性测量值和/或差值的存储部分; 以及用于在其上呈现框架的显示部分21。

公开(公告)号：US20090024032A1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-22

申请号：US11577075

申请日：2005-10-18

申请人： Makoto Kato ,  Yoshinao Tannaka

发明人： Makoto Kato ,  Yoshinao Tannaka

IPC分类号： A61B8/14

CPC分类号： A61B8/0858 ,  A61B8/461 ,  A61B8/463 ,  A61B8/469 ,  A61B8/485 ,  G01S7/52042 ,  G01S7/5206 ,  G01S7/52066 ,  G01S15/8979

摘要： An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: a transmitting section for driving a probe transmitting an ultrasonic wave to a subject; a receiving section for amplifying a reflected echo, produced by getting the ultrasonic wave reflected by a tissue and received at the probe, to generate a received signal; an image processing section for generating a tomographic image of the subject based on the signal; a region setting section for setting an arbitrary range of the tomographic image as a region of interest; a motion information gathering section for getting the motion information of the subject at measuring points on the subject based on the signal; a property value calculating section for calculating the property values of target tissues of the subject, specified by the measuring points, by reference to the motion information; and a distribution plotting section, which gets the property measured values and plots a frequency distribution of the property values based on the property values of the target tissues located within the region of interest set by the setting section.

摘要翻译： 一种超声波诊断装置，包括：发送部，用于驱动向对象发送超声波的探针; 用于放大反射回波的接收部分，通过获得由组织反射并在探头处接收的超声波产生，以产生接收信号; 图像处理部，其基于该信号生成被检体的断层图像; 区域设定部，其将所述断层图像的任意范围设定为感兴趣区域; 运动信息收集部分，用于基于所述信号获得所述被摄体的测量点上的所述被摄体的运动信息; 属性值计算部分，用于通过参考运动信息计算由测量点指定的对象的目标组织的属性值; 以及分布绘制部分，其基于由设置部分设置的关注区域内的目标组织的属性值获得属性测量值并绘制属性值的频率分布。

公开(公告)号：US20080103392A1

公开(公告)日：2008-05-01

申请号：US11722549

申请日：2005-12-19

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

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

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/08 ,  A61B8/44

摘要： An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention includes: a transmitting section, which drives a probe that transmits an ultrasonic wave toward a subject; a receiving section, which receives an ultrasonic echo, produced by getting the ultrasonic wave reflected by the subject, through the probe, thereby generating a received signal; a property value calculating section for calculating property values of the subject based on the received signal over a period of time; a stability estimating section for sequentially estimating the degrees of stability of the property values that have been calculated over the period of time; and a presenting section for presenting the degrees of stability thereon.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的超声波诊断装置包括：发送部，其将朝向被检体发送超声波的探针驱动; 接收部，其通过由所述探针接收被检体反射的超声波而产生的超声波回波，从而生成接收信号; 属性值计算部分，用于在一段时间内基于所接收的信号来计算被摄体的属性值; 稳定性估计部，用于顺序地估计在该时间段内计算出的属性值的稳定度; 以及呈现部分，用于呈现其上的稳定度。

公开(公告)号：US20060122489A1

公开(公告)日：2006-06-08

申请号：US11292858

申请日：2005-12-02

申请人： Makoto Kato ,  Hisashi Hagiwara ,  Yoshinao Tannaka

发明人： Makoto Kato ,  Hisashi Hagiwara ,  Yoshinao Tannaka

IPC分类号： A61B5/05 ,  A61B8/06 ,  A61B5/103

CPC分类号： A61B5/1075 ,  A61B5/02007 ,  A61B5/22 ,  A61B5/6824 ,  A61B5/6831 ,  A61B8/488

摘要： A vascular endothelial reactivity measuring apparatus according to the present invention includes: a blood flow blocking section 2 for blocking blood flow through the arterial blood vessel of an organism; an evaluating section 4 for evaluating the geometric property of the arterial blood vessel or its wall; and a control section 3 for controlling the blood flow blocking section such that the blood flow through the arterial blood vessel is repeatedly blocked and unblocked in at least two iterative blocking/unblocking cycles. During at least a part of a period in which the blood flow through the arterial blood vessel is unblocked, the evaluating section 4 evaluates the geometric property and processes data, representing the geometric property during the partial period, in the iterative blocking/unblocking cycle.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的血管内皮反应性测量装置包括：用于阻断血液通过生物体的动脉血管的血流阻断部分2; 用于评估动脉血管或其壁的几何性质的评估部分4; 以及控制部3，用于控制血流阻断部，使得通过动脉血管的血流在至少两次迭代阻断/解除阻断循环中被重复阻断和解锁。 在通过动脉血管的血液流过的至少一部分时间期间，评估部分4评估几何性质并且在迭代阻塞/解除阻塞周期中处理表示部分期间内的几何特性的数据。

公开(公告)号：US20060004288A1

公开(公告)日：2006-01-05

申请号：US11224265

申请日：2005-09-12

申请人： Makoto Kato ,  Kazuhiro Sunagawa

发明人： Makoto Kato ,  Kazuhiro Sunagawa

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

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

摘要： An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: a transmitting section for driving an ultrasonic probe sending out an ultrasonic transmitted wave toward a body tissue of an organism; a receiving section for receiving an ultrasonic reflected wave, produced by getting the transmitted wave reflected by the body tissue, through the probe; a phase detecting section for detecting the phase of the reflected wave; and a computing section for calculating the magnitudes of positional displacement at multiple measuring points on the body tissue based on a signal obtained by the detecting section and calculating the greatest thickness difference between two of the measuring points and/or an elastic property based on the magnitudes of positional displacement. The computing section calculates the maximum and minimum thicknesses or thickness variations between the two points based on the magnitudes of positional displacement at the two points during a part of one cardiac cycle, and calculates the greatest thickness difference and/or elastic property as the difference between the maximum and minimum values.

摘要翻译： 超声波诊断装置包括：发送部，用于驱动向生物体的身体组织发送超声波发送波的超声波探头; 接收部，其通过由所述探针获得由所述身体组织反射的透射波而产生的超声波反射波; 相位检测部分，用于检测反射波的相位; 以及计算部，其基于由所述检测部获得的信号，计算所述两个测量点之间的最大厚度差和/或基于所述大小的弹性特性来计算所述身体组织上的多个测量点的位置位移的大小 的位置位移。 计算部分基于在一个心动周期的一部分期间的两个点处的位置位移的大小来计算两个点之间的最大和最小厚度或厚度变化，并且计算最大厚度差和/或弹性属性作为 最大值和最小值。