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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
A subject-side apparatus 10A is provided with a cine memory 15 for sequentially storing an ultrasonic signal that is received by an ultrasonic wave transmission/reception portion 12 per each frame. Every time after freezing when moving a pointer for designating a frame to be reproduced in a hospital-side apparatus 20A, a communication line interface 14 of the subject-side apparatus reproduces a frame that is required to be retransmitted by a console 24 of the hospital-side apparatus from the cine memory, and retransmits it to a communication line interface 21 of the hospital-side apparatus via a communication line 30. Then, an ultrasonic image of the retransmitted frame is displayed on a monitor 23. When an examiner performs a diagnosis with respect to a subject in a remote location via the communication line, an ultrasonic image can be displayed with sufficiently suppressed degradation of an image quality compared with an image quality of an original image, even at a low data rate of the communication line.
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:
An ultrasonic Doppler blood flowmeter has a Doppler scanning mode of operation to obtain information about blood speed and a B mode of operation to obtain information for a tomogram. In order to produce supplementary Doppler shift data for use during a B-mode scanning period, Doppler shift data from a phase detector is treated as complex data, and the difference in argument between two consecutive, complex Doppler shift data is detected. The supplementary Doppler shift data can then be calculated by an arithmetic circuit on the basis of the difference in argument between the consecutive complex Doppler shift data.
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:
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.