Ultrasonic diagnostic device, and method for measuring initma-media complex thickness
    1.
    发明授权
    Ultrasonic diagnostic device, and method for measuring initma-media complex thickness 有权
    超声波诊断装置以及测量初始 - 媒体复合物厚度的方法

    公开(公告)号:US09179889B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-11-10

    申请号:US13496832

    申请日:2010-11-12

    IPC分类号: A61B8/02 A61B8/08

    摘要: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention includes: an ultrasonic signal processing section, which performs transmission processing for transmitting an ultrasonic wave toward a subject's blood vessel by driving a probe and reception processing for generating a received signal based on the ultrasonic wave reflected from the subject's blood vessel and received at the probe; a tomographic image processing section, which generates a tomographic image based on the received signal; a boundary detecting section, which detects the lumen-intima and media-adventitia boundaries of the blood vessel based on the received signal or the tomographic image; a vascular wall thickness calculating section, which calculates, as a vascular wall thickness value, the interval between the lumen-intima and media-adventitia boundaries detected by the boundary detecting section; a reliability determining section, which determines the reliability of the vascular wall thickness value by a signal feature of the received signal or an image information feature of the tomographic image at a location on the lumen-intima and/or media-adventitia boundaries detected; and a control section, which decides, in accordance with the decision made by the reliability determining section, that the vascular wall thickness value be defined as an intima-media thickness.

    摘要翻译: 根据本发明的超声波诊断装置包括:超声波信号处理部,其进行用于通过驱动探头向被检者的血管发送超声波的发送处理和基于从所述超声波反射的超声波生成接收信号的接收处理 受试者的血管并在探头处接受; 断层图像处理部,其基于所接收的信号生成断层图像; 边界检测部,其基于所接收的信号或断层图像检测血管的内腔和介质 - 外膜边界; 血管壁厚计算部,其计算由所述边界检测部检测出的所述内腔和介质 - 外膜边界之间的间隔作为血管壁厚度值; 可靠性确定部,其通过接收信号的信号特征或者在检测到的管腔内膜和/或介质外膜边界上的位置处的断层图像的图像信息特征来确定血管壁厚值的可靠性; 以及控制部,其根据所述可靠性判定部的判定,判断为血管壁厚值被定义为内膜中间厚度。

    ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MEASURING INITMA-MEDIA COMPLEX THICKNESS
    2.
    发明申请
    ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MEASURING INITMA-MEDIA COMPLEX THICKNESS 有权
    超声波诊断装置及测量复合材料厚度的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20120179042A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-07-12

    申请号:US13496832

    申请日:2010-11-12

    IPC分类号: A61B8/02 A61B8/14

    摘要: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention includes: an ultrasonic signal processing section, which performs transmission processing for transmitting an ultrasonic wave toward a subject's blood vessel by driving a probe and reception processing for generating a received signal based on the ultrasonic wave reflected from the subject's blood vessel and received at the probe; a tomographic image processing section, which generates a tomographic image based on the received signal; a boundary detecting section, which detects the lumen-intima and media-adventitia boundaries of the blood vessel based on the received signal or the tomographic image; a vascular wall thickness calculating section, which calculates, as a vascular wall thickness value, the interval between the lumen-intima and media-adventitia boundaries detected by the boundary detecting section; a reliability determining section, which determines the reliability of the vascular wall thickness value by a signal feature of the received signal or an image information feature of the tomographic image at a location on the lumen-intima and/or media-adventitia boundaries detected; and a control section, which decides, in accordance with the decision made by the reliability determining section, that the vascular wall thickness value be defined as an intima-media thickness.

    摘要翻译: 根据本发明的超声波诊断装置包括:超声波信号处理部,其进行用于通过驱动探头向被检者的血管发送超声波的发送处理和基于从所述超声波反射的超声波生成接收信号的接收处理 受试者的血管并在探头处接受; 断层图像处理部,其基于所接收的信号生成断层图像; 边界检测部,其基于所接收的信号或断层图像检测血管的内腔和介质 - 外膜边界; 血管壁厚计算部,其计算由所述边界检测部检测出的所述内腔和介质 - 外膜边界之间的间隔作为血管壁厚度值; 可靠性确定部,其通过接收信号的信号特征或者在检测到的管腔内膜和/或介质外膜边界上的位置处的断层图像的图像信息特征来确定血管壁厚值的可靠性; 以及控制部,其根据所述可靠性判定部的判定,判断为血管壁厚值被定义为内膜中间厚度。

    ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENT METHOD USING SAME
    4.
    发明申请
    ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENT METHOD USING SAME 有权
    超声波诊断装置和超声波测量方法

    公开(公告)号:US20130331700A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-12-12

    申请号:US14000702

    申请日:2012-06-07

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

    摘要: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present disclosure is configured so that a probe including transducers is connectible thereto and performs predetermined measuring processing on a subject's region of interest. The apparatus includes a controller, which performs transmission processing, in which an ultrasonic wave is transmitted toward the subject including the region of interest by driving the probe, and received signal processing, in which frames are generated based on the probe's received signals representing the ultrasonic wave reflected from the subject including the region of interest, a number of times at mutually different times, thereby generating multiple frames, which selects at least two frames under measurement to be subjected to measurement from the multiple frames, which extracts measurable ranges, where the measuring processing can be carried out, based on respective received signals obtained from the region of interest represented in the at least two frames under measurement, and which combines those measurable ranges together to perform predetermined measuring processing on the region of interest.

    摘要翻译: 根据本公开的超声波诊断装置被配置为使得包括换能器的探针可连接到其上,并对受检者的感兴趣区域执行预定的测量处理。 该装置包括执行传输处理的控制器,其中通过驱动探测器向包括感兴趣区域的对象发送超声波,以及接收信号处理,其中基于探针的表示超声波的接收信号生成帧 从包括感兴趣区域的对象反射的波,在相互不同的时间多次,从而生成多个帧,其从多个帧中选择待测量的至少两个帧进行测量,该帧提取可测量的范围,其中 可以基于从在测量中的至少两个帧中表示的感兴趣区域获得的各个接收信号进行测量处理,并且将这些可测量范围组合在一起,以对感兴趣的区域执行预定的测量处理。

    ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, AND REGION-TO-BE-DETECTED IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND MEASUREMENT METHOD USING SAME
    7.
    发明申请
    ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, AND REGION-TO-BE-DETECTED IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND MEASUREMENT METHOD USING SAME 有权
    超声波诊断装置和使用区域检测的图像显示方法和测量方法

    公开(公告)号:US20120296214A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-11-22

    申请号:US13515904

    申请日:2010-12-17

    IPC分类号: A61B8/14

    摘要: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that enables even an unskilled person to get accurate detection done is provided.The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a controller, to which a probe and a monitor are connected, the probe having an array of transducers, in which a number of transducers are arranged in a first direction. The controller controls transmission of an ultrasonic beam using the array of transducers of the probe and reception of an echo signal, which is a wave of the ultrasonic beam reflected from a region of interest, generates image data based on the echo signal, gets echo signals received from multiple points of the region of interest by either moving or swinging the array of transducers in a second direction that intersects with the first direction at right angles, and if the sum of image data ranges of measured value retrievable portions of the region of interest, included in tomographic images at the multiple points synthesized based on the echo signals, is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, calculates a detected value of the region of interest.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种即使不熟练的人能够获得准确的检测的超声波诊断装置。 超声波诊断装置包括控制器,探头和监视器连接到该控制器上,探头具有一组换能器,其中多个换能器沿第一方向布置。 控制器使用探头的换能器阵列控制超声波束的传输,并且接收作为从感兴趣区域反射的超声波的波的回波信号,基于回波信号产生图像数据,获得回波信号 通过在与第一方向成直角相交的第二方向上移动或摆动换能器阵列从感兴趣区域的多个点接收,并且如果感兴趣区域的测量值可检索部分的图像数据范围之和 包括在基于回波信号合成的多个点处的断层图像中,等于或大于预定值,计算感兴趣区域的检测值。

    Ultrasonic diagnostic device, and region-to-be-detected image display method and measurement method using same
    8.
    发明授权
    Ultrasonic diagnostic device, and region-to-be-detected image display method and measurement method using same 有权
    超声波诊断装置以及使用区域检测的图像显示方法及测量方法

    公开(公告)号:US09220477B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-29

    申请号:US13515904

    申请日:2010-12-17

    摘要: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a controller, to which a probe and a monitor are connected, the probe having an array of transducers, in which a number of transducers are arranged in a first direction. The controller controls transmission of an ultrasonic beam using the array of transducers and reception of an echo signal reflected from a region of interest, generates image data based on the echo signal, and gets echo signals received from multiple points of the region of interest by either moving or swinging the array of transducers in a second direction that intersects with the first direction at right angles. If the sum of image data ranges of measured value retrievable portions of the region of interest at the multiple points synthesized based on the echo signals, is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the controller calculates a detected value of the region of interest.

    摘要翻译: 超声波诊断装置包括控制器,探头和监视器连接到该控制器上,所述探头具有换能器阵列,其中多个换能器沿第一方向布置。 控制器使用换能器阵列和从感兴趣区域反射的回波信号的接收来控制超声波束的传输,基于回波信号生成图像数据,并且从获得的感兴趣区域的多个点获得从多个点接收到的回波信号 在与第一方向成直角相交的第二方向上移动或摆动换能器阵列。 如果基于回波信号合成的多个点处的感兴趣区域的测量值可检索部分的图像数据范围的和等于或大于预定值,则控制器计算感兴趣区域的检测值。