公开(公告)号：US20080242988A1

公开(公告)日：2008-10-02

申请号：US12056635

申请日：2008-03-27

申请人： Tetsuya YOSHIDA ,  Naohisa Kamiyama ,  Akihiro Kakee

发明人： Tetsuya YOSHIDA ,  Naohisa Kamiyama ,  Akihiro Kakee

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/481 ,  A61B8/565 ,  G01S7/52033

摘要： There is provided an automatic adjustment function of the dynamic range that carries out statistic processing by the use of each brightness of image data that corresponds to a plurality of frames, automatically determines the upper limit of the dynamic range based on the brightness that corresponds to an echo signal from a subject, and automatically determines a lower limit value of the dynamic range based on the brightness that corresponds to a noise level. By this function, in the case where the dynamic range first established by manual operation, etc. is excessively wide or excessively narrow, the dynamic range can be automatically adjusted to an optimal setting even when the brightness distribution on the image is dynamically varied.

摘要翻译： 提供了通过使用与多个帧相对应的图像数据的每个亮度来进行统计处理的动态范围的自动调整功能，基于对应于多个帧的亮度自动确定动态范围的上限 来自被摄体的回波信号，并且基于对应于噪声水平的亮度自动确定动态范围的下限值。 通过该功能，在通过手动操作等第一次建立的动态范围过大或过小的情况下，即使在图像上的亮度分布动态变化的情况下，也能够将动态范围自动调整为最佳设定。

公开(公告)号：US20110301457A1

公开(公告)日：2011-12-08

申请号：US13152675

申请日：2011-06-03

申请人： Hiroki YOSHIARA ,  Naohisa Kamiyama ,  Tetsuya Yoshida

发明人： Hiroki YOSHIARA ,  Naohisa Kamiyama ,  Tetsuya Yoshida

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： G01S7/52071 ,  A61B6/481 ,  A61B6/504 ,  A61B8/08 ,  G01S7/52026 ,  G01S7/52074

摘要： According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus which comprises an ultrasonic transmission/reception unit configured to transmit ultrasonic waves to a scan area including a predetermined region throughout an analysis period, receive reflected waves from the scan area, and acquire ultrasonic data associated with the scan area for each phase in the analysis period, an analysis unit configured to generate a luminance time curve associated with at least one analysis area included in the scan area by using the ultrasonic data in each phase in the analysis period and analyze a stagnant time of the contrast medium associated with at least one analysis area based on the generated luminance time curve, an image generation unit configured to generate a stagnant time image for each phase in the analysis period, with different hues being assigned to at least one analysis area in accordance with the stagnant times.

摘要翻译： 根据一个实施例，一种超声波诊断装置，包括：超声波发送/接收单元，被配置为在整个分析周期内将超声波发送到包括预定区域的扫描区域，接收来自扫描区域的反射波，并获取与该扫描区域相关联的超声波数据 扫描区域，分析单元，被配置为通过在分析周期中的每个阶段中使用超声波数据来生成与包括在扫描区域中的至少一个分析区域相关联的亮度时间曲线，并且分析停止时间 所述造影剂基于所生成的亮度时间曲线与至少一个分析区域相关联;图像生成单元，被配置为在分析周期中为每个相位生成停滞的时间图像，其中不同的色调被分配给至少一个分析区域 随着时间的流逝。

公开(公告)号：US08634619B2

公开(公告)日：2014-01-21

申请号：US13425777

申请日：2012-03-21

申请人： Hiroki Yoshiara ,  Naohisa Kamiyama ,  Tetsuya Yoshida

发明人： Hiroki Yoshiara ,  Naohisa Kamiyama ,  Tetsuya Yoshida

IPC分类号： G06K9/00

CPC分类号： A61B5/055 ,  A61B6/461 ,  A61B6/481 ,  A61B6/504 ,  A61B8/06 ,  A61B8/461 ,  A61B8/463 ,  A61B8/481

摘要： An image generating unit generates a medical image. A deciding unit detects a reaching time at which a contrast agent has reached a predetermined region of the medical image. The deciding unit sets a color map in which the reaching time is associated with a hue based on a first inflow time corresponding to a first designation region set to the medical image and a second inflow time corresponding to a second designation region. A generating unit generates a hue conversion image in which a hue is allocated to each region of the medical image based on the color map and the reaching time in each region of the medical image. A control unit displays the hue conversion image through a monitor.

摘要翻译： 图像生成单元生成医用图像。 决定单元检测造影剂到达医疗图像的预定区域的到达时间。 决定单元基于与设置于医用图像的第一指定区域对应的第一流入时间和对应于第二指定区域的第二流入时间，设定到达时间与色调相关联的颜色图。 生成单元基于医用图像的各区域中的颜色映射和到达时间，生成色调转换图像，其中将色调分配给医学图像的各个区域。 控制单元通过监视器显示色相转换图像。

公开(公告)号：US20100094133A1

公开(公告)日：2010-04-15

申请号：US12575174

申请日：2009-10-07

申请人： Hiroki YOSHIARA ,  Naohisa Kamiyama ,  Tetsuya Yoshida

发明人： Hiroki YOSHIARA ,  Naohisa Kamiyama ,  Tetsuya Yoshida

IPC分类号： A61B8/14 ,  A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/461 ,  A61B8/08 ,  A61B8/469 ,  A61B8/481 ,  G01S7/52063 ,  G01S7/52071

摘要： An imaging part scans a predetermined site of a subject to which a contrast agent has been administered, with ultrasound waves, and thereby acquires plural frames of ultrasound image data. A contrast agent inflow detector detects the inflow of the contrast agent into each region based on the signal intensity in each region represented in the plural frames of ultrasound image data. A reference time determining part determines, as a reference time, a time point when the contrast agent inflow detector detects the inflow of the contrast agent into a first region of interest. A color coding part obtains a relative time of the inflow of the contrast agent into each region with reference to the reference time, and generates image data representing the color of each region with a hue corresponding to the relative time. An image based on the image data representing the hue is displayed.

摘要翻译： 成像部分用超声波扫描已经施用造影剂的对象的预定位置，从而获取多帧超声图像数据。 造影剂流入检测器基于在多个超声图像数据帧中表示的每个区域中的信号强度来检测造影剂流入每个区域。 参考时间确定部件将造影剂流入检测器检测到造影剂流入第一感兴趣区域的时间点作为参考时间。 颜色编码部分参考参考时间获得造影剂流入每个区域的相对时间，并且生成表示具有与相对时间对应的色调的每个区域的颜色的图像数据。 显示基于表示色调的图像数据的图像。

公开(公告)号：US20090204000A1

公开(公告)日：2009-08-13

申请号：US12364611

申请日：2009-02-03

申请人： Yoko Okamura ,  Naohisa Kamiyama ,  Tetsuya Yoshida ,  Yasuhiko Abe ,  Tetsuya Kawagishi

发明人： Yoko Okamura ,  Naohisa Kamiyama ,  Tetsuya Yoshida ,  Yasuhiko Abe ,  Tetsuya Kawagishi

IPC分类号： A61B8/14 ,  A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B17/3403 ,  A61B8/0833 ,  A61B8/0841 ,  A61B34/10 ,  A61B2017/3413 ,  A61B2090/365

摘要： An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an image creating unit configured to create an image of an affected area and an image of a puncture needle inserted into a subject by means of an ultrasonic scanning operation, and a monitor configured to display the image of the affected area and the image of the puncture needle created by the image creating unit, wherein the image creating unit displays a tissue expected to be extracted from the affected area as an image on the monitor before the puncture needle is inserted into the affected area.

摘要翻译： 一种超声波诊断装置，包括：图像生成部，其通过超声波扫描动作，生成受影响区域的图像和穿刺针的图像;以及监视器，被配置为显示所述受影响区域的图像，以及 由图像创建单元创建的穿刺针的图像，其中，图像创建单元在将穿刺针插入到受影响区域之前，将预期从受影响区域提取的组织作为监视器上的图像显示。

公开(公告)号：US10265053B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-23

申请号：US11928803

申请日：2007-10-30

申请人： Tetsuya Yoshida ,  Naohisa Kamiyama

发明人： Tetsuya Yoshida ,  Naohisa Kamiyama

IPC分类号： A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/08 ,  G01S7/52 ,  A61B6/00

摘要： The invention provides an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that scans an object to be examined into which contrast medium bubbles are injected with ultrasonic waves to acquire an ultrasonic image of the object. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an image data generating unit that generates a plurality of image data indicating information on the shape of an object to be examined on the basis of echo signals returning from the object, a setting unit that sets an interesting area which is smaller than the entire image area to first image data, which is reference image data, among the plurality of image data, a vector generating unit that compares at least one second image data different from the first image data among the plurality of image data with data in the interesting area to generate a motion vector indicating the motion between the first image data and the at least one second image data, an image correcting unit that corrects the blur of the first image data and the at least one second image data on the basis of the motion vector, and an image generating unit that generates a display image on the basis of the plurality of corrected image data.

公开(公告)号：US09763645B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-19

申请号：US13613001

申请日：2012-09-13

申请人： Hiroki Yoshiara ,  Naohisa Kamiyama ,  Tetsuya Yoshida ,  Yoko Okamura ,  Yuko Kanayama

发明人： Hiroki Yoshiara ,  Naohisa Kamiyama ,  Tetsuya Yoshida ,  Yoko Okamura ,  Yuko Kanayama

IPC分类号： A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/08 ,  G01S7/52 ,  G01S15/89 ,  A61B8/06 ,  A61B8/14

CPC分类号： A61B8/481 ,  A61B8/06 ,  A61B8/14 ,  A61B8/4488 ,  A61B8/465 ,  A61B8/466 ,  A61B8/469 ,  A61B8/483 ,  A61B8/5246 ,  A61B8/54 ,  G01S7/5202 ,  G01S7/52074 ,  G01S7/52085 ,  G01S15/8927 ,  G01S15/8952 ,  G01S15/8993

摘要： An ultrasound apparatus according to the present embodiments includes a receiving unit and a probe controlling unit. The receiving unit receives settings in relation to the aperture of the ultrasound probe and the region of interest of the subject with a contrast agent injected. The probe controlling unit controls the ultrasound probe based on the settings received by the receiving unit in such a manner as to transmit an ultrasound wave from the vibrator arranged in the aperture to the region of interest.

公开(公告)号：US09119558B2

公开(公告)日：2015-09-01

申请号：US12705074

申请日：2010-02-12

申请人： Tetsuya Yoshida ,  Naohisa Kamiyama

发明人： Tetsuya Yoshida ,  Naohisa Kamiyama

IPC分类号： A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/08 ,  A61B17/34 ,  G01S7/52

CPC分类号： A61B8/0833 ,  A61B8/0841 ,  A61B17/3403 ,  A61B2017/3413 ,  G01S7/52038 ,  G01S7/52074 ,  G01S7/52085

摘要： An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus has an ultrasonic probe, a control unit, a basic image generating unit, a differential image generating unit, and a composite image generating unit. The control unit controls the ultrasonic probe so as to sequentially perform, every scanning line of scanning lines in a scanning region, a transmitting and receiving under a first transmitting/receiving condition, a second transmitting/receiving condition, and a third transmitting/receiving condition. The basic image generating unit generates a first image based on the first transmitting/receiving condition, a second image based on the second transmitting/receiving condition, and a third image based on the third transmitting/receiving condition. The differential image generating unit performs a differential processing based on the first image and the second image to generate a differential image. The composite image generating unit performs a composite processing based on the differential image and the third image to generate a composite image.

摘要翻译： 超声波诊断装置具有超声波探头，控制单元，基本图像生成单元，差分图像生成单元以及合成图像生成单元。 所述控制单元控制所述超声波探头，以顺序地执行扫描区域中的扫描线的每条扫描行，在第一发送/接收状态下的发送和接收，第二发送/接收状态和第三发送/接收条件 。 基本图像生成单元基于第一发送/接收条件生成第一图像，基于第二发送/接收条件生成第二图像，并且基于第三发送/接收条件生成第三图像。 差分图像生成单元基于第一图像和第二图像执行差分处理，以生成差分图像。 合成图像生成单元基于差分图像和第三图像执行复合处理，以生成合成图像。

公开(公告)号：US08641626B2

公开(公告)日：2014-02-04

申请号：US11280326

申请日：2005-11-17

申请人： Tetsuya Yoshida ,  Naohisa Kamiyama

发明人： Tetsuya Yoshida ,  Naohisa Kamiyama

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/06 ,  A61B8/481 ,  G01S7/52041 ,  G01S7/52084 ,  G01S7/52085 ,  G01S15/8979

摘要： An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprises a transmitting and receiving section which transmits and receives a first ultrasonic wave that has such a sound pressure as practically does not destroy a contrast agent bubble given to a subject and that is for obtaining a bloodstream circulating image about a target area of the subject and which transmits a second ultrasonic wave that has such a sound pressure as destroys the contrast agent bubble and that is for causing the contrast agent bubble passing through a part of the target area to disappear from the circulating image, a timing specify section which informs the transmitting and receiving section of the timing of the transmission of the second ultrasonic wave, an image generating section which generates an ultrasonic image on the basis of each signal obtained by the transmission and reception of the first ultrasonic wave.

摘要翻译： 一种超声波诊断装置，具备发送和接收具有实际上不破坏对象的造影剂气泡的这样的声压的第一超声波的发送和接收部，并且用于获得关于目标区域的血流循环图像 并且其传递具有破坏造影剂气泡的具有这样的声压的第二超声波，并且其是用于使通过目标区域的一部分的造影剂气泡从循环图像消失的定时指定部分 其通知发送和接收部分发送第二超声波的定时;图像生成部，其基于通过发送和接收第一超声波而获得的每个信号生成超声波图像。

公开(公告)号：US08444563B2

公开(公告)日：2013-05-21

申请号：US12501993

申请日：2009-07-13

申请人： Tomohisa Imamura ,  Hiroki Yoshiara ,  Tetsuya Yoshida ,  Naohisa Kamiyama

发明人： Tomohisa Imamura ,  Hiroki Yoshiara ,  Tetsuya Yoshida ,  Naohisa Kamiyama

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： G01S15/8963 ,  A61B8/06 ,  A61B8/0833 ,  A61B8/481 ,  A61B8/483 ,  G01S7/52038 ,  G01S7/52039 ,  G01S7/52046

摘要： An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus for generation of image data based on harmonic wave components of ultrasound reception signals. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a transmission/reception control unit configured to set a plurality of ultrasound transmission/reception directions to an object, an ultrasound probe, a transmission/reception unit, a harmonic wave component extracting unit configured to extract harmonic wave components in the reception signals, a reception signals processing unit, a subtraction unit configured to perform a subtraction between different ultrasound data sets, and an image data generating unit configured to generate the image data based on the subtracted ultrasound data acquired along each of the transmission/reception directions.

摘要翻译： 一种用于根据超声波接收信号的谐波分量产生图像数据的超声波诊断装置。 超声波诊断装置包括：发送/接收控制单元，被配置为对物体设置多个超声发送/接收方向，超声波探头，发送/接收单元，谐波分量提取单元，被配置为提取 接收信号，接收信号处理单元，被配置为执行不同超声数据组之间的减法的减法单元和被配置为基于沿着每个发送/接收方向获取的相减超声数据生成图像数据的图像数据生成单元 。