MULTI-PARAMETRIC TISSUE STIFFNESS QUANTIFICATION

    公开(公告)号:WO2019155037A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-15

    申请号:PCT/EP2019/053218

    申请日:2019-02-09

    Abstract: The present disclosure describes ultrasound systems and methods configured to determine stiffness levels of anisotropic tissue. Systems can include an ultrasound transducer configured to acquire echoes responsive to ultrasound pulses transmitted toward anisotropic tissue having an angular orientation with respect to a nominal axial direction of the transducer. Systems can also include a beamformer configured to control the transducer to transmit a push pulse along a steering angle for generating a shear wave in the anisotropic tissue. The steering angle can be based on the angular orientation of the tissue. The transducer can also be controlled to transmit tracking pulses. Systems can also include a processor configured to store tracking line echo data generated from echo signals received at the transducer. In response to the echo data, the processor can detect motion within the tissue caused by propagation of the shear wave and measure the velocity of the shear wave.

    MICRO VASCULAR ULTRASONIC CONTRAST IMAGING BY ADAPTIVE TEMPORAL PROCESSING
    3.
    发明申请
    MICRO VASCULAR ULTRASONIC CONTRAST IMAGING BY ADAPTIVE TEMPORAL PROCESSING 审中-公开
    通过自适应时间处理的微血管超声对比成像

    公开(公告)号:WO2017032715A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-02

    申请号:PCT/EP2016/069712

    申请日:2016-08-19

    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system produces contrast enhanced images which are processed differently during different stages of contrast agent wash-in. During an initial stage of contrast wash-in, imaging is done using pixels processed by maximum intensity detection, to better reflect the rapid change in contrast intensity. During a later stage of contrast wash-in, time averaged processing is used to diminish the effects of noise and motion on the pixel values. During an intermediate period of peak enhancement, a combination of both pixel values processed by both techniques is used. In another aspect, a wash-in period can be characterized by an appearance stage, a growth stage and a peak stage, in which contrast pixel data is adaptively processed in different ways during these periods.

    Abstract translation: 超声诊断成像系统产生对比增强图像,其在造影剂洗涤的不同阶段中被不同地处理。 在对比度洗涤的初始阶段,使用通过最大强度检测处理的像素进行成像,以更好地反映对比度强度的快速变化。 在对比度洗涤的后期阶段,使用时间平均处理来减少噪声和运动对像素值的影响。 在峰值增强的中间周期期间,使用由两种技术处理的两个像素值的组合。 在另一方面,洗涤期可以通过出现阶段,生长阶段和峰值阶段来表征,其中对比像素数据在这些周期期间以不同的方式进行自适应处理。

    ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED FETAL HEARTBEAT IDENTIFICATION
    4.
    发明申请
    ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED FETAL HEARTBEAT IDENTIFICATION 审中-公开
    超声波系统和方法用于自动化心脏心脏识别

    公开(公告)号:WO2015049609A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-04-09

    申请号:PCT/IB2014/064575

    申请日:2014-09-17

    Abstract: Ultrasound systems and methods provide a workflow to automatically identify a fetal heartbeat. A region of interest (ROI) is identified in an ultrasound image and an ROI is identified that contains the fetal heart. The ultrasound system produces spatially different M-mode lines associated with the ROI. The ultrasound system can identify a fetal heartbeat by tracking the changing position of the heart wall and estimate the fetal heart rate, e.g. by measuring from peak-to-peak of two subsequent waves. The echo signals for the M-mode lines can also be ranked according to the likely presence of a fetal heartbeat in the echo data.

    Abstract translation: 超声系统和方法提供了自动识别胎儿心跳的工作流程。 在超声图像中识别感兴趣区域(ROI),并且识别包含胎儿心脏的ROI。 超声系统产生与ROI相关联的空间不同的M模式线。 超声系统可以通过跟踪心脏壁的变化位置并估计胎儿心率来识别胎儿心跳,例如, 通过从两个后续波的峰到峰测量。 也可以根据回波数据中胎心跳的可能存在来对M模式线的回波信号进行排序。

    TIME-BASED PARAMETRIC CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:WO2018127476A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-12

    申请号:PCT/EP2018/050030

    申请日:2018-01-02

    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system and method acquire a sequence of image data as a bolus of contrast agent washes into and out of the liver. The image data of contrast intensity is used to compute time-intensity curves of contrast flow for points in an ultrasound image. Time-dependent data is calculated from the data of the time-intensity curves which, in a described implementation, comprise first and second derivatives of the time-intensity curves. A color map is formed of the time-dependent data or the polarities of the data and displayed in a parametric image as a color overlay of a contrast image of the liver.

    PHASE ABERRATION CORRECTION IN ULTRASOUND SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
    8.
    发明申请
    PHASE ABERRATION CORRECTION IN ULTRASOUND SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS 审中-公开
    超声波剪切波形的相位矫正矫正及相关装置,系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:WO2018046611A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-15

    申请号:PCT/EP2017/072493

    申请日:2017-09-07

    Abstract: Ultrasound image devices, systems, and methods are provided. In one embodiment, an ultrasound imaging system includes an interface coupled to an ultrasound imaging component and configured to receive a plurality of image data frames representative of a target tissue; and a processing component in communication with the interface and configured to determine a delay profile for the ultrasound imaging component in relation to the target tissue based on the plurality of image data frames; and determine a phase aberration correction configuration for a sequence of one or more shear wave pulses based on the delay profile, the sequence of one or more shear wave pulses associated with the ultrasound imaging component and a stiffness measure of the target tissue.

    Abstract translation: 提供超声图像装置,系统和方法。 在一个实施例中,超声成像系统包括耦合到超声成像组件并且被配置为接收代表目标组织的多个图像数据帧的接口; 以及处理部件,与所述接口通信并被配置为基于所述多个图像数据帧确定所述超声成像部件相对于所述目标组织的延迟分布; 并且基于延迟分布,与超声成像分量相关联的一个或多个剪切波脉冲的序列和目标组织的刚度测量来确定用于一个或多个剪切波脉冲的序列的相位像差校正配置。 >

    ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT USING SHEAR WAVE
    9.
    发明申请
    ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT USING SHEAR WAVE 审中-公开
    超声波系统和使用剪切波的测量方法

    公开(公告)号:WO2017021341A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-09

    申请号:PCT/EP2016/068250

    申请日:2016-07-29

    Abstract: The present invention proposes an ultrasound imaging system and method for measuring a property of a region of interest in a subject by using shear wave, wherein an ultrasound probe is configured to sequentially transmit, to each of a plurality of focal spots (320, 322, 324) in the region of interest, a push pulse (310, 312, 314) for generating a shear wave (330, 332, 334), each of the plurality of focal spots having a mutually different depth value (z1, z2, z3), and to receive ultrasound echo signals adjacent (350, 352, 354) to each of the plurality of focal spots; a shear wave detector is configured to derive, for each of the plurality of focal spots, a first parameter indicating a property of the generated shear wave, based on the received ultrasound echo signals; and a property estimator is configured to estimate a second parameter indicating the property of the region of interest as a function of the derived first parameters.

    Abstract translation: 本发明提出了一种超声波成像系统和方法,用于通过使用剪切波来测量受试者的感兴趣区域的性质,其中超声波探头被配置为顺序地将多个焦点(320,322, 324),用于产生剪切波(330,332,334)的推动脉冲(310,312,314),所述多个焦斑中的每一个具有相互不同的深度值(z1,z2,z3) ),并且将所述多个焦斑中的每一个邻近的(350,352,354)的超声回波信号接收; 剪切波检测器被配置为基于所接收的超声回波信号,针对所述多个焦点中的每一个导出指示所产生的剪切波的性质的第一参数; 并且属性估计器被配置为作为所导出的第一参数的函数来估计指示所述感兴趣区域的属性的第二参数。

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