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Ultrasonic observation device, method of operating ultrasonic observation device, and program for operating ultrasonic observation device

An observation device, ultrasonic technology, applied in ultrasonic/sonic/infrasonic diagnosis, ultrasonic/sonic/infrasonic equipment control, sonic diagnosis, etc., can solve problems such as inability to perform intuitive operations, inconsistent narrowing directions, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2019-09-17
OLYMPUS CORP
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As a result, there is a problem that when the ROI is on the left side of the ultrasound image, when the operator intuitively performs a left-right pinch operation on the touchpad to shrink the ROI in the ultrasound image in the left-right direction, the operation The zoom-out direction desired by the user is not consistent with the zoom-out direction of the ROI in the ultrasound image, making it impossible to perform intuitive operations

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[0046] figure 1 It is a block diagram showing the configuration of an ultrasound diagnostic system including the ultrasound observation device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. Such as figure 1 As shown, the ultrasonic diagnostic system 1 includes: an ultrasonic endoscope 2, which transmits ultrasonic waves to an object to be observed and receives ultrasonic waves reflected by the object; 2 to generate an ultrasonic image from the acquired ultrasonic signal; a display device 4, which is used to display the ultrasonic image generated by the ultrasonic observation device 3; and an input device 5, which is used to accept the setting of the observation mode performed by the ultrasonic observation device 3 , Setting of observation conditions, etc. Instruction signal input.

[0047] figure 2 is showing figure 1 A diagram showing the structure of the input device. image 3 It is a diagram showing a situation where an ROI is set below an ultrasonic image. I...

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[0096] In Embodiment 1, the amount by which the ROI is reduced or enlarged according to the pinch-in operation or the pinch-out operation may be changed according to the correlation (|α-β|). Figure 14 It is a diagram for explaining the operation of the ultrasonic observation device according to Modification 1-1 of Embodiment 1 of the present invention. Such as Figure 14 As shown, it may also be that the direction of the kneading operation is along the direction of the straight line l21 and the kneading operation satisfying 0°≤|α-β|≤45° or 135°≤|α-β|<180° is performed In this case, cos(|α-β|) is multiplied by the movement amount of the pinch-in finger as a coefficient of the amount to shrink the ROI.

[0097] Likewise, when the direction of the kneading operation is a direction along the straight line 122 and a kneading operation that does not satisfy 0°≤|α-β|≤45° or 135°≤|α-β|<180° is performed, sin(|α-β|) may be multiplied by the movement amount of the pinch-in finger as ...

Embodiment approach 2

[0100] Next, an ultrasonic diagnostic system according to Embodiment 2 will be described. The structure of the ultrasonic diagnostic system can be compared with figure 1 The ultrasonic diagnostic system 1 according to Embodiment 1 shown is the same, and therefore description thereof will be appropriately omitted.

[0101] However, in the ultrasonic diagnostic system 1, the operation control unit 34 reduces or reduces the shape of the ROI in two directions, the direction along the reference axis and the direction perpendicular to the reference axis, based on the correlation (|α-β|). enlarge.

[0102] Figure 15 It is a flowchart showing the operation of the ultrasonic observation device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. Such as Figure 15 As shown, after performing the same processing as in the first embodiment up to step S7, the control unit 35 causes the operation control unit 34 to map the shape of the ROI in the direction along the reference axis and ...

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Abstract

This ultrasonic observation device transmits ultrasonic waves toward an observed object, and causes a display device to display an ultrasound image generated on the basis of an ultrasound signal received from an ultrasonic transducer which receives ultrasonic waves reflected by the observed object. The ultrasonic observation device is provided with an operation control unit which controls the shape of a region of interest set within the ultrasound image, in accordance with a change in a position of contact of a contacting object in contact with a touch pad of an input device. The operation control unit detects the position of contact of the contacting object on the touch pad, calculates a first positional relationship based on two positions of contact on the touch pad, detects the position of the region of interest set within the ultrasound image, calculates a second positional relationship based on the position at which the region of interest has been set and a reference position, and controls the shape of the region of interest on the basis of a correlation between the first positional relationship and the second positional relationship. The present invention thus provides an ultrasonic observation device with which it is possible for an operation to be performed intuitively when reducing or increasing the size of the region of interest.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to an ultrasonic observation device, a working method of the ultrasonic observation device and a working program of the ultrasonic observation device. Background technique [0002] Conventionally, ultrasound elastography is known as a technique for diagnosing an observation target using ultrasound. Ultrasound elastography is a technique that utilizes the fact that the hardness of cancer and tumor tissue in the living body varies depending on the progress of the disease and the living body. In this technique, the average value of the displacement amount of living tissue in a set region of interest (ROI: Region of Interest) is colored as a reference value to generate information related to the hardness of living tissue. Visualize the resulting elastic image. In ultrasound elastography, an operator sets a region of interest according to observation contents. [0003] In addition, conventionally, a trackball has been used for opera...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61B8/14
CPCA61B8/12A61B8/469A61B8/467A61B8/4427A61B8/461A61B8/14A61B8/54
Inventor 吉村武浩
Owner OLYMPUS CORP