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Ultrasound imaging device, ultrasound imaging system, ultrasound imaging method and ultrasound imaging program

A photographing device, ultrasonic technology, applied in ultrasonic/sonic/infrasonic diagnosis, radio wave measurement system, sonic diagnosis and other directions, can solve problems such as expensive and bulky

Pending Publication Date: 2021-02-19
FURUNO ELECTRIC CO LTD
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These devices are bulky and expensive, and there is also a risk of being irradiated, so in recent years a technology that uses ultrasound to obtain tomographic images has been developed

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[0041] figure 1 It is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the ultrasound imaging system 1 of the first embodiment. The ultrasound imaging system 1 includes a probe 2 and an ultrasound imaging device 3 .

[0042] The probe 2 is a device that transmits ultrasonic waves from a plurality of different positions on the surface of the subject 9 to the inside of the subject 9 and receives ultrasonic waves reflected inside the subject 9 . Among them, it is configured so that the subject can hold and move it. At the lower end of the probe 2, an ultrasonic transmitting and receiving surface of a plurality of ultrasonic vibrators arranged in a row is provided. When acquiring a tomographic image (or cross-sectional image) of the subject 9, the subject brings the ultrasonic wave transmitting and receiving surface of the probe 2 into contact with the subject 9, and moves the probe 2 along the surface of the subject 9. Move (scanned by probe 2). Du...

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[0109] In the second embodiment, the method of setting a reference point and assigning a seed point will be fully described in a manner different from that in the first embodiment. Figure 16 It is a block diagram showing the configuration of an ultrasonic imaging device 3' according to the second embodiment. Ultrasonic camera 3' is in figure 2 In the ultrasonic imaging device 3 shown, the reference point setting unit 353 and the first seed point assigning unit 354 are respectively replaced by the reference point setting unit 353′ and the first seed point assigning unit 354′, and a second seed point is further provided. The configuration of the imparting unit 356 . In addition, the template image T is not stored in the auxiliary storage device 33 .

[0110] As in the first embodiment, the direction adjusting unit 352 sets image 3 The orientation of the ultrasound composite image shown is adjusted as Figure 4 As shown in the composite ultrasound image, the navel is orien...

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To provide an ultrasound imaging device capable of automatically detecting the living organism tissue boundaries in an ultrasound image. An ultrasound imaging device 3 equipped with: an image generation unit 351 which receives ultrasound waves which are transmitted toward the inside of an imaging target 9 from the surface of the imaging target 9 and then internally reflected, and generates an ultrasound image of the inside of the imaging target 9; a reference point-setting unit 353 for setting a reference point for the tissue in question in the ultrasound image; a first seed point assignment unit 354 for assigning one or more seed points in the ultrasound image with the reference point as a reference therefor; and a region demarcation unit 355 for demarcating the region to which the seed points belong, and dividing the image region of the imaging target included in the ultrasound image into a plurality of regions according to tissue type.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an ultrasonic imaging device, an ultrasonic imaging system, an ultrasonic imaging method, and an ultrasonic imaging program for imaging the inside of a subject with ultrasonic waves. Background technique [0002] Conventionally, a CT (Computed Tomography: Computed Tomography) apparatus or an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Magnetic Resonance Imaging) apparatus has been used to acquire a tomographic image of a living body. These devices are bulky and expensive, and there is also a risk of being irradiated, so in recent years a technology that uses ultrasound to obtain tomographic images has been developed. For example, Non-Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for evaluating muscle mass and muscle mass based on boundaries between muscles and other tissues such as subcutaneous fat and boundaries between muscles in ultrasonic tomographic images. [0003] prior art literature [0004] non-patent literature [0005] No...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61B8/14
CPCG06T7/12G06T2207/10132G06T2207/20076G06T2207/30024G06T7/0012A61B8/4472A61B8/462A61B8/5253G01S7/52073G01S7/52065A61B8/0858G06T2207/20156G06T2207/30092G06T7/11A61B8/14A61B8/463A61B8/469A61B8/5207G06T7/0014G06T2207/20021G06T2207/20221
Inventor 井芹健介嶋田拓生新井竜雄中村悟史
Owner FURUNO ELECTRIC CO LTD