WO2005039416A1 - 治療支援用画像処理装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a treatment support image processing apparatus capable of monitoring an image of a target portion of a subject when treating the target portion and improving planning at the time of treatment.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-10228
- Patent Document 2 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-300591
- Patent Document 3 JP 2003-88508 A
- the CT device can estimate the state of transpiration if the degree of generation of transpiration gas can be confirmed.
- the lesions are necrotic by heating or freezing the lesions.
- cryosurgery is used for frozen areas (ice Ball)) is proceeding with treatment while confirming that the lesion is sufficiently covered.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a treatment support image processing apparatus capable of estimating a time required for treatment to be completed during treatment monitoring.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides an image processing apparatus for treatment support capable of easily grasping a lesion and a temperature area where treatment effect can be expected during treatment monitoring. Is to provide.
- a treatment support image processing apparatus for acquiring a tomographic image of a subject and monitoring the progress of treatment, the above-mentioned tomographic image force monitoring image is selected, and a target treatment region is displayed thereon.
- a total treatment time estimating means for estimating the treatment time based on the treatment area.
- the total treatment time estimating means obtains, for each of the treated regions in the plurality of monitoring images, a reference point force, which is a treatment start point, and a distance to the boundary of the treated region, Estimating the total treatment time based on the change in the distance.
- the total treatment time estimating means uses a straight line radially extending from the reference point at equal angular intervals on the target treatment region as a reference line, and the total treatment time based on the treatment progress on the reference line. It is characterized by estimating time.
- the total treatment time estimating means designates at least one reference line that bisects the target treatment region from the reference point, and a perpendicular line that divides the reference line into predetermined intervals has the above-mentioned purpose. A point intersecting with the treatment area is obtained, a line connecting these points and the reference point is further set as a reference line, and the total treatment time is estimated based on a treatment progress on the reference line.
- the total treatment time estimating means may use a line connecting pixels at predetermined intervals among pixels on the display means for displaying an outline of the target treatment area and the reference point as a reference line. The total treatment time is estimated based on the treatment progress on the line.
- the target treatment region setting means combines a plurality of closed curves and then smoothes and sets an intersection of the closed curves, and the total treatment time estimation means sets a reference line for each of the closed curves. And estimating the total treatment time based on the treatment progress on the plurality of reference lines.
- a treatment support image processing apparatus for acquiring a tomographic image of a subject and monitoring the progress of treatment, the above-mentioned tomographic image force monitoring image is selected, and a target treatment region is displayed thereon.
- a display means for displaying the expected treatment area with at least one piece of color information.
- the display means assigns and displays different color information to the target treatment area, the already treated area, and the predicted treatment area. [0015] Further, the display means is characterized in that color information is assigned to the target treatment range and displayed.
- the display means assigns and displays color information to the target treatment area
- the display means is characterized in that different color information is assigned to each of the treated areas at a plurality of time points and displayed.
- the display means is characterized in that color information is assigned to the predicted treatment area stepwise and displayed.
- the display means displays the predicted treatment areas at a plurality of time points with desired color gradations.
- the display means displays at least one of the predicted treatment region and the already treated region so as to overlap the target treatment region.
- an image memory for storing data for creating a tomographic image, in a treatment support image processing apparatus for acquiring a tomographic image of a subject and monitoring the progress of a treatment, Measurement value calculation means for obtaining a measurement value from the tomographic image creation data; measurement value-temperature conversion means for reading the measurement value into temperature; and assigning color information to the read temperature and assigning temperature color display.
- a look-up table for assigning a gray scale gradation to the tomographic image creation data stored in the image memory; and a temperature table for assigning the gray scale gradation to the temperature color display.
- a monitoring mode switch for instructing synthesis of the data and a display means for displaying the synthesized temperature color display and data for tomographic image creation as an image. Providing use image processing apparatus.
- the measurement value temperature conversion means uses a CT value as a measurement value, and a tissue having a CT value of 0 near 25 degrees is 0 degrees or less! It is characterized by having a CT value and reading the CT value into a temperature.
- a treatment support display mode selection means for selecting a display mode for treatment support, a time selection input means for inputting a time after the start of treatment of a treatment progress image to be displayed, and a treatment at the selected time Treatment progress image creation hand to create progress image
- a display means for displaying at least one of the target treatment region and the already treated region and the treatment progress image.
- a difference image creating means for creating a difference image between at least one of the target treatment area and the already treated area and the treatment progress image, and the display means comprises: At least one of a region and the treated region and the difference image are displayed.
- the display means is characterized in that different color information is assigned to each of the target treatment region, the treated region, the treatment progress image, and the difference image and displayed.
- the present invention by estimating the time required for the treatment to end at the time of monitoring the treatment, it is possible to improve the accuracy of the remaining treatment plan and further reduce the number of image acquisitions. In addition, when monitoring the treatment, it is possible to easily grasp the lesion and the temperature region where the treatment effect can be expected.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a treatment support image processing apparatus according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of an image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the image processing apparatus for treatment support of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is an example of a treatment support display during cryotherapy of the liver.
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of the image processing apparatus for treatment support.
- FIG. 5 is a graph showing a relationship between a treatment time in a monitoring image and a distance indicating a treatment region.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another example of a method of setting a reference line / closed area.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a method for setting a closed region when a plurality of probes are used.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of an image processing apparatus according to another embodiment of the image processing apparatus for treatment support of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a measured value-temperature conversion means of FIG.
- FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation of the image processing apparatus for treatment support according to the third embodiment. is there.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a configuration of an image processing unit of the image processing apparatus for treatment support of FIG. 10.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a treatment support image processing apparatus according to the present invention.
- This image processing device for treatment support consists of a host computer 1 that controls and controls the entire system, and a turntable 14 equipped with measurement units such as an X-ray source 2, an X-ray control unit 3, an X-ray detector 4, and a measurement circuit 5.
- a scanner controller 6 for controlling the rotational scanning of the rotary disk 14, a transporting object table 7 and a table controller 8 for positioning the object and for spiral scanning, and including preprocessing and reconfiguration processing.
- an image processing device 9 for performing various image processing.
- the measurement control unit 10 controls operations of the X-ray control unit 3 and the measurement circuit 5 mounted on the turntable 14 of the scanner according to an instruction from the host computer 1.
- the X-ray control unit 3 and the measurement circuit 5 start the measurement operation of X-ray irradiation and data measurement according to the instruction of the measurement control unit 10.
- the external storage device 11 stores a control program for the entire device, a magnetic disk or a floppy disk drive that stores measurement data output from the measurement circuit 5, tomographic image data obtained by processing the data, various programs, and the like. , Hard disk drive, CD-ROM drive, magneto-optical disk (MO) drive, ZIP drive, PD drive, DVD drive, etc.
- the display device 12 includes a display memory for temporarily storing image data, a CRT display for displaying an image based on the image data from the display memory, and the like.
- the input device 13 is composed of a mouse for operating a soft switch on the screen, a controller thereof, a keyboard having keys and switches for setting various parameters, and the like, for inputting various commands and information to the host computer 1. It is.
- the host computer 1 enables the medical treatment image processing apparatus having such a configuration to be connected to various communication networks such as a LAN (local area network), the Internet, and a telephone line via a communication interface. It may be possible to exchange image data with other computers or CT devices
- FIG. 2 shows an image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the image processing apparatus for treatment support of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of the device.
- This image processing apparatus includes a target treatment area setting section 21, a reference point setting section 22, a treated area setting section 23, a total treatment time estimation section 24, and a treatment time presentation section 25.
- the target treatment area setting unit 21 designates an area that can sufficiently cover the lesion in the monitoring cross section during treatment, and the area can be designated in various shapes such as a circle, a rectangle, and a free curve. I can do it.
- the elliptical treatment area ice ball
- it is used according to the treatment method.
- the reference point setting unit 22 generally designates the origin of the treatment, and sets, for example, the tip of the treatment probe as the reference point at the lowest temperature or place in the cryotherapy.
- the already treated area setting section 23 sets an area which is considered to have reached a temperature at which the tissue will already be necrotized, and is specified on the image by an operator himself or automatically extracted by threshold processing or the like. You may do it.
- the total treatment time estimating unit 24 calculates the required treatment time required to treat the region set by the target treatment region setting unit 23.
- the treatment time presentation unit 25 displays the estimated end time calculated by the total treatment time estimation unit 24 on the display device 12 or the like and presents it to the observer.
- FIG. 3 is a display image on the display unit during the cryotherapy of the liver.
- the target treatment area 31 indicated by a dotted line
- the treated area Bl at time tl the treated area B2 at time t2
- a reference point P indicating the origin of the treatment and a reference line for estimating the treatment end time are shown.
- the relationship between L1 and L2 is shown. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the gas released from the tip of the probe 30 freezes the tissue sequentially from the reference point P near the emission port, and gradually covers the lesion.
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the image processing apparatus for treatment support. Hereinafter, the operation of the image processing apparatus for treatment support will be described.
- step S40 the treatment supporting image processing apparatus determines a section to be punctured before treatment, that is, a section to be monitored, and acquires it as a monitoring image IMG0.
- step S41 the target treatment area setting unit 21 sets the target treatment area 31 in the monitoring image IMG0 using a GUI (Graphical User Interface).
- GUI Graphic User Interface
- step S42 the treatment is started.
- the treatment progress image is acquired as appropriate.
- a monitoring image IMG1 is obtained as a treatment progress image at a time tl after the start of the treatment, and a monitoring image IMG2 as a treatment progress image at a time t2.
- step S43 the frozen region force due to the intermediate treatment of the treatment progress image is drawn as a black low signal in MRI, for example. Therefore, the treated region setting unit 23 sets the monitoring image IMG1
- step S44 the reference point setting unit 22 sets the reference point based on the monitoring image IMG1.
- step S45 to step S49 is processing performed by the total treatment time estimation unit 24.
- a straight line L1 (reference line for calculating the treatment area) used for time estimation is defined from the reference point P in the direction of enlargement of the treatment area.
- the reference line L1 defined first is the reference line L1 along the gas emission direction as shown in FIG. Although one reference line may be used, the accuracy of time estimation can be improved by defining multiple reference lines. Therefore, when a plurality of reference lines are defined, the angle ⁇ formed with the reference line L1 may be used as a parameter, or may be obtained using individual coordinates defining a boundary. In FIG. 3, a reference line L2 having an angle ⁇ 1 with respect to the reference line L1 is defined.
- step S46 the reference line L1 defined from the reference point P and each monitoring image IMG1
- step S47 distances dl, d2 from the reference point P to the intersections CI, C2 are determined.
- step S48 it is determined whether or not the processing in steps S46 and S47 has been completed for at least two images of the monitoring images IMG1 and IMG2 as the target images. If not, the process returns to step S46 to repeat the same processing.
- step S49 it is known that the respective treatment times tl and t2 were required to reach the treatment regions Bl and B2, which are the frozen regions of the monitoring images IMG1 and IMG2 indicating the progress of the treatment.
- the distance D from the reference treatment area 31 to the intersection C of the reference line L1 is determined, and the treatment time tl required to reach the distance dl, d2 from the reference point P to each intersection CI, C2 , t2, the time T required for treatment is calculated.
- FIG. 5 is a graph showing the relationship between the treatment time tl, t2 in the monitoring images IMG1, IMG2 and the distances dl, d2 indicating the treatment region. As is clear from FIG.
- these specific forces can also calculate the time T required for the treatment of the target treatment region 31 (or by regression).
- the reference points may be set by the number of probes, and a reference line may be set for each of the reference points.
- the above-mentioned time T is calculated for each reference line, and the largest time T is set as the time required for treatment, or the average of the time T calculated for each reference line is used as the treatment time. Required time.
- the treatment time presentation unit 25 displays the total treatment time calculated to be estimated to the observer as a numerical value.
- the treatment time presentation unit 25 may predict the treated region and the treated region one minute and two minutes later, and may indicate the predicted treated region stepwise on the tomographic image by color information.
- the transparency may be set for the color or gray to be displayed, and the display may be superimposed on the density information of the monitoring image.
- the color information includes a color tone including white, black, and sagging, and its density and pattern.
- the image before treatment may be used.
- the intersection points radially from the center of gravity GO of the closed region at equal angular intervals (approximately 15 ° intervals in the figure).
- Ask for. A line connecting the intersection and the reference point is used as a reference line, and the total treatment time is estimated based on the treatment progress on the reference line.
- a straight line perpendicular to the reference line L1 may be set at equal intervals (although irregular intervals may be used), and the intersection may be determined.
- At least one reference line L1 bisecting the target treatment region from the reference point is specified, and a perpendicular line dividing the reference line at a predetermined interval (which may be an equal interval or an irregular interval) intersects the target treatment region.
- a point is determined, and a line connecting these points and the reference point is further defined as a reference line. Will be estimated.
- a line connecting pixels at predetermined intervals among pixels on the display unit for displaying the outline of the target treatment area and a reference point is used as a reference line, and the total treatment time is estimated based on the treatment progress on the reference line.
- the number of pixels of the boundary pixels of the closed curve is sampled equally, and a reference line of the trailer is drawn based on these sample points for use in estimation.
- FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing a method for setting a closed region when a plurality of probes are used.
- the smoothed combined area 71 may be determined using information such as continuity, angle, and curvature of the boundary line.
- the degree of smoothing may be determined based on a quantitative value such as the angle between the normals of both closed regions.However, a moving average is calculated for the distance of the center of gravity, and the distance is calculated. It is easiest to use the smoothing result only in the region where is large.
- the prediction of the total treatment time it is possible to predict using any arbitrary value such as the average value, the maximum value, and the minimum value of the treatment progress on a plurality of reference lines.
- the total treatment time may be estimated by acquiring the treated area at a plurality of time points and performing function approximation.
- an approximation formula can be created using the contours of the treated areas Bl and B2 in Fig. 3 as a function of time on the coordinates, and the relationship between treatment time and treatment range can be obtained by substituting a predetermined time into a time variable.
- a known method such as curve fitting can be used.
- Example 2 This embodiment basically uses the same configuration and processing as in the first embodiment, and performs the same processing as in the first embodiment unless otherwise specified. Also, the same reference numerals indicate the same parts as in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of an image processing apparatus according to another embodiment of the image processing apparatus for treatment support of the present invention.
- the image processing unit 9 includes a measurement value calculation unit 82, a measurement value temperature conversion unit 83, a color table 84, an input switch 85, a lookup table (LUT) 86, an image synthesis unit 87, and an image It is composed of a memory 81.
- the image memory 81 temporarily stores measurement data and measurement values output from the measurement circuit 5 or tomographic images obtained by reconstructing the measurement data and measurement values.
- the look-up table (LUT) 86 always stores a look-up table that provides a gray scale for displaying CT images.For example, if the center of the display gradation is a CT value of 40 and a width of 100, For example, CT values from -10 to 90 are allocated to grayscale gradations from 0 to 255. For example, a pixel having a CT value of 40 has 127 levels of gradation values, and all RGB values are equal.
- the look-up table (LUT) 86 may calculate the measurement value from the measurement data or the tomographic image, and then allocate the grayscale gradation as described above.
- the measurement value calculation means 82 calculates a CT value based on the measurement data from the image memory 81.
- the measured value temperature conversion means 83 has, for example, a CT value temperature conversion table as shown in FIG. 9, and converts the CT value output from the measured value calculation means 82 into the temperature of the target part. It is considered that this CT value-temperature conversion table is most reliable if it is obtained by conducting an animal experiment and measuring the temperature during treatment and performing treatment simulation. As another method, it is possible to take a picture while changing the temperature of the water and substitute it. In any case, as shown in FIG. 9, a horizontal axis represents temperature and a vertical axis represents a CT value, and a corresponding curve is obtained and tabulated.
- the color table 84 assigns color information such as color tone, density, transparency, etc. to the temperature, and includes a color table in which, for example, when the temperature rises, it approaches red, and when it falls, it approaches blue. , And outputs the converted color information to the image combining means 87 via the monitoring mode switch 85.
- FIG. 8 illustrates an example in which the image synthesis section 87 is controlled by turning the monitoring mode switch 85 on / off.
- the image in the memory is displayed at the gradation specified by the LUT86. When the image is on, the image is combined with the color information determined based on the temperature information, etc., and displayed.
- the monitoring mode switch 85 is turned on.
- the measurement value calculation unit 82 reads out the CT value of each pixel in the region and outputs the CT value to the CT value temperature conversion unit 83. I do.
- the CT value temperature converter 83 converts the input CT value into temperature information and outputs it to the color table 84. If there is a lot of noise, filtering may be performed in the cross-section or in the slice direction if a plurality of slices have been acquired, to calculate the average temperature with neighboring pixels.
- cryotherapy At the time of cryotherapy (Cryosurgery), before the treatment is blue (yes! /, Is transparent), so that it changes to red at the temperature at which the therapeutic effect can be expected, so that some approaches are made continuously, and so on. Is preferably displayed as follows. Various changes can be made in such a color setting, and it is desirable, but not limited to, that the temperature at which the therapeutic effect is expected can be easily recognized.
- the image synthesizing section 87 synthesizes the color information converted by the color table 84 based on the temperature and the display color of the original CT image, and displays it on the display device 12. For example, using the transparency parameter q, the weighted sum of each RGB value is displayed as a new color. For example, if the original gradation is Cgray and the temperature corresponding colors are Cred, Cblue, Cgreen, the new display colors R, G, B are
- the present invention is not limited to such a method of synthesizing colors.
- a cone beam CT with a wide X-ray beam width is particularly preferable because the state of ice ball growth can be grasped by one imaging.
- a means for comparing the time-series images to evaluate the growth rate of the ice ball is provided, and an additional function for estimating the time required for the ice ball to sufficiently cover the lesion area is added.
- the means for evaluating the growth rate at that time can be defined by the relationship between the distance from the irradiation center of the gas to the end of the treatment area and time.
- the display means it is preferable to display the current treatment region and the treatment region one minute and two minutes later so that the color or transmittance is changed stepwise.
- the display unit is a composite of the set color and the color of the image before and during the treatment, and the image may include a cross-sectional converted image (MPR).
- Example 1 the time until the completion of the treatment was predicted and displayed. Instead of or in addition to the time display, an image of the progress of the treatment may be created and displayed. By doing so, for example, the time and conditions required for the ice ball to sufficiently cover the lesion can be sequentially confirmed at a glance.
- the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that this embodiment basically uses the same configuration and processing as in the first embodiment, and performs the same processing as in the first embodiment unless otherwise specified. Further, the same reference numerals as those in the first embodiment indicate the same parts.
- the display of the above-mentioned treatment progress image is obtained by modifying the function of the total treatment time estimating unit 94 described in Example 1, for example.
- the images that have been treated at these multiple times are superimposed on the original tomographic image and displayed.
- the image processing unit 9 of the present embodiment includes an image reconstruction processing unit 9Z, an image memory 81, an image analysis unit 96 similar to that described in the first embodiment, and a support image. Includes creation unit 9N.
- the support image creation unit 9N includes a treatment support mode selection unit 9G, a time selection input unit 9H for the displayed treatment progress image, a treatment progress image creation unit 91, and an affected area monitoring image.
- a difference image creation unit 9J and an image creation unit 9K are included.
- Step 40 force in Fig. 10 By step 49! /, For example, based on the setting of the target treatment area 31 as shown in Fig. 3, each intersection CI from the reference point ⁇ of the already treated area Bl, ⁇ 2 The progress of the treatment is grasped from the relationship between the distance dl, d2 to C2 and the treatment time tl, t2 until the treated regions Bl, B2 freeze.
- the steps up to this point are the same as in Example 1, and the reference line L2 is also used as described in Example 1, more reference lines are used as shown in FIG. 6, and a plurality of reference lines are used as shown in FIG. Probes may be used.
- the treatment support display mode selection unit 9G in FIG. 11 selects a treatment support display mode.
- the selectable modes include the same total treatment time ⁇ as in the first embodiment, a treatment progress image at an arbitrary designated time described later, a difference image between the treatment progress image at an arbitrary designated time and a target treatment area, and a difference image at an arbitrary designated time. There is any one of the difference image between the treatment progress image and the treated area, a graph described later, a treatment error image, or a combination of any of them.
- the time of the treatment progress image to be displayed is displayed in FIG. Input and specify in the image time selection input section 9 ⁇ .
- the total treatment time ⁇ is presented in advance in step 4 ⁇ , and the ⁇ time at which the treatment progress image was obtained by referring to the time may be specified. In such a case, the total treatment time ⁇ may be specified by default. Also, you can specify multiple times for this time.
- step 4D the treatment progress image creation unit 91 in FIG. 11 creates a treatment progress image at the time input in step 4C.
- a difference image between the treatment progress image created in step 4D and the pre-treatment image IMG0 is created by the difference image creation unit 9J from the diseased part monitoring image in FIG.
- the image to be differentiated here is not limited to the image IMG0 before the treatment, It may be a treatment progress image.
- step 4F depending on the mode of the treatment support display selected in step 4B, the total treatment time T, the treatment progress image at the designated time, the difference image from the treatment progress image at the designated time, or An image display of any combination of these images is synthesized.
- the above combination is performed by the image creation unit 9 # in FIG.
- the treatment images at different times are displayed in different colors, and the temperature distribution around the treatment site at a certain time is further superimposed and displayed by the method described in Example 4. You may. In this way, for example, the treatment areas at the present, one minute and two minutes later can be displayed in different colors and transmittances.
- the current, 1 minute, and 2 minute treatment areas are displayed in different colors, and the temperature distribution is displayed using the transmittance of each color.
- Displaying as described above is useful for determining the optimal treatment time for the entire treatment site and the surrounding normal tissue.
- the difference image is a differential component
- the acceleration of the treatment progress can be easily evaluated.
- the probe 30 and an artifact component that may be generated by the probe are also conveniently removed.
- an image appears only in the region where the treatment has progressed, which is convenient.
- the probe may be shifted during the treatment, threshold processing and noise removal processing are required.
- the noise removal processing an area is obtained after labeling, and a known method targeting only an area larger than a specific area can be used.
- the difference image creation unit 9J shown in the present embodiment when monitoring the progress of treatment by the X-ray CT apparatus, is used only for predicting and displaying the progress of treatment and is updated and acquired. It is possible to create a treatment error image between the already treated region and the treatment progress image, and use the error to extract a region where temperature transmission is delayed due to the presence of blood vessels or the like. Different color information may be assigned to the target treatment area, the already treated area, the treatment progress image, and the difference image. Further, the color to be assigned may be changed according to the temperature obtained by the above-mentioned measured value temperature conversion means.
- the present invention is not limited to this. You can. This gives the caregiver the opportunity to suspect the presence of blood vessels in the delayed treatment. The practitioner can judge this and change the treatment plan, thereby avoiding the occlusion of blood vessels that are not to be treated.
- the image to be used may be a cross-section converted image (MPR).
- MPR cross-section converted image
- the present invention it is possible to estimate the time required for the treatment to be completed while monitoring during the treatment, thereby improving the accuracy of the remaining treatment plan. Furthermore, in order to progress the treatment according to the plan, the number of image acquisitions can be reduced and rapid heat treatment can be performed. In particular, when using images using X-rays, exposure can be reduced because the necessary number of images are taken. Also, when monitoring treatment, it is possible to easily grasp the alignment of the lesion and the treatment target area, and the realization of treatment conditions such as the presence of blood vessels in the treatment target area and temperature. Can be provided.
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