WO2006073088A1 - 超音波診断装置、超音波撮像プログラム及び超音波撮像方法 - Google Patents
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- Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus Ultrasonic imaging program, and ultrasonic imaging method
- the present invention relates to an ultrasonic imaging technique for capturing an elastic image in which properties such as strain and hardness of a living tissue of a subject appear.
- An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that captures an ultrasonic image emits ultrasonic waves to a subject by supplying a driving signal for transmission to an ultrasonic probe, and reflects reflected echo generated from the subject. Waves are received by the ultrasound probe, and an ultrasound image is reconstructed and displayed based on the received signal output from the ultrasound probe.
- an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus an apparatus that captures an elastic image in which properties such as strain and hardness of a living tissue of a subject are shown is known.
- an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus acquires a time-series image related to a biological tissue when pressure is applied to a subject, measures the displacement of the biological tissue by correlating the acquired time-series image, and calculates the measured displacement. Based on this, elasticity data (for example, strain, elastic modulus) is obtained and an elastic image is constructed.
- elasticity data for example, strain, elastic modulus
- the conventional methods including patent documents measure the direction in which the living tissue is actually displaced when pressure is applied to the subject (hereinafter referred to as the tissue displacement direction) and the displacement of the living tissue.
- the relationship with the calculation direction (hereinafter referred to as the displacement search direction) is not fully considered.
- the conventional displacement search direction is fixedly set in a direction perpendicular to the ultrasonic transmission / reception surface, for example, while the tissue displacement direction flows due to the compression direction or the shape of the compression surface against the living tissue. Changes. Therefore, when measuring the displacement of the biological tissue, a deviation may occur between the displacement search direction and the tissue displacement direction. In that case, there is a possibility that an error caused by the deviation is included in the measurement value. If an elastic image is constructed based on such measurement values, the elastic image may not accurately represent the properties of the living tissue. Disclosure of the invention
- An object of the present invention is to provide an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and an ultrasound imaging program suitable for capturing an elastic image that improves the measurement accuracy of the displacement of the living tissue and more reliably represents the properties of the living tissue. And an ultrasonic imaging method.
- an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present invention includes an ultrasonic probe that transmits and receives ultrasonic waves to and from a subject, and a drive for transmitting waves to the ultrasonic probe.
- An elastic image is constructed based on the displacement of the living tissue measured from the transmission means for supplying the signal, the reception means for processing the reception signal output from the ultrasound probe, and the output signal of the reception means.
- the construction means is characterized in that the elasticity image is constructed by measuring a displacement in the search direction.
- the displacement search direction can be matched with the tissue displacement direction. If the displacement of the living tissue is measured along the displacement search direction, the displacement is measured along the direction in which the living tissue is actually displaced, so that the accuracy of the measurement value is improved.
- an elastic image By constructing an elastic image based on such measured values, artifacts generated in the elastic image are reduced. As a result, a high-quality elastic image faithfully showing the properties of the living tissue is acquired.
- the ultrasound imaging program of the present invention provides a setting procedure for setting the search direction of the displacement in accordance with a tissue displacement direction in which the living tissue of the subject is displaced, and ultrasonic waves between the subject and the subject.
- a procedure for supplying a driving signal for transmission to an ultrasonic probe to be transmitted / received, a procedure for processing a reception signal output from the ultrasonic probe, and a search direction from the signal after the reception processing The control computer is caused to execute a procedure for measuring the displacement, a procedure for constructing an elasticity image based on the measured value of the displacement, and a procedure for displaying the elasticity image.
- the ultrasonic imaging method of the present invention includes a setting step of setting the search direction of the displacement in accordance with a tissue displacement direction in which a living tissue of the subject is displaced, and an ultrasonic wave between the subject and the subject.
- a step of supplying a driving signal for transmission to an ultrasonic probe for transmitting and receiving waves, a step of processing a reception signal output from the ultrasonic probe, and the search from the signal after the reception processing includes a step of measuring a displacement in a direction, a step of forming an elastic image based on the measured value of the displacement, and a step of displaying the elastic image.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a control calculation unit in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an elastic image capturing mode when the displacement search direction and the tissue displacement direction are different. 4) A diagram showing an elastic image capturing mode when the displacement search direction and the tissue displacement direction match.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing processing for calculating a displacement in a search direction.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of setting regions of interest for various vessels.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a process for automatically detecting the tissue displacement direction.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an elastic image capturing mode when the displacement search direction set in the region of interest is matched with the tissue displacement direction.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing another process for automatically detecting the tissue displacement direction.
- FIG. 10 is a view showing a display example of guide information indicating an inclination direction and an inclination angle of an ultrasonic probe.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a form in which guide information indicating angle information is displayed side by side in a region of interest.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the control calculation unit of FIG.
- the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe (hereinafter referred to as a probe 102) that transmits and receives ultrasonic waves to and from a subject 101, and a probe.
- a probe 102 that transmits and receives ultrasonic waves to and from a subject 101
- a probe Drive signal for transmission to 102
- An ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 103 for supplying and processing a reception signal output from the probe 102 and an output signal force of the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 103
- Elastic image configuration for forming an elastic image based on the measured displacement of living tissue
- an image display 112 as display means for displaying an elastic image.
- the elastic image forming means here includes forces such as a displacement calculation unit 105, a distortion calculation unit 106, an elastic modulus calculation unit 107, a color digital scan converter 108 (hereinafter, color DSC 108).
- a control calculation unit 113 that outputs a control command to the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 103, the elastic image forming unit, and the like is provided.
- the control calculation unit 113 applied to the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present embodiment is provided with a displacement search direction setting unit 113B.
- the displacement search direction setting means 113B measures the displacement of the biological tissue of the subject 101 when taking an elastic image.
- the elastic calculation direction (hereinafter referred to as the displacement search direction) is the direction in which the biological tissue is actually displaced (hereinafter referred to as the displacement search direction). , Referred to as the tissue displacement direction).
- the displacement search direction setting means 113B causes the elastic image construction means to measure the displacement of the living tissue in the displacement search direction after setting.
- the displacement search direction can be matched with the tissue displacement direction. Therefore, since the displacement is measured along the direction in which the living tissue is actually displaced, the accuracy of the measurement value is improved.
- the properties of the living tissue can be faithfully shown in the elastic image.
- Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatuses are roughly classified into an ultrasonic transmission / reception system, a tomographic imaging system, an elastic imaging system, a display system, and a control system.
- the ultrasonic transmission / reception system includes a probe 102 and an ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 103.
- the probe 102 has an ultrasonic transmission / reception surface that transmits / receives ultrasonic waves to / from the subject 101 by performing beam scanning mechanically or electronically.
- On the ultrasonic transmission / reception surface a plurality of transducers are arranged side by side. Each transducer converts electrical signals and ultrasonic waves to each other.
- a pressure sensor is disposed on the ultrasonic transmission / reception surface. The pressure sensor detects the pressure applied to the ultrasonic transmission / reception surface and outputs it to the pressure measurement unit.
- the pressure measurement unit outputs pressure data to the strain calculation unit 106 and the elastic modulus calculation unit 107.
- the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 103 includes transmission means 120 for supplying a driving signal (pulse) for transmission to the probe 102 via the transmission / reception means 121, and the probe 102.
- Receiving means 122 for processing a reception signal output via the transmission / reception means 121.
- the transmission means 120 of the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 103 is a circuit for transmitting a transmission pulse as a drive signal for driving the transducer of the probe 102 to generate ultrasonic waves at a set interval, or a probe 1 A circuit for setting the depth of the convergence point of the ultrasonic transmission beam emitted from 02 is provided.
- the transmission unit 120 of the present embodiment selects a group of vibrators that supply pulses via the transmission / reception unit 121 and scans the ultrasonic beam transmitted from the probe 102 in the tissue displacement direction. Controls the timing of transmission pulse generation. That is, the transmission means 120 controls the scanning direction of the ultrasonic beam by controlling the delay time of the pulse signal.
- the reception means 122 of the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 103 is a circuit that amplifies the signal output from the probe 102 via the transmission / reception means 121 with a predetermined gain to generate an RF signal, that is, an echo reception signal. It has a circuit that generates RF signal data in time series by phasing and adding the phases of the RF signals.
- Such receiving means 122 adds a predetermined delay time to the received echo signal acquired by the ultrasonic beam transmitted from the probe 102 via the transmission / reception means 121, aligns the phases, and performs phasing addition.
- the tomographic image capturing system includes a tomographic image forming unit 104.
- the tomographic image forming unit 104 includes a signal processing unit and a monochrome scan converter.
- the signal processing unit performs image processing on the RF signal output from the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 103, thereby forming grayscale layer image data (for example, monochrome tomographic image data) related to the subject 101.
- the image processing here includes gain correction, log compression, detection, contour enhancement, filter processing, and the like.
- the black and white scan converter reads tomographic image data relating to the subject 101 stored in the frame memory in units of frames, and outputs the read tomographic image data in synchronization with the television.
- the black-and-white scan converter here converts the tomographic image data output from the signal processing unit into a digital signal, a frame memory that stores a plurality of digitalized tomographic image data in time series, It has a control controller that outputs a command to read out tomographic image data from the frame memory.
- the elastic imaging system includes a displacement calculation unit 105, a strain calculation unit 106, an elastic modulus calculation unit 107, and a color DSC 108 provided by branching the output side force of the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 103. .
- the displacement calculation unit 105 measures the displacement of the living tissue of the subject 101 based on the RF signal data output from the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 103.
- the displacement calculation unit 105 includes an RF signal selection unit, a calculation unit, and a filter unit.
- the RF signal selection unit of the displacement calculation unit 105 includes a frame memory and a selection unit.
- This RF signal selection unit stores time-series RF signal data output from the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 103 in the frame memory, and selects one set, that is, two RF signal frame data from the stored RF signal frame data group. Select by. More specifically, the RF signal selection unit sequentially secures time-series RF signal data output from the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 103 in the frame memory according to the image frame rate. Then, the RF signal selection unit selects the RF signal frame data (N) as the first data from the RF signal data group stored in the frame memory in accordance with the command output from the control calculation unit 113.
- the RF signal selection unit selects the RF signal frame data (X) as the second force data in the RF signal data group stored in the frame memory according to the command output from the control calculation unit 113.
- the RF signal frame data (X) here is a group of RF signal frame data (N-l, N-2, N-) stored in the frame memory in the past in time than the RF signal frame data (N). 3, ... N—M) Medium power.
- N, M, and X are natural numbers as index numbers associated with the RF signal frame data.
- the calculation unit of the displacement calculation unit 105 obtains the displacement in the displacement search direction of the living tissue from one set of RF signal frame data. More specifically, the calculation unit performs one-dimensional or two-dimensional processing between the first RF signal frame data (N) selected by the RF signal selection unit and the second RF signal frame data (X). Perform dimension correlation. For example, the calculation unit obtains a displacement or a movement vector (hereinafter collectively referred to as displacement) of the biological tissue in the displacement search direction corresponding to each pixel of the tomographic image by applying a block matching method as the correlation processing.
- the movement vector here is a one-dimensional or two-dimensional displacement distribution relating to the direction and magnitude of the displacement.
- the block matching method divides an image into blocks consisting of, for example, NXN pixels.
- attention is paid to the block in the region of interest, the past frame force is searched for a block that approximates the block after the focus, and the sample value is determined based on the prediction code ⁇ , that is, the difference by referring to this.
- the filter unit of the displacement calculation unit 105 has a filter circuit that equalizes the variation in the displacement of the living tissue output from the displacement calculation unit, and performs the subsequent signal processing smoothly. Apply processing.
- Two-dimensional elasticity image data is obtained by obtaining elastic modulus data corresponding to each point of the tomographic image, where the tangential is the simple tensile stress held in the object and the tensile force. It is the ratio to the strain that occurs in parallel, and is referred to as elasticity data including strain data and elastic modulus data as appropriate, and the elasticity data for each frame is referred to as elasticity frame data as appropriate.
- the color DSC 108 constitutes a color elasticity image related to the living tissue of the subject 101 based on the elasticity data output from the strain calculation unit 106 or the elastic modulus calculation unit 107.
- the color DSC 108 includes an elastic data processing unit, a color scan converter, and a frame memory.
- the elastic data processing unit stores the elastic frame data output from the strain calculating unit 106 or the elastic modulus calculating unit 107 in the frame memory.
- the elasticity data processing unit performs image processing on the elasticity frame data read from the frame memory in response to the command output from the control calculation unit 113.
- the color scan converter of the color DSC 108 is a color tone conversion unit that executes color tone conversion processing based on a color map for the elastic frame data output from the elasticity data processing unit.
- the color map here associates hue information determined by the three primary colors of light, that is, red (R), green (G), and blue (B), with the magnitude of the elasticity data. Red (R), green
- RGB red
- G green
- B blue
- Red (R) red
- Each of (G) and blue (B) has 256 gradations, and is displayed with higher brightness as it approaches 255 gradations, and is displayed with lower brightness as it approaches zero gradations.
- the color scan converter of the color DSC108 converts a red code when the distortion data output from the elastic data processing unit is small, and converts it into a blue code when the distortion data is large, and converts it into a frame memory.
- the color scan converter reads the elastic frame data from the frame memory in synchronism with the television and displays it on the image display 112.
- the elastic image based on the elastic frame data after color tone conversion here is a hard part (for example, a tumor) of a living tissue drawn in red, and the part around the hard part drawn in blue become. By visually recognizing such an inertial image, for example, the spread and size of the tumor can be visually grasped.
- the color DSC 108 is connected to an operation unit 114 such as a keyboard via a control calculation unit 113. In response to a command input via the operation unit 114, the color DSC 108 can change the color saturation of the power color map.
- the display system includes a graphic unit 109, a color scale generation unit 110, an image synthesis unit 111, an image display 112, and the like.
- the graphic unit 109 generates an image (for example, a screen framework or a graphical user interface) other than a tomographic image or an elastic image.
- the color scale generator 110 generates a force scale in which hue changes are displayed step by step.
- the color scale here can correspond to the color map of the color DSC 108.
- the image composition unit 111 outputs the tomographic image output from the tomographic image constructing unit 104, the elastic image output from the color DSC 108, the image output from the graphic unit 109, and the output from the color scale generating unit 110.
- An ultrasonic image is generated by combining the color scale.
- the image composition unit 111 includes a frame memory, an image processing unit, and an image selection unit.
- the frame memory is a tomographic image output from the tomographic image forming unit 104, an elastic image output from the color DSC 108, a frame mark image output from the graphic unit 109, or an output from the color scale generating unit 110. Stored color scale.
- the image processing unit In response to the control command, the image processing unit reads the tomographic image and the elastic image from the frame memory, and for the pixels corresponding to each other in the same coordinate system of the slice image and the elastic image, the luminance information of each pixel. Information and hue information are added at a set ratio and combined. That is, the image processing unit relatively superimposes the elastic image on the tomographic image in the same coordinate system.
- the image selection unit selects an image to be displayed on the image display 112 from the image group stored in the frame memory according to the control command.
- the image display 112 includes a monitor that displays the image data output from the image composition unit 111.
- control system includes a control calculation unit 113, an operation unit 114, and the like.
- the control calculation unit 113 includes a basic control unit 113A, a displacement search direction setting unit 113B, a tissue displacement direction detection unit 113C, a region of interest setting unit 113D, a region of interest angle correction unit 113E, and guide information.
- Generating means 113F is generated.
- the basic control means 113A outputs various control commands to the ultrasonic transmission / reception system, tomographic imaging system, elastic imaging system, and display system.
- the displacement search direction setting means 113B resets the displacement search direction according to the tissue displacement direction when the displacement search direction is shifted from the tissue displacement direction.
- the displacement search direction here is an elastic data calculation direction to be used as a reference when measuring the displacement of the living tissue of the subject 101.
- the tissue displacement direction detection means 113C detects the tissue displacement direction in which the biological tissue is actually displaced when pressure is applied to the biological tissue of the subject 101.
- the region-of-interest setting means 113D sets a region of interest (ROI) in the tomographic image displayed on the image display 112 in response to a command input via the operation unit 114.
- ROI region of interest
- the region of interest angle correction unit 113E corrects the region of interest setting angle by rotating the region of interest set by the setting unit 113D.
- the guide information generation means 113F generates guidance information indicating the inclination of the probe 102 when the displacement search direction matches the tissue displacement direction, and displays it on the image display 112.
- the operation unit 114 has a keyboard and a pointing device as various setting interfaces.
- control calculation unit 113 of the present embodiment will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.
- the tissue displacement direction is specified semi-automatically, and the ultrasonic beam is deflected in the displacement search direction set in accordance with the tissue displacement direction.
- Figure 3 shows the displacement search direction and It is a schematic diagram which shows the form which has generate
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a form in which the displacement search direction is matched to the tissue displacement direction.
- the ultrasonic transmission / reception surface 201a of the probe 102 is in contact with the body surface of the subject 101, for example.
- the displacement search directions 206a to 206h here are initially set in the direction of the ultrasonic beam transmitted and received by the probe 102, that is, substantially perpendicular to the ultrasonic transmission / reception surface 201a.
- a blood vessel (blood vessel) 204 in the subject 101 is assumed to exist in a straight line inclined with respect to the ultrasonic transmission / reception surface 201a.
- the region of interest 203 of the biological tissue from which the elastic image is to be acquired is set to a rectangle whose long side is substantially parallel to the ultrasonic transmission / reception surface 201a, that is, a rectangle, as shown by the dotted line in the figure.
- the region of interest 203 is set on a tomographic image displayed on the image display 112 in accordance with a command input via the operation unit 114.
- the surrounding tissue of the vessel 204 is compressed by the periodic pulsation of the vessel 204.
- the displacement of the living tissue in the region of interest 203 is measured by the displacement calculation unit 105.
- elasticity data is calculated by the strain calculation unit 106 and the elastic modulus calculation unit 107.
- the elasticity image is composed of the color DSC 108.
- the displacement search directions 206a to 206h are the ultrasonic beam direction, that is, the short direction of the region of interest 203.
- the tissue displacement directions 205a to 203 ⁇ 4 derived from the pulsation of the vessel 204 are the radial direction of the vessel 204. Therefore, the displacement search directions 206a to 206h and the tissue displacement directions 205a to 205j intersect at a predetermined angle. That is, there is a deviation between the displacement search directions 206a to 206h and the tissue displacement directions 205a to 205j.
- the displacement search direction is specified in accordance with the tissue displacement direction by correcting the angle of the region of interest 203 semi-automatically. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the operator visually recognizes the tomographic image displayed on the image display 112, and the upper edge of the vessel 204 and the region of interest 203 through the operation unit 114. Standard for each of the two places where the short sides of Specify a point (hereinafter referred to as intersections 207 and 208). Instead of the upper edge of the vessel 204, an intersection with the short side at the lower edge may be designated. Further, the intersections 207 and 208 may be set using the luminance of the tomographic image.
- the control calculation unit 113 sets the intersection points between the high luminance line formed on the wall surface of the vessel 204 and the region of interest 203 as the intersection points 207 and 208.
- tissue displacement direction detection means 11 3C determines the direction perpendicular to the line segment connecting intersections 207 and 208 as the tissue displacement direction. .
- the present embodiment semi-automatically detects the tissue displacement direction by designating the intersections 207 and 208.
- the region-of-interest angle correction means 113E adjusts the region of interest 203 so that the deviation between the direction perpendicular to the line segment connecting the intersections 207 and 208 and the short direction of the region of interest 203 becomes zero. Correct the rotation. That is, the region-of-interest angle correcting means 113E resets the region of interest 308 whose short direction matches the direction orthogonal to the line segment connecting the intersections 207 and 208.
- the displacement search direction setting means 113B specifies new displacement search directions 306a to 306f by correcting the displacement search directions 206a to 206h in accordance with the short direction of the region of interest 308.
- the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 103 deflects the ultrasonic beam in accordance with the displacement search directions 306a to 306f. Then, the displacement calculation unit 105 measures the displacement of the living tissue in the displacement search directions 306a to 306f based on the received signals arranged along the displacement search directions 306a to 306f.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of measuring the displacement of the biological tissue when the displacement search direction is matched with the tissue displacement direction.
- a region of interest 501 shown in FIG. 5 is a parallelogram obtained by angle-correcting the original region of interest by the region-of-interest angle correcting means 113E.
- the tissue displacement direction here is the direction along the inclined side of the region of interest 501, that is, the direction indicated by the arrow in the region of interest 501.
- the displacement search direction is reset by the displacement search direction setting means 113B in a direction along the inclined side of the region of interest 501.
- the displacement search direction matches the tissue displacement direction.
- the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 103 transmits an ultrasonic wave in accordance with the displacement search direction via the probe 102. Received signals are acquired in time series by transmitting and receiving wave beams.
- the displacement calculator 105 selects the currently acquired RF signal frame data (N) 502 as the first data.
- the RF signal frame data (N) 502 here is a signal group arranged in accordance with the direction of inclination of the side of the region of interest 501, that is, the displacement search direction.
- the displacement calculation unit 105 also selects the RF signal frame data (X) 503 acquired in the past in time.
- the RF signal frame data (X) 503 here is also a signal group arranged according to the inclination direction of the side of the region of interest 501, that is, the displacement search direction. Then, the displacement calculation unit 105 performs a correlation process on the RF signal frame data (N) 502 and the RF signal frame data (X) 503 to measure the amount of movement of the living tissue in the displacement search direction, that is, the amount of displacement. To do.
- the tissue displacement directions 205a to 205 j when the displacement search directions 206a to 206h are deviated from the tissue displacement directions 205a to 205j, the tissue displacement directions 205a to 205 j
- the displacement search directions 306a to 306f in accordance with are reset. Therefore, if the displacement of the living tissue is measured along the displacement search directions 306a to 306f, the displacement is measured along the direction in which the living tissue is actually displaced, so that the accuracy of the measured value of the displacement is improved.
- artifacts generated in the elastic image can be reduced. As a result, it is possible to acquire high-quality elastic images that faithfully show properties such as strain and hardness of the living tissue, regardless of the direction in which the living tissue is compressed or the shape of the surface that presses the living tissue. .
- the surrounding tissue is distorted due to the pulsation of the carotid artery. Therefore, when taking an elastic image of the thyroid region, the displacement of the surrounding tissue distorted by the pulsation of the carotid artery can be measured, and the elastic image can be constructed based on the measured displacement value.
- the displacement search direction may be a deviation between the displacement search direction and the tissue displacement direction, for example, the carotid artery is inclined with respect to the ultrasound transmission / reception surface of the probe 102.
- the displacement search direction coincide with the tissue displacement direction, it is possible to improve the measurement accuracy of the displacement of the living tissue, so that useful clinical data can be acquired.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating examples of setting states of the regions of interest for various vessels.
- FIGS. 6 (A) and 6 (C) show a form in which the vasculature is inclined with respect to the ultrasonic transmission / reception surface.
- the region of interest (ROI) in this case is such that its short direction is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the vessel.
- the displacement search direction is set to match the short direction of the region of interest, that is, the tissue displacement direction. That is, the displacement search direction matches the tissue displacement direction.
- the vessel is inclined in the reverse direction with respect to the vessel shown in FIG. 6 (A). By rotating the region of interest, the displacement search direction is matched with the tissue displacement direction.
- FIG. 6 (B) shows a form in which the vasculature is parallel to the ultrasonic wave transmitting / receiving surface.
- the short direction of the region of interest that is, the displacement search direction coincides with the tissue displacement direction, angle correction of the region of interest is unnecessary.
- Fig. 6 (D) shows a form in which the vascular curve is present with respect to the ultrasonic transmission / reception surface.
- the region of interest is set to a fan shape having an arc corresponding to the curvature of the vascular curve.
- the displacement search direction setting means 113B resets the direction perpendicular to the arc tangent of the region of interest as the displacement search direction.
- the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 103 transmits and receives an ultrasonic beam while gradually changing the direction of the ultrasonic beam according to the arc of the region of interest.
- This fan-shaped region of interest is generated by connecting a plurality of minute rectangular regions of interest.
- three small rectangular regions of interest ROIl to ROI3 etc. can be obtained by using the same method as Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 6 (A) to Fig. 6 (C).
- the small rectangular region of interest ROIl to ROI3 is divided along the vessel by matching the short direction of the tube and the tangential direction of the vessel, and the long direction and the direction perpendicular to the tangent of the vessel. Multiple settings are made. In this way, a plurality of minute rectangular regions of interest are set over the entire fan-shaped region of interest. This small rectangular region of interest is set within a range where the curvature shape of the vessel can be ignored!
- the displacement search direction is set in accordance with the longitudinal direction of each small rectangular region of interest ROI1, ROI2, ROI3, etc., that is, the tissue displacement direction.
- the displacement search direction and the tissue displacement direction can be matched in each minute rectangular region of interest.
- the displacement search direction and the tissue displacement direction can be matched over the entire fan-shaped region of interest.
- the shape of a vascular vessel is not limited to a fan shape, and a complex shape can be handled.
- the pulsation of the vascular 204 is used as a pressure source, and an elastic image of the living tissue when compressed by the pulsation of the vascular 204 is acquired.
- the present invention can be applied to a form in which the probe 102 brought into contact with the body surface of the subject 101 is manually pressed and compressed, or a form in which the probe 102 is brought into contact with the body surface of the subject 101 and compressed.
- the present invention may be applied when a deviation occurs between the displacement search direction and the tissue displacement direction.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the displacement search direction setting means 113B of the present embodiment.
- the form shown in FIG. 7 is different from the form shown in FIG. 4 in that the emission direction of the ultrasonic beam remains perpendicular to the ultrasonic transmission / reception surface 201a.
- the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 103 transmits and receives an ultrasonic beam perpendicular to the ultrasonic transmission / reception surface 201a to thereby generate a signal related to the subject 101.
- the displacement search direction setting means 113B sets the displacement search direction preset in the region of interest 303 in accordance with the tissue displacement directions 205a to 205j. Then, the displacement search direction setting means 113B is based on a command for selecting the signals listed in correspondence with the corrected displacement search direction from the signals output from the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 103 and the signal after selection. A command for measuring the displacement in the displacement search direction of the biological tissue is output to the displacement calculation unit 105.
- the displacement search direction in the region of interest 303 can be matched with the tissue displacement direction without deflecting the ultrasonic beam.
- the displacement search direction is changed according to the complex movement of the living tissue. It becomes easy to adjust to the direction.
- This embodiment is different from the first embodiment in which the tissue displacement direction is specified semi-automatically in that the tissue displacement direction is automatically detected. Therefore, the difference will be mainly described.
- FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of the operation of the tissue displacement direction detection means 113C of FIG.
- the horizontal axis in FIG. 8 indicates the subject coordinate axis in a direction substantially parallel to the ultrasonic transmission / reception surface 201a.
- the vertical axis represents the object coordinate axis in a direction substantially perpendicular to the ultrasonic transmission / reception surface 201a.
- the units for the horizontal and vertical axes are millimeters (mm).
- the tissue displacement direction detection means 113C performs a correlation operation over a wide range on the tomographic images before and after applying pressure to the living tissue based on signals corresponding to each pixel. . More specifically, the detection means 113C acquires the signal 601 before applying pressure to the living tissue.
- the signal 601 is assumed to be at l [mm] in the vertical direction and l [mm] in the horizontal direction.
- the detection unit 113C detects the movement destination of the signal 601 when pressure is applied to the living tissue by correlation processing, and determines the tissue displacement direction based on the detection result.
- the tissue displacement direction is the vertical direction (for example, 0 Degree).
- the tissue displacement direction is the lateral direction (for example, 90 degrees).
- the tissue displacement direction is an oblique direction (for example, 45 degrees).
- the detection unit 113C executes a tissue displacement direction detection process for each coordinate, and detects a value obtained by averaging the detected values of each coordinate as the tissue displacement direction.
- the tissue displacement direction is output to the angle correction means 113E for the region of interest and the displacement search direction setting means 113B. Note that the process of measuring the displacement of the biological tissue by matching the displacement search direction with the tissue displacement direction is the same as in the first embodiment.
- the tissue displacement direction can be automatically detected objectively and quantitatively, so that the measurement accuracy of the displacement of the living tissue can be further enhanced.
- the present embodiment is different from the third embodiment in that the blood flow direction of the blood vessel is used when the tissue displacement direction is automatically detected. Therefore, the difference will be mainly described.
- the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present embodiment is provided with a Doppler image forming unit 900.
- the Doppler image construction unit 900 calculates the Doppler deviation based on the time-series received signals taken from the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 103, and constructs the Doppler deviation force Doppler image (for example, a color blood flow image).
- the displacement search direction setting means 113B of the present embodiment determines a displacement search direction that matches the tissue displacement direction based on the blood flow direction that can be determined by the Doppler image forming unit 900.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the displacement search direction setting means 113B of the present embodiment.
- FIG. 9A is a diagram in which a color blood flow image is displayed superimposed on the vessel 204 in FIG.
- the color blood flow image here is output from the Doppler image construction unit 900 to the image display unit 112 via the image synthesis unit 111.
- FIG. 9B is a schematic diagram showing a mode in which the displacement search direction is set in accordance with the tissue displacement direction based on the blood flow direction.
- the tissue displacement direction detection means 113C detects the blood flow direction based on the color blood flow image shown in FIG. 9A, and determines the direction orthogonal to the blood flow direction as the tissue displacement direction.
- the displacement search direction setting means 113B determines the displacement search direction according to the tissue displacement direction determined by the detection means 113C.
- the process of setting the region of interest 303 or the rotation correction process and the process of deflecting the ultrasonic beam direction according to the displacement search direction are the same as in the first embodiment. Further, as described in the second embodiment, a process of matching the displacement search direction of the region of interest 303 with the tissue displacement direction may be applied.
- the tissue displacement direction can be automatically determined based on the blood flow direction detectable from the Doppler blood flow image, so that the task of aligning the displacement search direction with the tissue displacement direction is simplified. For example, even when the subject 101 exists in a complicated shape with curved blood vessels, the displacement search direction can be easily determined based on the Doppler blood flow image related to the blood vessels.
- Example 5 The present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in which the ultrasonic beam transmitted and received by the probe 102 is deflected in that the inclination of the probe 102 is manually adjusted when the displacement search direction is adjusted to the tissue displacement direction. Therefore, the difference will be mainly described.
- the inclination angle of the ultrasonic transmission / reception surface 201a of the probe 102 changes, so that the direction of the ultrasonic beam transmitted and received on the ultrasonic transmission / reception surface 201a can be adjusted. That is, when the displacement search direction is set in the ultrasonic beam direction, the displacement search direction can be adjusted to the tissue displacement direction by adjusting the inclination of the probe 102.
- the guide information generation means 1 13F in FIG. 2 generates guidance information indicating the tilt direction and tilt angle of the probe 102 when the displacement search direction matches the tissue displacement direction, and displays it on the image display 112.
- FIG. 10 is a display example of guide information indicating the tilt direction and tilt angle of the probe 102. It is assumed that a position sensor that detects the position and tilt of the probe 102 in real time is provided.
- the guide information generating unit 113F matches the schematic image 920 of the probe 102 that has contacted the body surface of the subject 101 and the ultrasonic beam direction of the probe 102.
- a guidance image 923 indicating the direction is generated and displayed.
- angle information 924 indicating the correction angle ⁇ corresponding to the deviation between the displacement search direction and the tissue displacement direction may be displayed.
- the correction angle ⁇ here is also guide information indicating the tilt angle of the probe 102.
- the guide information such as the guide image 923 and the angle information 924 is an objective and assisting operation for adjusting the inclination of the probe 102 and matching the displacement search direction with the tissue displacement direction. It becomes a quantitative indicator. Therefore, since the operator can visually grasp the target inclination direction of the probe 102, the operation of matching the displacement search direction with the tissue displacement direction can be performed accurately and easily. As a result, the measurement accuracy of the displacement of the living tissue is improved and the usability of the device is enhanced. Further, as shown in FIG. 11, the guide information generating unit 113F includes angle information indicating an angle ⁇ formed between the displacement search direction and the vertical direction (for example, the depth direction of the subject 101). 9 26 and angle information indicating the angle ⁇ formed between the displacement search direction and the tissue displacement direction 92
- the operator can grasp the displacement search direction with respect to the region of interest 925 of the subject 101 and the tissue displacement direction relatively and visually.
- properties such as strain and hardness of the biological tissue are faithfully displayed regardless of the direction in which the biological tissue is compressed and the shape of the surface that compresses the biological tissue. High quality elastic images can be easily acquired.
- each control function is integrated as an ultrasonic imaging program, and It is also possible to cause the control computer to execute the ultrasonic imaging program.
- the ultrasound imaging program sets a procedure for setting a search direction for displacement according to the tissue displacement direction in which the living tissue of the subject 101 is displaced, and transmits and receives ultrasound between the subject 101 and the probe 102.
- a procedure for supplying a drive signal for transmission to the probe, a procedure for processing the received signal output from the probe 102, a procedure for measuring the displacement in the search direction from the signal after the reception processing, and the displacement The control computer is caused to execute a procedure for constructing an elasticity image based on the measured value and a procedure for displaying the elasticity image.
- the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus As described above, the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied has been described. However, the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus to which the present invention is applied is not limited to the spirit or main features thereof. It can be implemented in various forms. Therefore, the above-mentioned embodiment is only an illustration in all points, and is not interpreted limitedly. That is, the scope of the present invention includes modifications and changes belonging to the equal range.
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