WO2015136854A1 - 制御装置及びその動作方法並びに診断システム - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a control device, an operation method thereof, and a diagnostic system.
- diagnostic imaging devices have been widely used for arteriosclerosis diagnosis, preoperative diagnosis during endovascular treatment with a high-function catheter such as a balloon catheter or stent, or confirmation of postoperative results.
- a high-function catheter such as a balloon catheter or stent
- typical image diagnostic apparatuses for example, an intravascular ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus (IVUS), an optical coherence tomographic image diagnostic apparatus (OCT / OFDI), and the like have been developed.
- IVUS intravascular ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus
- OCT / OFDI optical coherence tomographic image diagnostic apparatus
- a blood vessel axis direction cross-sectional image (vertical direction cross-sectional image, cross-sectional image in a cross section parallel to the blood vessel axis, or a plane passing through the blood vessel axis obtained using an image diagnostic apparatus.
- a cross-sectional image at) is displayed.
- a cross-sectional image corresponding to that position (a cross-sectional image in a direction crossing the vascular axis or a cross-sectional image in a plane perpendicular to the vascular axis) is redisplayed.
- the signal transmitting / receiving unit can be automatically moved to the designated position.
- IVUS emits an ultrasonic wave into a blood vessel while rotating the transmission / reception unit in a state where an ultrasonic probe unit including a transmission / reception unit including an ultrasonic transducer is inserted into the blood vessel, and reflects a reflected wave from a living body.
- a radial scan is performed by receiving.
- a cross-sectional image of the blood vessel is drawn based on the intensity of the ultrasonic echo signal generated by performing processing such as amplification and detection on the reflected wave thus obtained.
- the OCT emits measurement light into the blood vessel while rotating the transmitting / receiving unit in a state where the transmitting / receiving unit with the optical lens and optical mirror attached to the tip and the optical probe unit containing the optical fiber is inserted into the blood vessel. Then, radial scanning is performed by receiving reflected light from the living tissue. The cross-sectional image of the blood vessel based on the interference light is drawn by causing the reflected light thus obtained to interfere with the reference light previously divided from the measurement light.
- the basic structure of OFDI is the same as that of OCT, but is characterized in that light having different wavelengths is continuously emitted.
- a mechanism for changing the optical path length of the reference light is not required by obtaining the reflected light intensity at each point in the depth direction of the living tissue by frequency analysis of the interference light. According to OCT / OFDI, an image having a resolution higher than that of IVUS is generally obtained in many cases.
- the present invention provides a method for assisting diagnosis using images obtained from a plurality of signal transmission / reception units.
- a control device of the present invention comprises the following arrangement. That is, First drive for performing measurement using the first signal transmission / reception unit on the probe, and a second signal transmission / reception unit on the probe, for driving means for driving the probe inserted in the blood vessel Drive control means for performing a second drive for performing the measurement used; A signal measured using the first signal transmitter / receiver on the probe during the first drive, information indicating a position of the first signal transmitter / receiver when the signal is obtained, and the second Acquisition means for acquiring a signal measured using the second signal transmission / reception unit on the probe during driving and information indicating a position of the second signal transmission / reception unit when the signal is obtained; The first blood vessel image at the first position in the blood vessel obtained using the first signal transmission / reception unit, and the first position in the blood vessel obtained by using the second signal transmission / reception unit. Display control means for simultaneously displaying the second blood vessel image on the display means.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an image diagnostic system according to an embodiment.
- FIG. 2A is a diagram illustrating a probe unit of the diagnostic imaging system according to the embodiment.
- FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating a probe unit of the diagnostic imaging system according to the embodiment.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the control device according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating radial scanning according to an embodiment.
- FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating radial scanning according to an embodiment.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display screen in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart of processing in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart of processing in the second embodiment.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a computer used in the third embodiment.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating the relationship between the elapsed time and the movement of the probe unit in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating the relationship between the elapsed time and the movement of the probe unit in the second embodiment.
- FIG. 3 shows a control device 300 according to the first embodiment.
- the control device 300 includes an acquisition unit 310, a generation unit 320, a display control unit 330, a reception unit 340, and a drive control unit 350.
- the acquisition unit 310 acquires a signal measured using the first signal transmission / reception unit on the probe 370 during the first driving and information indicating the position of the first signal transmission / reception unit when the signal is obtained. To do.
- the acquisition unit 310 is a signal measured using the second signal transmission / reception unit on the probe 370 during the second driving, and information indicating the position of the second signal transmission / reception unit when the signal is obtained.
- the first signal transmission / reception unit is an ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 (ultrasonic sensor)
- the second signal transmission / reception unit is an optical transmission / reception unit 372 (optical fiber and lens).
- the types of the two signal transmitting / receiving units are not limited to these.
- the probe 370 has only an optical fiber and a lens, and there is nothing equivalent to an optical sensor (photodetector).
- a device corresponding to the optical sensor in this case is in the control device 300.
- the generation unit 320 uses the ultrasonic cross-sectional image of the blood vessel and the ultrasonic blood vessel axial direction cross-sectional image (the cross-sectional image generated using the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit and the blood vessel axial direction). A cross-sectional image) is generated. Further, the generation unit 320 is based on the signal from the optical transmission / reception unit 372, the optical cross-sectional image of the blood vessel and the optical blood vessel axial direction cross-sectional image (the cross-sectional image and the blood vessel axial direction cross-sectional image generated using the optical transmission / reception unit). ) Can be generated.
- the display control unit 330 includes the blood vessel image at the first position in the blood vessel obtained using the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371, and the blood vessel image at the first position in the blood vessel obtained using the optical transmission / reception unit 372. Are simultaneously displayed on the display unit 380. At this time, the display control unit 330 refers to information indicating the positions of the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 and the optical transmission / reception unit 372 acquired by the acquisition unit 310.
- Display unit 380 is not particularly limited as long as it is a device capable of displaying information, and may be, for example, LCD monitor 113 described later.
- the accepting unit 340 accepts designation of a measurement range using the optical transmitting / receiving unit 372 during or after driving for measurement by the ultrasonic transmitting / receiving unit 371.
- the detailed configuration of the receiving unit 340 is not particularly limited, and may be, for example, an operation panel 112 described later.
- the drive control unit 350 controls the drive of the probe 370 by the drive unit 360 that drives the probe 370 inserted into the blood vessel. Specifically, the drive control unit 350 sends a control signal to the drive unit 360, thereby performing a first drive for performing measurement using the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 on the probe 370 and the probe 370. The second drive for performing the measurement using the optical transmission / reception unit 372 is performed.
- the control device 300 is included in the diagnostic imaging system 100 having both the function as IVUS and the function as OCT. That is, in the following description, the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 is the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 210 shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, and the optical transmission / reception unit 372 is the optical transmission / reception unit 230 shown in FIGS.
- the blood vessel image generation method and the signal transmission / reception unit to be used are not limited to these, and any type of signal transmission / reception unit can be used.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external configuration of an image diagnostic system (an image diagnostic system having an IVUS function and an OCT function) 100 used in an embodiment of the present invention.
- the diagnostic imaging system 100 includes a probe unit 101, a scanner and pullback unit 102, and an operation control device 103, and the scanner and pullback unit 102 and the operation control device 103 are connected by a signal line 104.
- Various signals are connected so that transmission is possible.
- the probe unit 101 is provided with an imaging core 220 that is directly inserted into a blood vessel.
- the imaging core 220 includes an ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 210 that transmits an ultrasonic wave based on a pulse signal into a blood vessel and receives a reflected wave from the blood vessel.
- the imaging core 220 includes an optical transmission / reception unit 230 that continuously transmits the transmitted light (measurement light) into the blood vessel and continuously receives the reflected light from the blood vessel.
- the state inside the blood vessel is measured by using the imaging core 220.
- the scanner and pullback unit 102 drives the probe unit 101 inserted into the blood vessel.
- the probe unit 101 is detachably attached to the scanner and the pull back unit 102, and an axial motor in the blood vessel of the imaging core 220 inserted into the probe unit 101 is driven by driving a built-in motor. It defines movement and movement in the direction of rotation. Further, the reflected wave received by the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit and the reflected light received by the optical transmission / reception unit are acquired and transmitted to the operation control apparatus 103.
- the operation control device 103 performs a function of inputting various set values and processes data obtained by the measurement, and displays a cross-sectional image (transverse cross-sectional image and vascular axial direction cross-sectional image) in the blood vessel. It has the function to do.
- 111 is a main body control unit, which generates ultrasonic data based on the reflected wave obtained by measurement, and processes the line data generated based on the ultrasonic data, An ultrasonic cross-sectional image is generated. Further, interference light data is generated by causing interference between reflected light obtained by measurement and reference light obtained by separating light from the light source, and line data generated based on the interference light data. To generate an optical cross-sectional image.
- Reference numeral 112 denotes an operation panel, and the user inputs various setting values and instructions via the operation panel 112.
- Reference numeral 113 denotes an LCD monitor as a display device, which displays a cross-sectional image generated by the main body control unit 111.
- the probe unit 101 includes a long catheter sheath 201 that is inserted into a blood vessel and a connector unit that is disposed on the user's hand side without being inserted into the blood vessel for operation by the user.
- the imaging core 220 is inserted over almost the entire length of the catheter sheath 201.
- the imaging core 220 includes a housing 223 and a drive shaft 222.
- the coiled drive shaft 222 transmits a rotational driving force for rotating the housing 223.
- the drive shaft 222 is capable of rotating and axially moving the transmission / reception unit 221 with respect to the catheter sheath 201.
- the drive shaft 222 is made of a metal wire such as stainless steel that is flexible and can transmit rotation well. It is composed of multiple multilayer close-contact coils and the like.
- An electric signal cable 211 and an optical fiber cable 231 are disposed inside the drive shaft 222.
- the electrical signal cable is connected to the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 210, and the optical fiber cable 231 is connected to the optical transmission / reception unit 230.
- the electric signal cable 211 is spirally wound around the optical fiber cable 231.
- the housing 223 has a shape having a notch in a part of a short cylindrical metal pipe, and is formed by cutting out from a metal lump, MIM (metal powder injection molding) or the like.
- the housing 223 is provided with a transmission / reception unit 221 including an ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 210 and an optical transmission / reception unit 230.
- the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 210 and the optical transmission / reception unit 230 are arranged along the axial direction on the rotation center axis of the drive shaft 222 (on the one-dot chain line in FIG. 2A).
- the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 210 is disposed on the distal end side of the probe unit 101
- the optical transmission / reception unit 230 is disposed on the proximal end side of the probe unit 101.
- the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 210 and the optical transmission / reception unit 230 include an ultrasonic transmission direction (elevation angle direction) of the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 210 and an optical transmission direction (elevation angle direction) of the optical transmission / reception unit 230 with respect to the axial direction of the drive shaft 222.
- the ultrasonic transmission direction Elevation angle direction
- the optical transmission direction Elelevation angle direction
- each transmission direction is attached with a slight shift from 90 ° so as not to receive reflection on the inner surface of the lumen of the catheter sheath 201.
- the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 210 and the optical transmission / reception unit 230 include an ultrasonic transmission direction (rotational angle direction (also referred to as an azimuth angle direction)) of the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 210 and an optical transmission / reception unit 230.
- the optical transmission directions (rotational angle directions) are arranged so as to be shifted from each other by ⁇ degrees.
- the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 210 transmits ultrasonic waves to the living tissue based on the pulse wave transmitted from the main body control unit 111, receives the reflected wave (echo), and transmits it to the main body control unit 111.
- the scanner and pullback unit 102 drives the imaging core 220 to rotate. The rotation angle at this time is detected by an encoder included in the scanner and the pullback unit 102.
- the scanner and pullback unit 102 defines the axial movement of the imaging core 220. At this time, the position of the imaging core 220 in the axial direction is detected by the scanner and the pullback unit 102.
- the ultrasonic signal received by the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 210 is detected by the main body control unit 111. Thereafter, the main body control unit 111 samples the obtained ultrasonic signal and generates one line of digital data (ultrasonic data) indicating information in the depth direction along the direction of the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 210.
- the data obtained in this way is hereinafter referred to as line data.
- the optical transmission / reception unit 230 irradiates the living tissue in the blood vessel with the light (measurement light) transmitted from the main body control unit 111.
- the imaging core 220 is rotationally driven and moved in the axial direction by the scanner and the pullback unit 102 as described above.
- a part of the reflected light scattered on or inside the living tissue is taken in by the light transmitting / receiving unit 230 and transmitted to the main body control unit 111 through the reverse optical path.
- the reflected light from the optical transmission / reception unit 230 transmitted in this way is mixed with the reference light, received by the photodiode of the main body control unit 111, and photoelectrically converted. In this way, an interference light signal is obtained for the interference light obtained by mixing the reflected light and the reference light.
- the main body control unit 111 generates one line of digital data (interference light data) by sampling the interference light signal. Thereafter, the main body control unit 111 generates data in the depth direction along the direction of the optical transmission / reception unit 230 by performing frequency resolution on the generated interference light data in units of lines by FFT (Fast Fourier Transform).
- FFT Fast Fourier Transform
- the probe unit 101 rotates as described above, and the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 210 and the optical transmission / reception unit 230 attached to the distal end of the probe unit 101 also. Rotate in the direction of arrow 420.
- Each of the transmission / reception units 210 and 230 transmits / receives ultrasonic waves or measurement light at each rotation angle.
- lines 1, 2,... 512 indicate the transmission directions of ultrasonic waves or measurement light at each rotation angle.
- 512 times of transmission / reception of ultrasonic waves or measurement light are intermittently performed while the transmission / reception units 210 and 230 rotate 360 degrees on a predetermined blood vessel section 410.
- the number of transmission / reception times (number of measurement lines) of ultrasonic waves or measurement light during the rotation of 360 degrees is not particularly limited, and can be set arbitrarily.
- the number of transmission / reception times of ultrasonic waves and the number of transmission / reception times of measurement light may be different.
- the number of ultrasonic waves may be 2048 and the measurement light may be 512 times.
- Such transmission / reception of ultrasonic waves or measurement light is performed while the transmission / reception units 210 and 230 are traveling in the direction of the arrow 430 in the blood vessel, as shown in FIG. 4B.
- a series of operations in which the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 210 or the optical transmission / reception unit 230 performs scanning while moving and rotating in the axial direction is referred to as radial scanning.
- the obtained line data is stored in association with information indicating the position of the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 210 or the optical transmission / reception unit 230.
- pulse signals output each time the scanner and pullback unit 102 linearly drives the probe unit 101 by a predetermined amount are counted from the movement amount detector of the scanner and pullback unit 102. Line data is stored in association with this count value.
- the number of pulse signals output when the scanner and pullback unit 102 pulls out the probe unit 101 is added to the count value, while the pulse signal output when the probe unit 101 is pushed out is Subtracted from the count value.
- the line data is normally generated sufficiently quickly after the signal from the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 210 or the optical transmission / reception unit 230 is acquired. Therefore, the count value thus obtained reflects the position of the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 210 or the optical transmission / reception unit 230 when a signal from the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 210 or the optical transmission / reception unit 230 is acquired.
- information indicating the measurement direction of the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 210 or the optical transmission / reception unit 230 is further associated with the obtained line data.
- information indicating the current measurement line output from the scanner and pullback unit 102 is stored in association with the line data.
- any one of No. 1 to No. 512 is stored as the number of the measurement line corresponding to the line data.
- the generation unit 320 constructs a cross-sectional image using the line data stored in association with the count value.
- the generation unit 320 can generate a cross-sectional image corresponding to each position by performing R ⁇ conversion after performing various processes (line addition averaging process, filter process, etc.).
- the cross-sectional image generated in this way is also stored in association with the count value. That is, for each cross-sectional image, the position of the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 210 or the optical transmission / reception unit 230 when the signal is acquired is specified.
- the generation unit 320 can generate a blood vessel axial direction cross-sectional image using line data stored in association with the count value.
- the generation unit 320 generates predetermined line data (the center of a cross-sectional image when a cross-sectional image is constructed) for each line data (each including line data from line 1 to line 512) at each count value.
- Two line data corresponding to arbitrary coordinate axes passing through the coordinates (line data having a relationship of 180 °) are extracted.
- the generation unit 320 arranges the line data for each two lines extracted from each line data at the position in the axial direction corresponding to the count value associated with each line data.
- a blood vessel axis direction cross-sectional image is constructed with the horizontal axis representing the count value and the vertical axis representing the line data (specifically, the pixel value of the line data).
- the generation unit 320 can further perform various image processing on the cross-sectional image or the blood vessel axial direction cross-sectional image.
- the transverse cross-sectional image or the vascular axis direction cross-sectional image obtained in this way is displayed on the display unit 380 by the display control unit 330.
- the display control unit 330 displays, on the display unit 380, cross-sectional images or blood vessel axial direction cross-sectional images that are sequentially generated or updated while the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 210 or the optical transmission / reception unit 230 performs measurement. It can be displayed in real time.
- Embodiment 1 ⁇ Processing in Embodiment 1> Below, the control method in Embodiment 1 is demonstrated with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In steps S605 to S625, intravascular measurement using the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 is performed. In the present embodiment, measurement is continuously performed over a set distance in the blood vessel length direction.
- step S605 the drive control unit 350 controls the drive unit 360 to perform intravascular measurement using the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371.
- the scanner and the pullback unit 102 constituting the drive unit 360 control linear drive and rotation drive of the probe unit 101 so as to perform radial scanning in the blood vessel using the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371.
- the drive control unit 350 controls the drive unit 360 to perform measurement over a set distance in the blood vessel length direction at the set scanning speed.
- step S610 the acquisition unit 310 sequentially acquires ultrasonic signals obtained by the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 while performing radial scanning using the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371. At this time, the acquisition unit 310 further acquires a signal indicating the position of the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 when the ultrasonic signal is acquired.
- the signal indicating the position can be a count value indicating the linear movement amount of the scanner and the pullback unit 102.
- step S615 the generation unit 320 generates an ultrasonic image using the ultrasonic signal acquired in step S610.
- the generation unit 320 can generate an ultrasonic cross-sectional image and an ultrasonic blood vessel axial direction cross-sectional image by the method described above. While the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 performs scanning, the process of step S615 can be performed. For example, using the ultrasonic signal acquired when the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 is located at a specific blood vessel position, the generation unit 320 can generate a cross-sectional image of the blood vessel at this blood vessel position.
- the generation unit 320 uses the ultrasonic signals acquired from the time when the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 starts scanning until the current blood vessel position reaches the blood vessel axis direction from the scanning start position to the current blood vessel position.
- a cross-sectional image can be generated.
- step S620 the display control unit 330 causes the display unit 380 to display the blood vessel image generated in step S615. Specifically, a cross-sectional image at the current position of the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 and a cross-sectional image in the blood vessel axis direction at the position where the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 has measured so far are displayed.
- step S625 the drive control unit 350 determines whether the measurement is completed over the set distance in the blood vessel length direction. If the measurement is complete, the process proceeds to step S630. If the measurement has not been completed, the process returns to step S605, and subsequently, radial scanning using the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 is performed.
- step S630 the accepting unit 340 accepts designation of a measurement range. As will be described later, re-measurement using the optical transceiver 372 is performed within the measurement range designated by the user.
- the range specified in step S630 is referred to as a region of interest (ROI).
- the re-measurement using the optical transmission / reception unit 372 is performed for a part of the measurement range included in the measurement range using the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371.
- the user designates the measurement range while viewing the cross-sectional image in the blood vessel axis direction based on the signal obtained by the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 displayed on the display unit 380.
- a range between the two designated points in the blood vessel length direction can be set as the region of interest. it can. For example, as illustrated in FIG.
- step S630 when the ultrasonic blood vessel axial direction cross-sectional image 530 is displayed on the display unit 380, the user specifies the measurement start position 531 and end position 533, and the start position 534 and end position 535. be able to.
- step S630 two or more regions of interest may be set. In this case, the processing of steps S635 to S660 described later is repeated for each region of interest.
- the method of setting the region of interest is not limited to this method.
- the user may designate one point on the vascular axis direction cross-sectional image, and in this case, a predetermined range including the designated point is set as the region of interest.
- a predetermined range including the designated point is set as the region of interest.
- the control device 300 may automatically set the region of interest based on the ultrasonic signal or the cross-sectional image or the blood vessel axial direction cross-sectional image obtained based on the ultrasonic signal.
- step S635 the drive control unit 350 controls the drive unit 360 to drive the probe 370 so that the optical transmission / reception unit 372 moves to the measurement start position.
- each transverse cross-sectional image is associated with a count value related to the drawing amount of the probe unit 101.
- the horizontal axis is associated with a count value. Therefore, the drive control unit 350 can know the count value corresponding to the measurement start position.
- the probe 370 is moved by the drive unit 360 so that the current count value becomes the count value corresponding to the measurement start position.
- the probe 370 may be driven so that the optical transmission / reception unit 372 moves to a position upstream of the measurement start position in consideration of the time required to stabilize the radial scanning operation speed.
- the probe 370 is moved so that a count value different from the count value corresponding to the measurement start position by a predetermined value is obtained. For example, when the probe unit 101 shown in FIG. 2A is used, a count value smaller than the count value corresponding to the measurement start position by a predetermined value reflecting the distance between the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 and the optical transmission / reception unit 372 is obtained. As shown, the probe 370 is moved. Usually, the measurement is performed while pulling out the probe. Therefore, the position farthest from the probe insertion position in the region of interest is the measurement start position, and the position closest to the probe insertion position in the region of interest is the measurement end position.
- step S640 to step S655 the optical transmission / reception unit 372 measures the designated region of interest.
- physiological saline, lactated Ringer's solution, or contrast medium is released from a guide catheter (not shown), and blood in the blood vessel of the imaging site is removed. A flash operation is performed.
- step S640 the drive control unit 350 controls the drive unit 360 to perform intravascular measurement using the optical transmission / reception unit 372.
- the control method is step S605.
- the measurement by the optical transmission / reception unit 372 is performed on a region of interest that is narrower than the measurement range by the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371.
- step S645 the acquisition unit 310 sequentially acquires the optical signal obtained by the optical transmission / reception unit 372 while performing radial scanning using the optical transmission / reception unit 372. At this time, as in step S610, the acquisition unit 310 further acquires a signal indicating the position of the optical transmission / reception unit 372 when the optical signal is acquired.
- step S650 the generation unit 320 generates an optical image using the optical signal acquired in step S645. Specifically, the generation unit 320 can generate a transverse cross-sectional image and a blood vessel axial direction cross-sectional image by the above-described method, similarly to step S615.
- step S655 the display control unit 330 causes the display unit 380 to display the blood vessel image generated in step S650.
- the blood vessel image at the first position in the blood vessel obtained by using the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371, and the blood vessel image at the first position in the blood vessel obtained by using the optical transmission / reception unit 372 are simultaneously displayed on the display unit 380.
- the displayed optical cross-sectional image and ultrasonic cross-sectional image are cross-sectional images at the same position in the blood vessel.
- each transverse cross-sectional image is associated with a count value related to the drawing amount of the probe unit 101.
- the optical cross-sectional image and the ultrasonic cross-sectional image associated with the same count value are displayed simultaneously. Strictly speaking, the positions of the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 210 and the optical transmission / reception unit 230 in the blood vessel length direction are different. Therefore, in another embodiment, the optical cross-sectional image and the ultrasonic cross-sectional image selected so that the count values differ by a predetermined value reflecting the distance between the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 and the optical transmission / reception unit 372, Are simultaneously displayed on the display unit 380. For example, when the probe unit 101 shown in FIG. 2A is used, a combination of an ultrasonic cross-sectional image associated with a certain count value and a light cross-sectional image associated with a count value smaller than the count value by a predetermined value is obtained. Is displayed.
- the optical transmission / reception unit 230 acquires an optical signal
- the sequentially generated light cross-sectional images are displayed on the display unit 380. Therefore, the ultrasonic cross-sectional image displayed at the same time changes every moment.
- the ultrasonic cross-sectional image and the optical cross-sectional image are displayed so that the inner wall of the blood vessel located in the same measurement direction is displayed on the display unit 380 in the same direction as viewed from the positions of the transmission / reception units 371 and 372. Is displayed. In other words, the rotation angles of the ultrasonic cross-sectional image and the optical cross-sectional image are adjusted so that the angular directions are aligned. As described above, the cross-sectional image is generated from the line data, and information indicating the current measurement line is associated with each line data.
- the generation unit 320 generates an ultrasound cross-sectional image and a light cross-sectional image so that the inner wall of a blood vessel on a predetermined measurement line (for example, line 1) is displayed on the upper side.
- a predetermined measurement line for example, line 1
- the ultrasonic transmission direction of the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 210 and the optical transmission direction of the optical transmission / reception unit 230 are arranged so as to be shifted from each other by ⁇ degrees.
- the information indicating the current measurement line output from the scanner and pullback unit 102 does not reflect this transmission direction shift.
- the ultrasonic cross-sectional image is displayed so that the measurement line of a predetermined number is on the upper side, and the measurement lines having different numbers by the number reflecting the angle ⁇ are on the upper side.
- the light cross section image is displayed.
- the same angle direction is shown in consideration of the difference in the number of measurement lines. The number of the measurement line is determined.
- step S660 the drive control unit 350 determines whether the measurement has been completed over the designated region of interest. If the measurement has not been completed, the process returns to step S640, and then radial scanning using the optical transmission / reception unit 372 is performed. If the measurement is complete, the process ends.
- FIG. 5 shows an example of the display screen 500 on the display unit 380 when the process shown in FIG.
- an ultrasonic cross-sectional image 510 an ultrasonic blood vessel axial direction cross-sectional image 530, an optical cross-sectional image 520, and an optical blood vessel axial direction cross-sectional image 540 are displayed.
- an ultrasonic cross-sectional image 510 at the blood vessel position 532 and a light cross-sectional image 520 at the same blood vessel position 532 are displayed.
- the optical image and the ultrasonic image at the same position in the blood vessel are displayed on the display unit 380 at the same time.
- the ultrasonic cross-sectional image 510 at the blood vessel position 532 is displayed, and the optical cross-sectional image 520 at the blood vessel position 532 is also automatically generated. Displayed.
- the user may designate the blood vessel position on the optical blood vessel axial direction cross-sectional image 540.
- the display screen 500 is a screen display example when the start position 531 and the end position 533 and the start position 534 and the end position 535 are specified as described above. It can be seen from the optical blood vessel axial direction cross-sectional image 540 that the measurement using the optical transmission / reception unit 372 is performed between the start position 531 and the end position 533 and between the start position 534 and the end position 535.
- FIG. 9 shows the relationship between the elapsed time and the count value (that is, the positions of the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 and the optical transmission / reception unit 372) in the drive performed to obtain the measurement result shown on the display screen 500.
- the blood vessel image display method is shown in FIG. 7, but the display method is not limited to this method.
- the ultrasonic blood vessel axial direction sectional image and the optical blood vessel axis direction sectional image at the same position in the blood vessel are simultaneously displayed in an enlarged state. And the like.
- driving for performing measurement using the first signal transmission / reception unit for example, the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 210) and measurement using the second signal transmission / reception unit (for example, the optical transmission / reception unit 230) are performed.
- the drive for performing is performed separately.
- an image obtained using the first signal transmission / reception unit at the same position in the blood vessel and an image obtained using the second signal transmission / reception unit are simultaneously displayed.
- the user can compare images obtained by using a plurality of signal transmission / reception units at the same position in the blood vessel, thereby supporting accurate diagnosis by the user. Can do.
- the optimum measurement conditions often differ for each signal transmission / reception unit.
- the configuration of the present embodiment it is possible to perform scanning under optimum conditions for each signal transmission / reception unit, and therefore, measurement using the first signal transmission / reception unit and second signal transmission / reception unit in one drive. Compared with the case where both the measurement using and are performed, a blood vessel image with better image quality can be obtained.
- the IVUS image may be deteriorated due to the influence of a contrast agent contained in the flash agent used in the flash operation.
- IVUS measurement is first performed, and then OCT measurement is performed on a smaller measurement range.
- OCT measurement is performed on a smaller measurement range.
- the control device 300 according to the present embodiment has the same configuration as the control device 300 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. Hereinafter, description of the same configuration and processing as those of the first embodiment will be omitted.
- the accepting unit 340 can accept designation of a measurement range using the optical transceiver 372 while driving the probe 370 for measurement using the ultrasonic transceiver 371.
- the drive control unit 350 causes the drive unit 360 to stop driving for measurement using the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371.
- the drive control unit 350 drives the probe 370 so that the drive unit 360 performs measurement using the optical transmission / reception unit 372.
- the drive control unit 350 causes the drive unit 360 to resume driving for measurement using the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 from the position before the drive is interrupted.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart of processing according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the relationship between the elapsed time and the movement of the probe unit in the present embodiment.
- steps S705 to S725 intravascular measurement using the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 is performed as in steps S605 to S625.
- the measurement using the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 can be interrupted according to the position designation received by the reception unit 340. If it is determined in step S725 that the measurement has not been completed in order to determine whether the position designation has been accepted, the process proceeds to step S730.
- step S730 the drive control unit 350 determines whether the receiving unit 340 has received the specification of the measurement range. If the specification of the measurement range has been received, the process proceeds to step S735. If the specification of the measurement range has not been accepted, the process returns to step S705, and the measurement using the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 is continued.
- the designation of the measurement range is input.
- a predetermined range including the position of the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 when the user presses the “bookmark” button is treated as the measurement range.
- the measurement end position may be the position of the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371
- the measurement start position may be a position upstream by a predetermined distance from the position of the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371.
- the method for inputting the designation of the measurement range is not limited to this method, and various methods including the method described in the first embodiment can be adopted.
- step S735 to S760 intravascular measurement using the optical transceiver 372 is performed for the measurement range specified in step S730. This process is the same as steps S635 to S660 of the first embodiment, and a description thereof is omitted.
- step S760 the processes of steps S705 to S725 are performed, and the measurement using the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 that has been interrupted is resumed.
- the drive control unit 350 controls the drive unit 360 so that the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 moves to a position where the measurement is interrupted and then the measurement is resumed.
- the measurement end position is the position of the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 when the measurement range designation is input
- the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 interrupts the measurement when the measurement using the optical transmission / reception unit 372 ends. It exists at almost the same position as when it was done. Therefore, after the measurement using the optical transmission / reception unit 372 is completed, the measurement using the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 can be resumed without driving the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 to the measurement start position. it can.
- the measurement end position does not coincide with the position of the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 when the measurement range specification is input, as in the case where the user directly specifies the measurement end position. Further, in consideration of the difference between the position of the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 and the position of the optical transmission / reception unit 372 on the probe 370, the position of the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 when the measurement is interrupted and the superposition when the measurement is resumed. A demand for accurately matching the position of the sound wave transmitting / receiving unit 371 is also conceivable.
- the drive control unit 350 controls the drive unit 360 to resume the measurement using the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 after moving the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 to the measurement start position. .
- step S725 If it is determined in step S725 that the measurement using the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 has been completed, the processing of the present embodiment ends. Thereafter, the region of interest may be set and the region of interest may be measured using the optical transmission / reception unit 372 by the same method as in the first embodiment. Further, in accordance with a user instruction, the display control unit 330 may cause the display unit 380 to simultaneously display an optical image and an ultrasonic image at the same position in the blood vessel.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of a computer.
- a processor 810 is a CPU, for example, and controls the operation of the entire computer.
- the memory 820 is, for example, a RAM, and temporarily stores programs, data, and the like.
- the computer-readable storage medium 830 is, for example, a hard disk or a CD-ROM, and stores programs, data, and the like for a long time.
- a program that realizes the function of each unit stored in the storage medium 830 is read into the memory 820. Then, when the processor 810 executes the program on the memory 820, the processing of each step described above is performed, and the function of each unit is realized.
- an input interface 840 is an interface for acquiring information from an external device, and is connected to the operation panel 112, for example.
- the output interface 850 is an interface for outputting information to an external device, and is connected to the LCD monitor 113, for example.
- a bus 860 connects the above-described units and enables data exchange.
- the control apparatus 300 has the drive control unit 350 for driving the probe 370, but the drive control unit 350 is not essential in the present invention.
- the probe 370 includes both the ultrasonic transmission / reception unit 371 and the optical transmission / reception unit 372. However, these transmission / reception units may be provided in separate probes.
- the control device 300 acquires a blood vessel image obtained based on a signal obtained from a first signal transmission / reception unit on the probe during the first driving for the probe inserted into the blood vessel. To do.
- the control device 300 obtains a blood vessel image obtained based on a signal obtained from the second signal transmission / reception unit on the probe during the second drive different from the first drive for the probe inserted into the blood vessel.
- the probe provided with the first signal transmitting / receiving unit and the probe provided with the second signal transmitting / receiving unit may be the same or different.
- the control device 300 further includes information indicating the position of the first signal transmission / reception unit when a signal is obtained, and information indicating the position of the second signal transmission / reception unit when a signal is obtained. get. Then, the control device 300 outputs the first blood vessel image at the first position in the blood vessel obtained by using the first signal transmission / reception unit and the first blood vessel in the blood vessel obtained by using the second signal transmission / reception unit. The second blood vessel image at the position 1 is displayed on the display unit 380 at the same time.
- blood vessel images at the same position based on signals obtained from different signal transmission / reception units during different driving are automatically arranged and displayed. Therefore, it is possible to perform measurement under optimum conditions for each signal transmitting / receiving unit. Since the good images obtained in this way are presented in an easily comparable form, the user can easily make a diagnosis.
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血管内に挿入されたプローブを駆動する駆動手段に対し、前記プローブ上の第1の信号送受信部を用いた測定を行うための第1の駆動と、前記プローブ上の第2の信号送受信部を用いた測定を行うための第2の駆動とを行わせる駆動制御手段と、
前記第1の駆動中に前記プローブ上の第1の信号送受信部を用いて測定された信号及び当該信号が得られた時の前記第1の信号送受信部の位置を示す情報、並びに前記第2の駆動中に前記プローブ上の第2の信号送受信部を用いて測定された信号及び当該信号が得られた時の前記第2の信号送受信部の位置を示す情報、を取得する取得手段と、
前記第1の信号送受信部を用いて得られた血管内の第1の位置における第1の血管画像と、前記第2の信号送受信部を用いて得られた血管内の前記第1の位置における第2の血管画像と、を同時に表示手段に表示させる表示制御手段と、を備える。
図3は、実施形態1に係る制御装置300を示す。制御装置300は、取得部310と、生成部320と、表示制御部330と、受付部340と、駆動制御部350と、を備える。
まず、血管画像の取得方法について簡単に説明する。図1は本発明の一実施形態で用いられる画像診断システム(IVUSの機能と、OCTの機能とを備える画像診断システム)100の外観構成を示す図である。図1に示すように、画像診断システム100は、プローブ部101と、スキャナ及びプルバック部102と、操作制御装置103とを備え、スキャナ及びプルバック部102と操作制御装置103とは、信号線104により各種信号が伝送可能に接続されている。
以下に、実施形態1における制御方法について、図6のフローチャートを参照して説明する。ステップS605~S625において、超音波送受信部371を用いた血管内の測定が行われる。本実施形態においては、設定された血管長さ方向の距離にわたって連続して測定が行われる。
次に、実施形態2に係る制御装置について説明する。本実施形態に係る制御装置300は、図3に示す実施形態1に係る制御装置300と同様の構成を備える。以下、実施形態1と同様の構成及び処理については説明を省略する。本実施形態において、受付部340は、超音波送受信部371を用いた測定のためのプローブ370の駆動中に、光送受信部372を用いた測定範囲の指定を受け付けることができる。この場合、駆動制御部350は、駆動部360に対し、超音波送受信部371を用いた測定のための駆動を中断させる。そして、駆動制御部350は、駆動部360に対し、光送受信部372を用いた測定を行うようにプローブ370を駆動させる。光送受信部372を用いた測定の終了後、駆動制御部350は、駆動部360に対し、駆動中断前の位置から、超音波送受信部371を用いた測定のための駆動を再開させる。
図3に示した各部の機能は、汎用のコンピュータを用いて実現することができる。図8はコンピュータの基本構成を示す図である。図8においてプロセッサ810は、例えばCPUであり、コンピュータ全体の動作をコントロールする。メモリ820は、例えばRAMであり、プログラム及びデータ等を一時的に記憶する。コンピュータが読み取り可能な記憶媒体830は、例えばハードディスク又はCD-ROM等であり、プログラム及びデータ等を長期的に記憶する。本実施形態においては、記憶媒体830が格納している、各部の機能を実現するプログラムが、メモリ820へと読み出される。そして、プロセッサ810が、メモリ820上のプログラムを実行することにより、上述の各ステップの処理が行われ、各部の機能が実現される。
実施形態1に係る制御装置300は、プローブ370を駆動するための駆動制御部350を有していたが、本発明において駆動制御部350は必須ではない。また、実施形態1においてプローブ370は超音波送受信部371と光送受信部372との双方を有していたが、これらの送受信部は別々のプローブに設けられていてもよい。
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- 血管内に挿入されたプローブを駆動する駆動手段に対し、前記プローブ上の第1の信号送受信部を用いた測定を行うための第1の駆動と、前記プローブ上の第2の信号送受信部を用いた測定を行うための第2の駆動とを行わせる駆動制御手段と、
前記第1の駆動中に前記プローブ上の第1の信号送受信部を用いて測定された信号及び当該信号が得られた時の前記第1の信号送受信部の位置を示す情報、並びに前記第2の駆動中に前記プローブ上の第2の信号送受信部を用いて測定された信号及び当該信号が得られた時の前記第2の信号送受信部の位置を示す情報、を取得する取得手段と、
前記第1の信号送受信部を用いて得られた血管内の第1の位置における第1の血管画像と、前記第2の信号送受信部を用いて得られた血管内の前記第1の位置における第2の血管画像と、を同時に表示手段に表示させる表示制御手段と、
を備えることを特徴とする制御装置。 - 前記取得手段は、前記プローブを回転駆動している間に前記信号が得られた時の前記第1及び前記第2の信号送受信部による測定方向を示す情報をさらに取得し、
前記表示制御手段は、同じ測定方向に位置する血管内壁が、前記表示手段上で前記信号送受信部の位置からみて同じ方向に表示されるように、横断断面画像である前記第1及び第2の血管画像を同時に表示手段に表示させる
ことを特徴とする、請求項1に記載の制御装置。 - 前記第1の駆動中に又は前記第1の駆動の後に、測定範囲の指定を受け付ける受付手段をさらに備え、
前記第2の駆動中に、前記第2の信号送受信部は前記指定された測定範囲内で測定を行うことを特徴とする、請求項1又は2に記載の制御装置。 - 前記第1の信号送受信部からの信号に基づいて前記血管の血管軸方向断面画像を生成する生成手段をさらに備え、
前記表示制御手段は、前記血管軸方向断面画像を前記表示手段に表示させ、
前記受付手段は、ユーザから前記血管軸方向断面画像上で前記指定を受け付けることを特徴とする、請求項3に記載の制御装置。 - 前記第1の駆動中であって、前記第1の信号送受信部が第2の位置にある時に前記受付手段が前記指定を受け付けた場合、前記駆動制御手段は、前記駆動手段に対し、前記第1の駆動を中断させ、前記第2の駆動を行わせ、その後前記第1の駆動を再開させることを特徴とする、請求項3又は4に記載の制御装置。
- 前記第1の信号送受信部は超音波信号送受信部であり、前記第2の信号送受信部は光信号送受信部であることを特徴とする、請求項1乃至5の何れか1項に記載の制御装置。
- 請求項1乃至6の何れか1項に記載の制御装置と、
血管内に挿入されたプローブを駆動する駆動手段と、
を備えることを特徴とする、画像診断システム。 - 制御装置の動作方法であって、
プローブ上の第1の信号送受信部を用いた測定を行うように、血管内に挿入されたプローブを駆動する駆動手段に対し制御信号を送信する第1の駆動制御工程と、
前記第1の駆動中に前記プローブ上の第1の信号送受信部を用いて測定された信号及び当該信号が得られた時の前記第1の信号送受信部の位置を示す情報を取得する第1の取得工程と、
前記プローブ上の第2の信号送受信部を用いた測定を行うように、前記駆動手段に対し制御信号を送信する第2の駆動制御工程と、
前記第2の駆動中に前記プローブ上の第2の信号送受信部を用いて測定された信号及び当該信号が得られた時の前記第2の信号送受信部の位置を示す情報を取得する第2の取得工程と、
前記第1の信号送受信部を用いて得られた血管内の第1の位置における第1の血管画像と、前記第2の信号送受信部を用いて得られた血管内の前記第1の位置における第2の血管画像と、を同時に表示手段に表示させる表示制御工程と、
を有することを特徴とする動作方法。 - 請求項8に記載の動作方法の各工程をコンピュータに実行させるためのプログラム。
- 血管内に挿入されたプローブに対する第1の駆動中に当該プローブ上の第1の信号送受信部から得られた信号に基づいて得られた血管画像と、当該信号が得られた時の前記第1の信号送受信部の位置と、を示す情報、及び血管内に挿入されたプローブに対する前記第1の駆動とは異なる第2の駆動中に当該プローブ上の第2の信号送受信部から得られた信号に基づいて得られた血管画像と、当該信号が得られた時の前記第2の信号送受信部の位置と、を示す情報を取得する取得手段と、
第1の信号送受信部を用いて得られた血管内の第1の位置における第1の血管画像と、第2の信号送受信部を用いて得られた血管内の前記第1の位置における第2の血管画像と、を同時に表示手段に表示させる表示制御手段と、
を備えることを特徴とする制御装置。 - 血管内に挿入されたプローブ上の第1の信号送受信部からの信号に基づいて得られた、第1の測定範囲についての第1の血管画像を取得する第1の取得手段と、
前記第1の測定範囲に含まれる第2の測定範囲の指定を受け付ける受付手段と、
血管内に挿入されたプローブを駆動する駆動手段に対し、当該プローブ上の第2の信号送受信部が前記第2の測定範囲について測定を行うための駆動を行わせる駆動制御手段と、
前記第2の信号送受信部からの信号に基づいて得られた、前記第2の測定範囲についての第2の血管画像を取得する第2の取得手段と、
を備えることを特徴とする制御装置。
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