CN111449627A

CN111449627A - Optical microwave breast cancer detector and medical equipment

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Publication number: CN111449627A
Application number: CN202010343341.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 孙红岩; 张国旺
Original assignee: Zhejiang Dolby Medical Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Dolby Medical Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-27
Filing date: 2020-04-27
Publication date: 2020-07-28

Abstract

The invention discloses an optical microwave breast cancer detector and medical equipment, and relates to the technical field of medical equipment. The invention fuses the dynamic scattering optical image obtained by the dynamic scattering optical imaging system and the microwave image obtained by the microwave imaging system, thereby improving the accuracy and efficiency of diagnosis.

Description

Optical microwave breast cancer detector and medical equipment

[ technical field ] A method for producing a semiconductor device

The invention relates to the technical field of medical equipment, in particular to an optical microwave breast cancer detector and medical equipment.

[ background of the invention ]

The dynamic scattering optical imaging (dynamic differential optical tomography) system is very beneficial to early diagnosis of the breast cancer, and has the advantages of low price, safety, high accuracy, no radiation and low risk compared with molybdenum target X-ray, CT, MRI and other imaging diagnosis methods. However, the existing dynamic scattering optical imaging system can only provide optical absorption information of whether tissues in the breast are cancerated, and cannot further provide position and size information of the tumor.

In the prior art, the construction method of the microwave image mainly comprises a microwave tomography imaging method and a radar imaging method. Both imaging methods are based on the fact that one group of antenna radars transmits microwave signals to scan the mammary gland, and at least one other group of antenna radars receives echo signals. And then the computer carries out image reconstruction on the received signals to generate a two-dimensional or three-dimensional microwave mammary gland image.

In clinical diagnosis, images of a single modality often cannot provide enough information required by a doctor, so that the accuracy of diagnosis is affected, while images of different modalities require that a patient rotates multiple places to perform detection respectively, and then the doctor performs diagnosis according to a detection result, so that the diagnosis efficiency is low.

[ summary of the invention ]

In order to solve the problems, the invention provides an optical microwave breast cancer detector, which fuses a dynamic scattering optical image obtained by a dynamic scattering optical imaging system and a microwave image obtained by a microwave imaging system, and improves the accuracy and efficiency of diagnosis.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

an optical microwave breast cancer detector comprises a cup part, a dynamic scattering optical module and a microwave detection module, wherein the dynamic scattering optical module is used for collecting dynamic scattering optical signals, the microwave detection module is used for emitting and collecting microwave signals, the dynamic scattering optical module comprises a CCD camera, the microwave detection module comprises a radar, and the CCD camera and the radar are located on the inner side of the cup part.

Optionally, the dynamic scattering optical module further includes a pressurizing balloon for pressurizing the organ to be detected, the pressurizing balloon is located between an inner side wall of the cup portion and the organ to be detected, an area covering the inner side wall of the cup portion is smaller than an area of the inner side wall of the cup portion, and a maximum distance of the pressurizing balloon in a height direction of the cup portion is smaller than a height of the cup portion.

Optionally, the dynamic scattering optics module further comprises L ED light sources for providing light to the dynamic scattering optics module, wherein the L ED light sources are distributed on the inner side wall of the cup portion between the pressurized bladder and the inner side wall of the cup portion.

Optionally, the dynamic scattering optical module further comprises a laser light source for providing a light source for the dynamic scattering optical module, and the laser light source is distributed on the inner side wall of the cup portion and is located between the pressurization airbag and the inner side wall of the cup portion.

Optionally, the CCD camera is a pinhole camera, the dynamic scattering optical module includes a slide rail disposed inside the cup portion, and the CCD camera moves on the slide rail.

Optionally, the radar is including the microwave generation portion that is used for producing and launching the microwave and the microwave receiving part that is used for receiving the microwave, microwave receiving part includes wave guide pipe, pyramid rear chamber, horn, toper structure, the toper structure is located the internal lateral wall of horn, the horn receives microwave signal, by the toper structure is enlargied, transmits extremely the wave guide pipe, the wave guide pipe with microwave signal transmission extremely the pyramid rear chamber, by the cavity is outwards exported behind the pyramid.

Alternatively, the radars may be distributed on an inner side wall of the cup portion that is not covered with the pressurizing airbag, and the radars may be oriented perpendicular to a tangent of an arc at a mounting point of the radars on the cup portion.

Optionally, the microwave detection module further comprises a couplant bag and a couplant conduit, the couplant bag is located outside the cup portion, and the couplant in the couplant bag enters the cup portion through the couplant conduit.

According to the technical scheme provided by the invention, the dynamic scattering optical imaging mode and the microwave mode are fused. The microwave detection module can perform autonomous tomography in a standing state of a patient to form an accurate three-dimensional image, can obtain a dynamic scattering optical image while providing a three-dimensional image of a microwave mode to obtain tumor metabolic function information, realizes simultaneous and comprehensive expression of information from various imaging sources on one image, improves the diagnosis accuracy, facilitates doctors to know the comprehensive condition of pathological tissues or organs, makes more accurate diagnosis or works more scientifically optimized treatment schemes, simultaneously does not need the patient to rotate multiple positions for detection, reduces the burden of the patient, and improves the diagnosis efficiency.

In addition, the invention also provides medical equipment which comprises the optical microwave breast cancer detector.

Optionally, the dynamic scattering optical module and the microwave detection module transmit signals to the medical device, and the medical device performs imaging according to the signals.

The beneficial effects of the medical equipment provided by the invention are similar to the beneficial effect reasoning process of the optical microwave breast cancer detector, and are not repeated herein.

These features and advantages of the present invention will be disclosed in more detail in the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings. The best mode or means of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In addition, the features, elements and components appearing in each of the following and in the drawings are plural and different symbols or numerals are labeled for convenience of representation, but all represent components of the same or similar construction or function.

[ description of the drawings ]

The invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a general schematic diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a radar arrangement according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a radar according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic operation diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention.

[ detailed description ] embodiments

The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention are explained and illustrated below with reference to the drawings of the embodiments of the present invention, but the following embodiments are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the implementation, other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without any creative effort belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

Reference in the specification to "one embodiment" or "an example" means that a particular feature, structure or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment itself may be included in at least one embodiment of the patent disclosure. The appearances of the phrase "in one embodiment" in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment.

The first embodiment is as follows:

as shown in fig. 1, the present embodiment provides an optical microwave breast cancer detector, which is used for detecting breast cancer, the overall shape of the detector is similar to that of a female bra, and a patient needs to wear the detector during detection, and the detector includes a cup portion 1, a dynamic scattering optical module for collecting dynamic scattering optical signals, and a microwave detection module for collecting microwave signals, wherein the cup portion 1 is used for providing necessary space for wearing a back breast, and also provides space for the dynamic scattering optical module and the microwave detection module.

The internal structure of the cup portion 1 is shown in fig. 2, the dynamic scattering optics module includes a slide rail 2, a CCD camera 3, a pressurized air bag 4 and L ED light source 5, the CCD camera 3 can be a pinhole camera or other small-sized micro-camera, but not limited thereto, the CCD camera 3 moves on the slide rail 2, the slide rail 2 and the CCD camera 3 are both disposed inside the cup portion 1, the pressurized air bag 4 is used to pressurize the organ to be detected, i.e. the breast, between the inner side wall of the cup portion 1 and the organ to be detected, the area of the pressurized air bag 4 covering the inner side wall of the cup portion 1 is smaller than the area of the inner side wall of the cup portion 1, at the same time, the maximum distance of the pressurized air bag 4 in the height direction of the cup portion 1 is smaller than the height of the cup portion 1, in other words, the pressurized air bag 4 only covers a portion inside the cup portion 1, after the patient wears the optical microwave breast cancer detector, the pressurized air bag 4 only pressurizes the front half of the breast, and the root of the breast is not pressurized air bag L ED light source L, in other embodiments, the light source also can be used as the light source L is not limited to the inner side wall of the cup portion 1, and the pressurized air bag 1 is disposed between.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the microwave detection module includes a radar 6, the radar 6 includes a microwave generating portion for generating and transmitting microwaves and a microwave receiving portion for receiving the microwaves, and the radar 6 is oriented perpendicular to a tangent of an arc of a circle at a mounting point thereof on the cup portion 1. The radars 6 are distributed on the inner side wall of the cup portion 1 not covered with the pressurizing bladder 4 and are circumferentially distributed evenly on the inner side wall not covered. In other words, after the patient wears the optical microwave breast cancer detector, a plurality of radars 6 encircle the root of the breast and detect the vicinity thereof by radar. In addition, in the present embodiment, the microwave detection module further includes a couplant bag 7 and a couplant conduit 8, which are located outside the cup portion 1, and the couplant in the couplant bag 7 enters the cup portion 1 through the couplant conduit 8.

As shown in fig. 4, the microwave receiving section includes a waveguide 61, a pyramid-shaped back cavity 62, a horn 63, and a tapered structure 64. In this embodiment, the horn 63 is square, the two conical structures 64 are respectively disposed on the inner sidewalls of the horn 63 opposite to each other, the horn 63 receives the microwave signal, the microwave signal is amplified by the conical structures 64 and transmitted to the waveguide 61, the waveguide cavity 611 of the waveguide 61 transmits the microwave signal to the pyramid-shaped rear cavity 62, and the microwave signal is output from the pyramid-shaped rear cavity 62. In other embodiments, other antennas, such as monopole antennas, dipole antennas, etc., may be used in addition to the radar 6 for receiving and/or transmitting microwaves, and are not limited herein.

When the optical microwave breast cancer detector is used, the patient wears the optical microwave breast cancer detector provided by the embodiment:

in the aspect of the dynamic scattering optical module, as the CCD camera 3 is also arranged in the cup part 1, L ED light source 5 is needed for irradiation, the pressurizing air bag 4 pressurizes a detected organ, namely a breast, the surface of the pressurizing air bag is tightly attached to the surface of the detected organ to compress the detected organ, meanwhile, the CCD camera 3 moves on the slide rail 2 to collect breast transmitted light information from different directions, and then image reconstruction is carried out through an imaging system to form a precise three-dimensional functional image.

In the aspect of the microwave detection module, because the microwave detection needs the assistance of the couplant to improve the transmission efficiency of the microwave, the couplant in the couplant bag 7 enters the cup portion 1 through the couplant conduit 8, and because the optical microwave breast cancer detector is worn, the couplant entering the cup portion 1 can be naturally extruded in a narrow space and applied to the surface of the detected organ. And the couplant in the couplant bag 7 can enter the cup part 1 in a manual extrusion mode, a conveying device can be additionally arranged on the couplant bag 7, the couplant is automatically injected according to the set demand of the couplant, and the couplant in the cup part 1 can be recovered to the couplant bag 7 through the conveying device after use. The transfer of fluids, such as coupling agents, is not limited herein, as is known in the art. When microwave detection is carried out, a circle of distributed radars 6 forms an image domain 66, a microwave transmitting sequence of a plurality of radars 6 and a microwave receiving sequence of a plurality of radars 6 are preset in the image domain 66 of the detected organ tissue 65, the radars 6 for transmitting the microwaves transmit the microwaves according to the preset setting, the radars 6 for receiving the microwaves receive microwave signals scattered by the echo of the breast tissue, the breast is subjected to tomography, the breast is detected in an all-around manner, an accurate three-dimensional image is formed, and the judgment of a doctor on the position of the breast tumor is improved. The sequence of the radar 6 for transmitting the microwave and the sequence of the radar 6 for receiving the microwave can be flexibly set by a doctor according to actual clinical needs, and is not limited herein. Compared with the existing microwave mammary gland imaging system, the microwave mammary gland imaging system generally adopts a supination type, transmits or receives microwave signals according to a certain sequence through an antenna, a radar, a monopole antenna, a dipole antenna or a loudspeaker and the like which surround the mammary gland for a circle, and then images the detected signals through an imaging algorithm. When the embodiment is used for microwave detection, a patient can adopt a standing posture and wear the optical microwave breast cancer detector, and then the microwave detection module images the breast, so that the scanning time is shortened, and the scanning efficiency is improved.

When the optical microwave breast cancer detector provided by this embodiment is used, the two modalities may image simultaneously or separately, which is not limited herein.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment fuses the dynamic scattering optical imaging mode and the microwave mode, autonomous tomography is carried out in the standing state of the patient to form an accurate three-dimensional image, the dynamic scattering optical image can be obtained while the three-dimensional image of the microwave mode is provided, tumor metabolic function information is obtained, information from various imaging sources can be comprehensively expressed on one image, diagnosis accuracy is improved, a doctor can know the comprehensive condition of a pathological change tissue or organ conveniently, more accurate diagnosis is made or a more scientifically optimized treatment scheme is made, meanwhile, the patient does not need to carry out detection in multiple places, burden of the patient is reduced, and diagnosis efficiency is improved.

Example two

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, the present embodiment provides a medical apparatus, and the medical apparatus 9 includes the optical microwave breast cancer detector described in embodiment 1.

The host part of the medical device 9 is connected with the optical microwave breast cancer detector in a wired or wireless manner, when the medical device 9 is connected in a wired manner, the optical microwave breast cancer detector is directly powered by the medical device 9, when the medical device 9 is connected in a wireless manner, a battery is used for powering the optical microwave breast cancer detector, the host part of the medical device 9 controls the signal part of the optical microwave breast cancer detector, namely an L ED light source to irradiate and control the radar 6 to emit microwaves, controls the action part of the optical microwave breast cancer detector to act, namely the CCD camera 3 of the dynamic scattering optical module moves on the slide rail 2 and the pressurizing air bag 4 presses the detected organ, and controls the detection part of the optical microwave breast cancer detector, namely the CCD camera 3 and the radar 6 to detect, and transmits the optical signals collected by the CCD camera 3 and the microwave signals collected by the radar 6 to the host part of the medical device 9 in a wired or wireless manner, wherein the imaging system of the medical device 9 forms and outputs dynamic scattering optical images 91 and microwave images 92 of the detected organ without limitation.

While the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Any modification which does not depart from the functional and structural principles of the present invention is intended to be included within the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. An optical microwave breast cancer detector comprises a cup part and is characterized by further comprising a dynamic scattering optical module used for collecting dynamic scattering optical signals and a microwave detection module used for emitting and collecting microwave signals, wherein the dynamic scattering optical module comprises a CCD camera, the microwave detection module comprises a radar, and the CCD camera and the radar are located on the inner side of the cup part.

2. The optical microwave breast cancer detector of claim 1, wherein: the dynamic scattering optical module further comprises a pressurizing air bag used for pressurizing the detected organ, the pressurizing air bag is positioned between the inner side wall of the cup part and the detected organ, the area covering the inner side wall of the cup part is smaller than the area of the inner side wall of the cup part, and the maximum distance of the pressurizing air bag in the height direction of the cup part is smaller than the height of the cup part.

3. The optical microwave breast cancer monitor of claim 2, wherein said dynamic scattering optics module further comprises L ED light sources for providing light to said dynamic scattering optics module, said L ED light sources being distributed on the inside walls of said cup portions between said pressurization balloon and the inside walls of said cup portions.

4. The optical microwave breast cancer detector of claim 2, wherein: the dynamic scattering optical module also comprises a laser light source for providing a light source for the dynamic scattering optical module, and the laser light source is distributed on the inner side wall of the cup part and is positioned between the pressurizing air bag and the inner side wall of the cup part.

5. The optical microwave breast cancer detector of claim 1, wherein: the CCD camera is a pinhole camera, the dynamic scattering optical module comprises a sliding rail arranged on the inner side of the cup part, and the CCD camera moves on the sliding rail.

6. The optical microwave breast cancer detector of claim 1, wherein: the radar is including the microwave generation portion that is used for producing and launching the microwave and the microwave receiving part that is used for receiving the microwave, microwave receiving part includes guided wave pipe, pyramid rear chamber, horn body, toper structure, the toper structure is located the internal lateral wall of horn body, the horn body receives microwave signal, by the toper structure is enlargied, transmits extremely the guided wave pipe, the guided wave pipe with microwave signal transmission extremely the pyramid rear chamber, by the cavity is outwards exported behind the pyramid.

7. The optical microwave breast cancer detector of claim 2, wherein: the radars are distributed on the inner side wall, which is not covered by the pressurizing airbag, in the cup part, and the direction of the radars is perpendicular to the tangent line of the circular arc at the installation point of the radars on the cup part.

8. The optical microwave breast cancer detector of one of claims 1 to 7, wherein: the microwave detection module further comprises a couplant bag and a couplant conduit, wherein the couplant bag is located outside the cup portion, and the couplant in the couplant bag enters the cup portion through the couplant conduit.

9. A medical apparatus, characterized in that it comprises an optical microwave breast cancer detector according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

10. The medical device of claim 9, wherein: the dynamic scattering optical module and the microwave detection module transmit signals to the medical equipment, and the medical equipment performs imaging according to the signals.