CN117339127A - Method, system, equipment and storage medium for cardiac interventional operation - Google Patents

Method, system, equipment and storage medium for cardiac interventional operation Download PDF

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CN117339127A
CN117339127A CN202311656576.9A CN202311656576A CN117339127A CN 117339127 A CN117339127 A CN 117339127A CN 202311656576 A CN202311656576 A CN 202311656576A CN 117339127 A CN117339127 A CN 117339127A
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Abstract

The embodiment of the application discloses a method, a system, equipment and a storage medium for cardiac interventional operation, through placing an ultrasonic transmitting device on an interventional catheter, not only can three-dimensional images of a heart be obtained, but also the function of realizing operation on the focus position can be obtained, only the frequency of ultrasonic waves transmitted by an ultrasonic transducer is required to be changed, high-frequency ultrasonic waves are transmitted to a heart part to carry out three-dimensional modeling on the heart part, and then the position of the ultrasonic transmitting device is determined, so that the accurate, rapid and efficient ultrasonic operation can be realized without injecting contrast agents.

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Method, system, equipment and storage medium for cardiac interventional operation
Technical Field
The present invention relates to the technical field of cardiac surgery devices, and in particular, to a method, a system, a device, and a storage medium for cardiac interventional surgery.
Background
Ultrasound (US) medicine is a discipline of a combination of acoustics, medicine, optics and electronics. Ultrasonic medicine is an application in the medical field that is researching acoustic technology above audible frequencies. The ultrasonic diagnosis, ultrasonic therapy and biomedical ultrasonic engineering are included, so that the ultrasonic medicine has the characteristics of combining medicine, theory and work, has wide related content and has high value in preventing, diagnosing and treating diseases.
Ultrasonic imaging is to scan a human body with an ultrasonic sound beam, and to obtain an image of an organ in the body by receiving and processing reflected signals. There are a variety of ultrasound instruments in common use: the a type (amplitude modulation type) indicates the intensity of a reflected signal by the amplitude, and an "echo pattern" is displayed. The M-type (spot scanning type) is a graph showing the movement of the spot at different times, with the vertical direction representing the spatial position from shallow to deep and the horizontal direction representing time. Both types are one-dimensional display and have limited application range. Type B (brightness modulation) ultrasonic section imaging instrument, abbreviated as "B ultrasonic". The light spots with different brightness are used for representing the intensity of a received signal, and when the probe moves along the horizontal position, the light spots on the display screen synchronously move along the horizontal direction, and the light spot tracks are connected into a section view scanned by an ultrasonic sound beam, so that the two-dimensional imaging is realized. The D type is made according to the ultrasonic Doppler principle, and the C type displays a cross section sound image perpendicular to the sound beam in a scanning mode similar to a television.
In recent years, ultrasonic imaging techniques have been developed such as gray scale display and color display, real-time imaging, ultrasonic holography, transmission type ultrasonic imaging, ultrasonic co-computed tomography, three-dimensional imaging, intra-body cavity ultrasonic imaging, and the like.
The ultrasonic imaging method is commonly used for judging the position, the size and the shape of viscera, determining the range and the physical property of focus, providing anatomical drawings of some glandular tissues, distinguishing the normal and the abnormal of fetuses, and has very wide application in ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynecology, cardiovascular systems, digestive systems and urinary systems.
Cardiovascular diseases, also known as circulatory diseases, are a series of diseases involving the circulatory system, which refers to organs and tissues that transport blood in the human body, mainly including the heart, blood vessels (arteries, veins, micro-blood vessels), and are always the first killer threatening the health of humans, with high morbidity, disability, and mortality. In recent decades, cardiac interventional procedures have been widely used in clinic, greatly improving the cure rate and survival rate of cardiovascular diseases, and benefiting numerous patients. Because the anatomical structure and the size of the heart have larger individual variability, the preoperative acquisition of the three-dimensional heart structure model of each patient is beneficial to improving the safety and success rate of the operation.
The most commonly used method for three-dimensional modeling of heart in clinic at present is a three-dimensional reconstruction method of heart based on CT, but the method cannot obtain three-dimensional model of heart in real time during operation, and is inconvenient for assisting in treatment, so that a device for modeling heart in real time and simultaneously carrying out treatment is urgently needed.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, the present invention provides a method, system, apparatus and storage medium for cardiac interventional surgery, so as to solve the problem in the prior art that the heart cannot be modeled in real time during surgery and the focus can be treated at the same time due to the immature technology.
The specific technical scheme of the first embodiment of the invention is as follows: a method of cardiac intervention, the method comprising: acquiring a two-dimensional heart ultrasonic image by utilizing radiation high-frequency ultrasonic waves of a heart cavity, and constructing a three-dimensional model of the heart according to the two-dimensional ultrasonic image; determining the real-time position of a generating device for emitting high-frequency ultrasonic waves in the heart; acquiring the distance between the position of the heart to be treated and generating equipment for emitting low-frequency ultrasonic waves; and controlling the generating equipment for emitting the low-frequency ultrasonic waves to perform targeted treatment according to the three-dimensional model, the real-time position and the distance.
Preferably, the generating device for emitting high-frequency ultrasonic waves and the generating device for emitting low-frequency ultrasonic waves are ultrasonic transducers.
Preferably, the ultrasonic transducers are all fixed at the head end of the interventional catheter.
Preferably, the three-dimensional model of the heart is obtained as follows: acquiring two-dimensional heart ultrasonic images at different angles; reconstructing the two-dimensional heart ultrasonic image based on a three-dimensional reconstruction technology to obtain the initial three-dimensional model; acquiring a heart CT shooting picture, and carrying out three-dimensional reconstruction on the heart CT shooting picture to obtain a CT heart three-dimensional model; and comparing the CT heart three-dimensional model with the initial three-dimensional model based on a big data learning mode to obtain a comparison result, and optimizing the initial three-dimensional model according to the comparison result to obtain the heart three-dimensional model.
Preferably, a surface rendering algorithm is adopted to reconstruct the two-dimensional heart ultrasonic image, so as to obtain the initial three-dimensional model.
Preferably, the obtaining a cardiac CT radiograph, and performing three-dimensional reconstruction on the cardiac CT radiograph to obtain a CT cardiac three-dimensional model includes: and acquiring heart CT cameras with different angles, and performing three-dimensional reconstruction on the heart CT cameras with different angles to obtain the CT heart three-dimensional model.
Preferably, when the generating device emitting the low-frequency ultrasonic waves performs targeted therapy, the interventional catheter is controlled to approach to the targeted therapy, and the targeted therapy is highlighted in the three-dimensional model.
The specific technical scheme of the second embodiment of the invention is as follows: a system for cardiac interventional procedures, the system comprising: the system comprises a three-dimensional model construction module, a real-time position determination module, a distance determination module and a targeting therapy module; the three-dimensional model construction module is used for acquiring a two-dimensional heart ultrasonic image by utilizing the radiation high-frequency ultrasonic waves of the heart cavity and constructing a three-dimensional model of the heart according to the two-dimensional ultrasonic image; the real-time position determining module is used for determining the real-time position of the generating device for emitting the high-frequency ultrasonic waves in the heart; the distance determining module is used for obtaining the distance between the position of the heart to be treated and the generating equipment for emitting the low-frequency ultrasonic waves; the targeting therapy module is used for controlling the generating equipment for emitting the low-frequency ultrasonic waves to carry out targeting therapy according to the three-dimensional model, the real-time position and the distance.
The specific technical scheme of the third embodiment of the invention is as follows: an apparatus for cardiac interventional procedures, the apparatus comprising: the device comprises a memory and a processor, wherein the processor and the memory are communicated with each other through a bus; the memory stores program instructions executable by the processor, the processor invoking the program instructions to perform a method as described in any of the first embodiments of the present application.
The specific technical scheme of the fourth embodiment of the invention is as follows: a storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of a method according to any of the first embodiments of the present application.
The implementation of the embodiment of the invention has the following beneficial effects:
through placing ultrasonic emission device on interventional catheter, not only can realize obtaining the three-dimensional image of heart, can also obtain simultaneously and realize realizing the function of performing the operation to focus position, only need change ultrasonic transducer transmit ultrasonic frequency can, through the high-frequency ultrasonic wave of sending heart position, carry out three-dimensional modeling to heart position, confirm ultrasonic emission device's position again, and then can realize accurate, quick, the efficient realization ultrasonic operation, need not to inject the contrast medium.
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FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a method of cardiac intervention according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a system block diagram of a cardiac interventional procedure according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
201, a three-dimensional model building module; 202. a real-time position determining module; 203. a distance determination module; 204. targeting the therapeutic module.
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The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims and drawings are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for describing a particular sequential order. Furthermore, the terms "comprise" and "have," as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or modules is not limited to only those steps or modules but may include other steps or modules not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment may be included in at least one embodiment of the present application. The appearances of such phrases in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. Those of skill in the art will explicitly and implicitly appreciate that the embodiments described herein may be combined with other embodiments.
Referring to fig. 1, a flowchart of steps of a method for cardiac intervention in a first embodiment of the present application is shown, the method comprising:
step 101, acquiring a two-dimensional heart ultrasonic image by utilizing radiation high-frequency ultrasonic waves of a heart cavity, and constructing a three-dimensional model of the heart according to the two-dimensional ultrasonic image;
102, determining the real-time position of generating equipment for emitting high-frequency ultrasonic waves in the heart;
step 103, obtaining the distance between the position of the heart to be treated and the generating equipment for emitting the low-frequency ultrasonic waves;
and 104, controlling the generating equipment for emitting the low-frequency ultrasonic waves to perform targeted treatment according to the three-dimensional model, the real-time position and the distance.
Through placing ultrasonic emission device on interventional catheter, not only can realize obtaining the three-dimensional image of heart, can also obtain simultaneously and realize realizing the function of performing the operation to focus position, only need change ultrasonic transducer transmit ultrasonic frequency can, through the high-frequency ultrasonic wave of sending heart position, carry out three-dimensional modeling to heart position, confirm ultrasonic emission device's position again, and then can realize accurate, quick, the efficient realization ultrasonic operation, need not to inject the contrast medium.
In a specific embodiment, the generating device for emitting high-frequency ultrasonic waves and the generating device for emitting low-frequency ultrasonic waves are ultrasonic transducers.
In a specific embodiment, the ultrasound transducers are each fixed at the head end of the interventional catheter.
In a specific embodiment, the three-dimensional model of the heart is obtained as follows: acquiring two-dimensional heart ultrasonic images at different angles; reconstructing the two-dimensional heart ultrasonic image based on a three-dimensional reconstruction technology to obtain the initial three-dimensional model; acquiring a heart CT shooting picture, and carrying out three-dimensional reconstruction on the heart CT shooting picture to obtain a CT heart three-dimensional model; and comparing the CT heart three-dimensional model with the initial three-dimensional model based on a big data learning mode to obtain a comparison result, and optimizing the initial three-dimensional model according to the comparison result to obtain the heart three-dimensional model.
In a specific embodiment, reconstructing the two-dimensional heart ultrasonic image by adopting a surface rendering algorithm to obtain the initial three-dimensional model.
In a specific embodiment, the obtaining a cardiac CT radiograph, and performing three-dimensional reconstruction on the cardiac CT radiograph to obtain a CT cardiac three-dimensional model includes: and acquiring heart CT cameras with different angles, and performing three-dimensional reconstruction on the heart CT cameras with different angles to obtain the CT heart three-dimensional model.
In a specific embodiment, when the generating device emitting the low-frequency ultrasonic waves performs targeted therapy, the interventional catheter is controlled to approach to the position of the targeted therapy, and the position of the targeted therapy is highlighted in the three-dimensional model.
Referring to fig. 2, a system for cardiac intervention in a second embodiment of the present application is shown, the system comprising: a three-dimensional model construction module 201, a real-time position determination module 202, a distance determination module 203, and a targeted therapy module 204; the three-dimensional model construction module 201 is configured to acquire a two-dimensional heart ultrasonic image by using high-frequency ultrasonic waves emitted from a heart cavity, and construct a three-dimensional model of the heart according to the two-dimensional ultrasonic image; the real-time position determining module 202 is used for determining the real-time position of the generating device for emitting high-frequency ultrasonic waves in the heart; the distance determining module 203 is configured to obtain a distance between a position where the heart needs to be treated and a generating device that emits low-frequency ultrasonic waves; the targeting therapy module 204 is configured to control the generating device that emits the low-frequency ultrasonic waves to perform targeting therapy according to the three-dimensional model, the real-time position and the distance.
In a specific embodiment, a device for cardiac interventional procedures, the device comprising: the device comprises a memory and a processor, wherein the processor and the memory are communicated with each other through a bus; the memory stores program instructions executable by the processor, the processor invoking the program instructions to perform a method as described in any of the first embodiments of the present application.
In a specific embodiment, a storage medium has stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the method according to any of the first embodiments of the present application.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that all or part of the processes in the methods of the above embodiments may be implemented by a computer program for instructing relevant hardware, where the program may be stored in a non-volatile computer readable storage medium, and where the program, when executed, may include processes in the embodiments of the methods described above. Any reference to memory, storage, database, or other medium used in the various embodiments provided herein may include non-volatile and/or volatile memory. The nonvolatile memory can include Read Only Memory (ROM), programmable ROM (PROM), electrically Programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically Erasable Programmable ROM (EEPROM), or flash memory. Volatile memory can include Random Access Memory (RAM) or external cache memory. By way of illustration and not limitation, RAM is available in a variety of forms such as Static RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double Data Rate SDRAM (DDRSDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), synchronous Link DRAM (SLDRAM), memory bus direct RAM (RDRAM), direct memory bus dynamic RAM (DRDRAM), and memory bus dynamic RAM (RDRAM), among others.
The technical features of the above embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, and all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are not described for brevity of description, however, as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features, they should be considered as the scope of the description.
The foregoing examples represent only a few embodiments of the present application, which are described in more detail and are not thereby to be construed as limiting the scope of the present application. It should be noted that it would be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and improvements could be made without departing from the spirit of the present application, which would be within the scope of the present application. Accordingly, the scope of protection of the present application is to be determined by the claims appended hereto.

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1. A method of cardiac intervention, the method comprising:
acquiring a two-dimensional heart ultrasonic image by utilizing radiation high-frequency ultrasonic waves of a heart cavity, and constructing a three-dimensional model of the heart according to the two-dimensional ultrasonic image;
determining the real-time position of a generating device for emitting high-frequency ultrasonic waves in the heart;
acquiring the distance between the position of the heart to be treated and generating equipment for emitting low-frequency ultrasonic waves;
and controlling the generating equipment for emitting the low-frequency ultrasonic waves to perform targeted treatment according to the three-dimensional model, the real-time position and the distance.
2. The method of cardiac intervention as set forth in claim 1, wherein said high frequency ultrasonic wave emitting device and said low frequency ultrasonic wave emitting device are both ultrasonic transducers.
3. The method of cardiac intervention as set forth in claim 2, wherein the ultrasound transducers are each fixed at a head end of an interventional catheter.
4. The method of cardiac intervention as set forth in claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional model of the heart is obtained by:
acquiring two-dimensional heart ultrasonic images at different angles;
reconstructing the two-dimensional heart ultrasonic image based on a three-dimensional reconstruction technology to obtain the initial three-dimensional model;
acquiring a heart CT shooting picture, and carrying out three-dimensional reconstruction on the heart CT shooting picture to obtain a CT heart three-dimensional model;
and comparing the CT heart three-dimensional model with the initial three-dimensional model based on a big data learning mode to obtain a comparison result, and optimizing the initial three-dimensional model according to the comparison result to obtain the heart three-dimensional model.
5. The method of cardiac intervention as set forth in claim 4, wherein the initial three-dimensional model is obtained by reconstructing the two-dimensional cardiac ultrasound image using a surface rendering algorithm.
6. The method of cardiac interventional procedure according to claim 5, wherein the acquiring a cardiac CT radiograph, performing a three-dimensional reconstruction of the cardiac CT radiograph, obtaining a CT cardiac three-dimensional model, comprises:
and acquiring heart CT cameras with different angles, and performing three-dimensional reconstruction on the heart CT cameras with different angles to obtain the CT heart three-dimensional model.
7. The method of cardiac intervention as set forth in claim 1 wherein the generating device emitting low frequency ultrasound waves controls the interventional catheter to approach the targeted therapy location while performing the targeted therapy, the targeted therapy location being highlighted in the three-dimensional model.
8. A system for cardiac interventional procedures, the system comprising: the system comprises a three-dimensional model construction module, a real-time position determination module, a distance determination module and a targeting therapy module;
the three-dimensional model construction module is used for acquiring a two-dimensional heart ultrasonic image by utilizing the radiation high-frequency ultrasonic waves of the heart cavity and constructing a three-dimensional model of the heart according to the two-dimensional ultrasonic image;
the real-time position determining module is used for determining the real-time position of the generating device for emitting the high-frequency ultrasonic waves in the heart;
the distance determining module is used for obtaining the distance between the position of the heart to be treated and the generating equipment for emitting the low-frequency ultrasonic waves;
the targeting therapy module is used for controlling the generating equipment for emitting the low-frequency ultrasonic waves to carry out targeting therapy according to the three-dimensional model, the real-time position and the distance.
9. A device for cardiac interventional procedures, the device comprising: the device comprises a memory and a processor, wherein the processor and the memory are communicated with each other through a bus; the memory stores program instructions executable by the processor, the processor invoking the program instructions to perform the method of any of claims 1-7.
10. A storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the method according to any of claims 1 to 7.
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