JP2014018336A - Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and method for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and a control method for an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, capable of easily acquiring the progress status of a diagnostic object region such as the growth situation of a fetus.SOLUTION: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 has a function of displaying a body mark typically showing a subject and a diagnostic object region of the interior of the subject. The apparatus includes a controller 4 for editing at least one of the size, location and direction of the body mark in the diagnostic object region for the body mark of the subject, and displaying the body mark of the diagnostic object region edited in the current diagnosis and a body mark in a diagnostic object region edited in the past diagnosis in a superposition on the body mark of the subject.

Description

  The present invention relates to an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and a method for controlling the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus.

  An ultrasound diagnostic device is connected to an ultrasound probe, and transmits and receives ultrasound to and from the subject via the ultrasound probe, thereby imaging the diagnostic target part inside the subject as an ultrasound image. To do. Diagnosis using this ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus has no problem of exposure unlike diagnosis using X-rays, and can be performed safely and simply, so it is heavily used for pregnant woman screening.

  In a pregnant woman examination, a doctor or the like explains the growth status of a fetus while referring to an ultrasound image for the pregnant woman or the like. Interpretation of ultrasound images requires a high level of expertise, so that doctors can explain the diagnosis results to pregnant women in an easy-to-understand manner. There has been proposed an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus capable of displaying a body mark schematically showing (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 7-116159 A

  However, since the conventional configuration only displays the fetal morphology information for the pregnant woman at the time of diagnosis, the fetal morphology information at the time of past diagnosis cannot be grasped, and the progress of fetal development The situation was difficult to understand.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-described conventional problems, and to provide an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and a method for controlling the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that can easily grasp the progress of fetal development.

  In order to achieve this object, the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present invention is an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus having a function of displaying a body mark that schematically shows a subject and a diagnostic target part inside the subject. A diagnosis in which at least one of the size, position, and orientation of the body mark of the diagnosis target portion with respect to the body mark of the subject is edited and edited on the body mark of the subject by the current diagnosis The configuration includes a controller that superimposes and displays the body mark of the target part and the body mark of the diagnosis target part edited in the past diagnosis.

  The method for controlling an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention is a method for controlling an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus having a function of displaying a body mark that schematically shows a subject and a diagnostic target part inside the subject. A process A for editing at least one of the size, position, and orientation of the body mark of the diagnosis target portion with respect to the body mark of the subject, and an editing process with the current diagnosis on the body mark of the subject A process B in which the body mark of the diagnosis target part and the body mark of the diagnosis target part edited in the past diagnosis are superimposed and displayed.

According to the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and the method for controlling the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present invention, the above-described configuration makes it possible to easily grasp the progress of fetal development. As a result, even a pregnant woman or the like can easily understand the growth status of the fetus.

1 is a block diagram of an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. Operation flow chart of ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention The figure which shows an example of the initialization body mark in Embodiment 1 of this invention The figure which shows an example which superimposed and displayed the fetus body mark on the pregnant woman body mark in Embodiment 1 of this invention The figure which shows an example of the edited fetus body mark in Embodiment 1 of this invention The figure which shows an example of the log | history body mark in Embodiment 1 of this invention The figure which shows an example of the edited fetus body mark in Embodiment 1 of this invention

  Hereinafter, the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and the control method of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

  An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 is connected to an ultrasonic probe 2 and a display 3.

  The ultrasonic probe 2 has a plurality of transducers (not shown), transmits ultrasonic waves to the subject through the transducers, receives the reflected ultrasonic waves, and converts them into electric signals.

The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 includes a controller 4 and an operation unit 5.
The operation unit 5 includes, for example, a keyboard, a trackball, a plurality of knob buttons, and the like, and can perform various settings for inputting a patient ID and patient information and acquiring an ultrasound image. It is also possible to perform selection and display setting of a body mark, which will be described later.

  The controller 4 includes a transmission / reception unit 6, an image processing unit 7, a display processing unit 8, an initial setting body mark recording unit 9, a diagnostic information recording unit 10, a body mark selection unit 11, and a control unit 12.

  The transmission / reception unit 6 is connected to the ultrasonic probe 2 and supplies drive pulses at a predetermined timing to a plurality of transducers in order to transmit ultrasonic waves from the ultrasonic probe 2. The transmission / reception unit 6 receives a reflected ultrasonic wave by the ultrasonic probe 2 and receives a converted electric signal. The transmission / reception unit 6 is generally used for constructing an ultrasonic image such as amplification and detection of the electric signal. A reception signal is generated by performing reception processing.

  The image processing unit 7 performs generation processing of ultrasonic image data based on the reception signal from the transmission / reception unit 6.

  The display processing unit 8 performs display processing of the ultrasonic image generated by the image processing unit 7. Further, a display process is performed by superimposing a body mark of a diagnosis target part in a current diagnosis and a body mark of a diagnosis target part in a past diagnosis on a body mark of a subject to be described later. Further, at least one of the size, position, and orientation of the body mark of the diagnosis target part with respect to the body mark of the subject is edited. Then, a composite image is constructed by combining the ultrasonic image and these body marks, and the display 3 displays the composite image.

The initial setting body mark recording unit 9 stores in advance, for example, a body mark (hereinafter, referred to as an initial setting body mark) representing a fetal shape as a diagnosis target region and a pregnant woman's abdominal shape as a subject.

  The diagnostic information recording unit 10 stores diagnostic information such as an ultrasonic image at the time of diagnosis, a recorded body mark (hereinafter referred to as a history body mark), and patient information in association with a patient ID.

  The body mark selection unit 11 selects the body mark set by the operation unit 5 from the initial setting body mark recording unit 9 and outputs it to the display processing unit 8. Further, the past history body mark of the patient is read from the diagnostic information recording unit 10 based on the patient ID input by the operation unit 5.

  In the first embodiment, the configuration in which the initial setting body mark recording unit 9 and the diagnostic information recording unit 10 are built in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 is shown. However, for example, it is independent of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1. It may be configured by a recording unit and connected to the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 as necessary. The initial setting body mark recording unit 9 and the diagnostic information recording unit 10 are recorded on a server independent of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 and exchange data with the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 via a network. May be.

  The control unit 12 controls each block in the controller 5 based on the input from the operation unit 5.

  The control method of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 1 having the above configuration will be described using the flowchart of FIG. 2 based on the operation of the operator. Here, an explanation will be given by taking a pregnant woman examination as an example.

  In step 1 (S01), an operator such as a doctor operates the operation unit 5 to input a patient ID.

  Next, in step 2 (S02), based on the inputted patient ID, it is verified whether or not past diagnostic information of the patient ID is recorded in the diagnostic information recording unit 10. Then, if past diagnostic information is not recorded in the diagnostic information recording unit 10, go to Step 3 (S03) ("NO" in FIG. 2), and if recorded, go to Step 4 (S04) (" YES ”) In the following description, the case of moving to step 3 (S03) and the case of moving to step 4 (S04) will be described separately.

  When the process proceeds to step 3 (S03), since there is no past diagnosis information of the patient ID, for example, a situation in which a new patient is diagnosed is assumed.

  In step 3 (S03), the operator inputs patient information via the operation unit 5, and the process proceeds to step 5 (S05).

  In step 5 (S05), the operator acquires an ultrasonic image. The operator drives the transmitter / receiver 6 (that is, a state in which ultrasound can be transmitted / received from the ultrasound probe 2), and places the ultrasound probe 2 on the abdominal skin surface of the patient. Ultrasonic wave transmission processing is performed in the contact state. Further, the transmission / reception unit 6 performs reception processing for generating a reception signal by performing reception processing necessary for constructing an ultrasonic image, such as amplification and detection of an electric signal received by the ultrasonic probe 2. Then, the image processing unit 7 constructs ultrasonic image data based on the received signal, and displays the ultrasonic image on the display device via the display processing unit 8. That is, Step 5 (S05) is the same as the diagnosis using a general ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus.

  Next, in step 6 (S06), based on the fetal ultrasound image displayed on the display 3, the operator performs a general fetal examination such as the size of the fetus.

Subsequently, in step 7 (S07), the operator selects a desired body mark from the initial setting body mark stored in the initial setting body mark recording unit 9 via the operation unit 5. In the maternal examination, as shown in FIG. 3, as an initial setting body mark, a body mark (hereinafter referred to as a fetal body mark 21) of a fetus and a body mark (hereinafter referred to as a pregnant body mark 22) indicating the whole abdomen of the pregnant woman. Select).

  Next, in step 8 (S08), as shown in FIG. 4, the display processing unit 8 causes the fetal body mark 21 to be superimposed on the pregnant woman body mark 22 selected in step 7 (S07) and displayed on the display 3.

  After that, in step 9 (S09), the operator sends a pregnant woman via the operation unit 5 based on the fetal information such as the size of the fetus examined in step 6 (S06) and the patient information input in step 3 (S03). The fetal body mark 21 is enlarged, reduced, rotated, and moved as shown in FIG. 5 in consideration of the size, position, and orientation of the fetus with respect to the size of the fetus, and the initial setting body mark is edited. Then, the edited body mark is displayed on the display 3 together with the ultrasonic image.

  Finally, in step 10 (S10), after the diagnosis is completed, the diagnosis information recording unit 10 stores the edited initial setting body mark as a history body mark together with the patient ID, patient information, and current diagnosis information. Become.

  On the other hand, when the process proceeds to step 4 (S04), patients who have been diagnosed twice or more are targeted.

  In step 4 (S04), the display processing unit 8 causes the display 3 to display the history body mark based on the past diagnostic information stored in the diagnostic information recording unit 10. When there are a plurality of history body marks of the same patient in the diagnostic information recording unit 10 (that is, three or more diagnoses are performed), the fetus in the first diagnosis as shown in FIG. The body mark 23 and the fetal body mark 24 in the second diagnosis may be superimposed and displayed, or only a desired fetal body mark may be selected and displayed.

  Then, Step 5 (S05) to Step 7 (S07) go through the same steps as described above. In Step 8 (S08), the history body mark taken out from the diagnostic information recording unit 10 is selected in Step 7 (S07). The fetal body mark (fetal body mark 25 in the current diagnosis) is displayed in a superimposed manner.

  Subsequently, in step 9 (S09), based on the fetal information such as the size of the fetus examined in step 6 (S06) and the patient information input in step 3 (S03), as shown in FIG. In consideration of the size, position, and orientation of the fetus, the fetal body mark 25 is enlarged, reduced, rotated, moved, the default body mark is edited, and displayed on the display 3 together with the ultrasonic image.

  Finally, in step 10 (S10), after the diagnosis is completed, the diagnosis information recording unit 10 stores the edited initial setting body mark as a history body mark together with the patient ID, patient information, and current diagnosis information. become.

  The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus having the above-described configuration and the control method of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus include the size, position, and orientation of the diagnostic object with respect to the current subject, and the size, position, and orientation of the diagnostic object with respect to the past subject. Can be displayed superimposed on the subject, so that even a patient who has a high degree of progress in the diagnosis and does not have high expertise can easily understand.

  In addition, when displaying a plurality of fetal body marks in a superimposed manner, for example, by displaying the body marks for each number of diagnoses by distinguishing them by color or displaying them transparently, the fetal body in the current diagnosis is displayed. Even in the case where the mark and the fetal body mark in the past diagnosis overlap each other, the operator and the patient can easily understand.

  In addition, the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus may have a report function for printing a diagnostic result including an ultrasonic image on a paper medium. For example, in a pregnancy test, in addition to an ultrasonic image, a superimposition is added to this report. If the displayed body mark is printed together, the configuration is easier to understand.

  According to the control method of the ultrasonic cutting apparatus and the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present invention, the above-described configuration makes it possible to easily grasp the progress of the diagnosis target, and in particular, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus used for pregnant woman screening. Useful as.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 2 Ultrasonic probe 3 Display 4 Controller 5 Operation part 6 Transmission / reception part 7 Image processing part 8 Display processing part 9 Initial setting body mark recording part 10 Diagnostic information recording part 11 Body mark selection part 12 Control Part 21 Fetal body mark 22 Pregnant woman body mark 23 Fetal body mark in the first diagnosis 24 Fetal body mark in the second diagnosis 25 Fetal body mark in the current diagnosis

Claims (9)

An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus having a function of displaying a body mark schematically showing a subject and a diagnostic target part inside the subject,
Editing at least one of the size, position, and orientation of the body mark of the diagnostic target part relative to the body mark of the subject;
A super provided with a controller that superimposes and displays the body mark of the diagnosis target part edited by the current diagnosis and the body mark of the diagnosis target part edited by the past diagnosis on the body mark of the subject. Ultrasonic diagnostic equipment.   2. The controller according to claim 1, wherein the controller can perform a display process by superimposing a body mark of a diagnosis target part edited by the current diagnosis and a body mark of a diagnosis target part edited by the past diagnosis. Ultrasonic diagnostic equipment.   The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an operation unit configured to perform various settings of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, wherein the controller performs the editing process according to an input of the operation unit.   4. The super controller according to claim 1, wherein the controller stores body marks of the subject and the diagnosis target part, and performs the editing process on the stored body marks. 5. Ultrasonic diagnostic equipment.   The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the controller stores a body mark of the diagnosis target part subjected to the editing process in association with a patient ID.   The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the controller reads out the body mark of the diagnosis target part that has been edited in the past diagnosis of the stored patient based on the patient ID input by the operation unit. .   The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller displays the edited body mark together with the generated ultrasound image.   The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is configured to be connectable to a display and outputs an output of display processing from the controller to the display. . A method for controlling an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus having a function of displaying a body mark schematically showing a subject and a diagnostic target part inside the subject,
A process A for editing at least one of a size, a position, and an orientation of a body mark of the diagnosis target portion with respect to a body mark of the subject;
An ultrasonic wave including a process B in which a body mark of a diagnosis target part edited by a current diagnosis and a body mark of a diagnosis target part edited by a past diagnosis are superimposed and displayed on the body mark of the subject; Diagnostic device control method.