JP4475457B2 - 膠原線維割合測定装置 - Google Patents
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この方法によると、たとえば動脈血管の壁内層間あるいは壁上に置いた複数の測定点の微小速度を超音波ドプラ法により求め、それら各定点での微小速度を時間積分することにより各測定点の時間的な位置変化を算出する。各測定点の時間的な位置変化から層の厚み変化が分かるので、層の弾性率が求まり、これから破れやすさを推測することができる。
実際には、第1図に示すように、超音波ビーム91上の動脈壁内測定点を(i)、その次の深さに設定した測定点を(i+1)に設定し、それぞれの測定点について微小振動速度Vi(t)とVi+1(t)とを求め、それらの微小振動速度の差を時間積分することで、動脈壁内の測定点(i)と(i+1)に挟まれる層の厚み変化Δh(t)を求める。
なお、92はプラークである。
血管内膜面から外膜側への厚さhdn各層毎の厚さ変化(Δhn)から、血管壁粥腫内各微小部分(n)ごとの弾性値(En)を、次式により求める。
En=0.5(rd/hd+1)ΔP/(Δhn/hdn)
この位相差トラッキング法により、超音波ビーム上で約0.075mm毎の血管壁内の深さ方向での層別弾性値が計測できるようになり、弾性値に基づく断層像を表示することが可能となる。
図2において、x軸は弾性率を表し、y軸は頻度(弾性率を計測した全領域の面積に対する、各棒グラフの範囲の弾性率が占める面積の割合)を示す。線維組織の弾性率分布は既知なので、図2の弾性率分布の平均値±標準偏差の範囲を線維組織として、in vivo計測された弾性率断層像から線維組織に対応する部位を特定することができる。
図3(c)に表れた他の領域についても同様に膠原線維の比率、弾性率の平均値と標準偏差を算出した。
図5(a)は、ヒト頸動脈において計測した弾性率断層像である。弾性率断層像中で、図2に示す線維組織の弾性率分布の平均値±標準偏差に該当する領域を抽出し、青色で表示した結果を図5(b)に示す。
図5(b)において抽出した領域に関して、図4に示した膠原線維の比率と弾性率の定量的な相関関係から、膠原線維割合を算出してカラーコーディングした結果を図5(c)に示す。
図6に示される測定器は、人体の所定の部分に接触し、超音波測定を行うための超音波発信端子1を具備している。超音波発信端子1はCPU3に超音波測定データを転送する。CPU3は、位相差トラッキング法その他適宜な方法を用いて、例えば、特許文献1に開示された方法により、超音波測定データから測定対象部位の微小領域毎に弾性率に変換する弾性率変換手段5と、変換された弾性率から微小領域のうち線維組織部分を特定する特定手段7とを含む。
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- 超音波発信端子により計測された超音波データから、測定対象部位の微小領域毎に弾性率を求める弾性率測定手段と、
前記弾性率測定手段によって測定された弾性率から線維組織にかかる第一の微小領域を特定する線維組織特定手段と、
回帰直線を推定して算出した、生体組織中の膠原線維の既知の比率と前記弾性率測定手段によって測定された弾性率との定量的な相関関係を格納した膠原線維割合データベースと、
前記膠原線維割合データベースの前記定量的な相関関係に基づき、前記線維組織特定手段によって特定された第一の微小領域の膠原線維割合を定量的に算出する膠原線維割合算出手段と、
を含む膠原線維割合測定装置。
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