WO2004028372A1 - 超音波診断装置及び超音波診断装置の表示体の移動制御方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and a method for controlling the movement of a display body of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, and more particularly to an improvement in the movement control of a display body representing a measurement site such as a Dobler sample gate and a region of interest on an ultrasonic image.
- a measurement site such as a Dobler sample gate and a region of interest on an ultrasonic image.
- the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus uses, for example, a blood tomographic image (B image) of a diagnostic site as described in Japanese Patent No. 3403991.
- a force Raffle mapping image representing the state of the blood flow such as the flow state and the direction of the blood flow is superimposed and displayed.
- This color flow mapping image is generated for the Doppler color box (region of interest) set on the B image.
- a Doppler sample gate (display mark) is superimposed on the blood vessel of the color flow mapping image displayed in the Doppler color box, and is displayed based on the reflected echo signal in the region sandwiched by the Doppler sample gates.
- the blood flow velocity and the like are measured.
- the Doppler sample gate and the Doppler color box are set by moving the display position on the screen using a pointing device such as a track pole.
- the tomographic image and the color flow mapping image obtained by the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus are obtained by radially scanning the ultrasonic beam emitted from the probe.
- the image has a center angle of 30 ° to 120 °).
- the track pole associates, for example, the vertical movement amount of the display image with the depth direction of the ultrasonic beam line, and associates the horizontal movement amount with the ultrasonic beam scanning direction.
- the central angle of the sector has become wider (for example, 180 °).
- an ultrasound probe probe
- a transducer provided around the entire circumference of a cylinder
- a transducer provided around the entire circumference of a cylinder
- a transducer provided around the entire circumference of a cylinder
- a transducer provided around the entire circumference of a cylinder
- a transducer provided around the entire circumference of a cylinder
- a transducer provided around the entire circumference of a cylinder
- a transducer provided around the entire circumference of a cylinder
- an ultrasound probe In some cases, a circular ultrasonic image viewed from inside a body cavity may be obtained by irradiating the ultrasonic beam in all directions around the center.
- the problem of operability related to the setting of the position of the display mark is not limited to the Doppler sampling gate, but also applies to the case where a region of interest such as a color box related to color flow mapping is moved.
- An object of the present invention is to improve operability related to a moving operation of a display body for specifying a measurement site or the like. Disclosure of the invention
- An object of the present invention is to provide an ultrasonic image generating unit that generates an ultrasonic image based on a reflected echo signal obtained by radially scanning an ultrasonic beam irradiating an object and a display range.
- a monitor screen for displaying the generated ultrasonic image; a display object image generating unit for generating an image of a display object to be superimposed on the ultrasonic image; and a display screen for displaying the ultrasonic image on the monitor screen.
- Calculating means for calculating a second display position of the display body based on the display means, and means for moving the display body from the first display position to the second display position obtained by the calculation means.
- the second display position of the display is obtained and displayed based on the amount of movement from the first display position to the second display position of the display input from the input unit. Since the display position is moved, if the vertical and horizontal directions of the monitor screen and the vertical and horizontal directions of the input unit are the same, regardless of the position in the display area, the display object can be used for input unit operation. On the other hand, they can be moved in substantially the same direction on the screen. In other words, even if the input unit is operated in the same direction as the movement direction on the image, the movement direction does not change depending on the position of the display, so that it is possible to reduce the uncomfortable feeling of the operator and improve the operability. it can.
- the arithmetic means and the like have a storage unit for storing the first (current) display position of the display body based on the ultrasonic beam line position and the depth on the ultrasonic beam line. It is preferable to obtain the display position 2 '(after the movement) from the ultrasonic beam line position and the depth on the beam line.
- the moving amount input from the input unit is decomposed into a component in the ultrasonic beam line direction of the ultrasonic image and a component orthogonal to the component by an arithmetic unit.
- the sound beam line is determined, and the depth position in the moved ultrasonic beam line is determined based on the component in the direction of the ultrasonic beam line.
- the arithmetic means determines the display position after the movement of the display body based on a predetermined coordinate conversion rule, and the coordinate conversion rule is such that a center angle of a sector or a circle of an ultrasonic image is set to a predetermined value.
- the coordinate conversion rule includes the first coordinate conversion rule applied when the center angle of the sector of the ultrasonic image is equal to or less than a set value (for example, 120 °), and the sector or the ultrasonic image.
- the second coordinate conversion rule is applied when the center angle of the circle exceeds a set value (for example, 120 °).
- the first coordinate conversion rule associates one axis direction of the movement amount input from the input unit with the depth in the ultrasonic beam line direction, and associates the other axis direction with a direction orthogonal to the ultrasonic beam line direction. Can be opened.
- the second coordinate conversion rule is to decompose the movement amount input from the input unit into a component in the ultrasonic beam line direction and a component orthogonal thereto, and based on the orthogonal component, The ultrasonic beam line can be determined and the depth position in the moved ultrasonic beam line can be determined based on the component in the ultrasonic beam line direction.
- the display of the present invention can be applied to, for example, a Doppler sample gate, a Doppler force box, or a mark or mark indicating the position of an M-mode sample gate.
- the ultrasonic image generation unit A color flow mapping image representing the state of the generated blood flow is displayed.
- the present invention can be applied to a point or a frame that specifies a boundary line or a boundary that defines a range of a Dobler color box or a B-mode imaging range. That is, in the case of a frame, for example, by moving one of the boundary lines or the vertices constituting the frame, the range of the Doppler color box or the B-mode imaging range can be changed, enlarged, or reduced.
- the input unit may be, for example, a track pole, a mouse, a pressure-sensitive pad, an electrostatic pad, a joystick, a directional key of a keyboard, or the like. Is good enough.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus to which the present invention is applied.
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a method of moving the Doppler sample gate using the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of FIG.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a track pole operation and a screen display in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of FIG. 1, and a method of obtaining a line address and a depth after input.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen when a destination is determined when the destination is a non-displayable area.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the processing of the present invention when the depth of the point P ′ after the movement is equal to or less than the minimum depth positioned in the non-displayable area.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the processing of the present invention when the depth of the point P ′ after the movement exceeds the maximum depth located in the non-displayable area.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the processing of the present invention when there is an undisplayable area depending on the screen specifications.
- FIG. 8 is an example of a screen display when the moving operation of the Doppler color box is performed in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus to which the present invention is applied.
- BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION an embodiment of an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus to which the present invention is applied will be described.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus transmits and receives an ultrasonic signal between a probe 1 having a plurality of transducers and a subject (not shown) via the probe 1.
- a signal processing unit 5 that processes a received signal (reflected echo signal) received by the transmission / reception unit 3 to generate an ultrasonic image to be displayed in a predetermined display range, and an output from the signal processing unit 5.
- a digital scan converter (DSC) 7 that scan-converts a signal to generate an ultrasonic image, and a display unit 9 having a monitor screen that displays the ultrasonic image output from the DSC 7. I have.
- the signal processing unit 5 includes a B-mode processing unit 11, a Doppler processing unit 13, and an M-mode processing unit 15 to which the received signals output from the transmission / reception unit 3 are input. Further, the signal processing unit 5 has a line address depth storage unit 17.
- the line address depth storage unit 17 associates the position or range of the display object displayed superimposed on the ultrasonic image with the line address, which is information on the transmission / reception direction of the ultrasonic beam, and the depth on the line address.
- the display means for example, the Doppler sample gate in the Doppler mode execution unit, the Doppler color box, the position of the sample gate in the M mode, the range of the Doppler color box, and the scanning object in the B mode.
- the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus has a control unit 19 including a CPU and an operation console 21 connected to the control unit 19.
- the console 21 has a track pole 23 as input means for moving and operating the display position of the display.
- the track pole 23 extracts the movement of the pole rotated by the operator as an input signal or a moving amount corresponding to each of two orthogonal axes.
- the signal processing unit 5 calculates a display position of the display body after the movement based on the movement amount signal input from the track pole 23 via the console 21 and the control unit 19. With 5.
- a line address processing unit 27 that sets the line address of the moved display according to the display position of the moved display output from the arithmetic unit 25 and a depth of the moved display that is set
- a depth setting processing section 29 is provided.
- an image of a display such as a Doppler sample gate is generated according to the line address and the depth output from the line address processing unit 27 and the depth setting processing unit 29, and is superimposed on the ultrasonic image output from the DSC 7.
- Display body output section 30 to be displayed is provided
- the transmission / reception unit 3 generates an ultrasonic transmission signal and supplies it to a plurality of transducers (not shown) of the probe 1.
- the probe 1 is configured by arranging a plurality of strip-shaped vibrators on the side surface of a cylindrical main body in the circumferential direction, and is capable of electronically scanning a body cavity such as a cervical esophagus. Probe.
- the ultrasonic transmission signal is composed of a plurality of channels corresponding to the number of transducers corresponding to the aperture selected for transmission from the plurality of transducers.
- Each of the transducers supplied with the transmission signal vibrates to generate an ultrasonic wave, and an ultrasonic beam traveling in the subject in a direction in which the wavefronts of the ultrasonic waves coincide with each other is generated.
- the ultrasonic beam propagates through the subject, and is partially reflected at places where the acoustic impedance changes, such as the surface of an organ, and a part of the reflected ultrasonic echo returns to the probe 1 again.
- the transmitting and receiving unit 3 sequentially transmits and receives ultrasonic waves while shifting the angle of the transmitting direction of the ultrasonic beam little by little (for example, 1 °), and scans the subject 360 ° from inside the body cavity (scan).
- the subject is scanned by, for example, 360 ultrasonic beams per revolution.
- an identification number or identification code called a line address is assigned to each beam position corresponding to the scanning position of the transmitted / received ultrasonic beam.
- the B-mode processing unit 11 of the signal processing unit 5 performs brightness-modulated B-mode image decoding based on the reflected echo signal at a pixel position set in accordance with the line address and depth of the reflected echo signal. Generate The depth is determined based on the round-trip propagation time of the ultrasonic signal, that is, the time interval between transmission and reception. Then, the B-mode image data output by the B-mode processing unit 11 is input to the DSC 7, where it is scanned and converted and displayed on the monitor screen of the display unit 9 as a B-mode image.
- the B-mode image displayed on the display unit 9 corresponds to the inside of the surface of the probe 1
- An annular tomographic image is sandwiched between the non-displayable area and the outer non-displayable area determined according to the repetition frequency (PRF) of the ultrasonic pulse transmitted from the probe 1.
- PRF repetition frequency
- the Doppler color box displayed on the B-mode image on the monitor screen displays the blood flow state such as blood flow dynamics and blood flow direction.
- a color flow mapping image of Japanese Patent No. 3403917 is displayed.
- a Doppler sample gate is superimposed on this color flow mapping image and displayed.
- the Doppler sample gate is moved to set a measurement site (position or area) and measurement is performed.
- the measured Doppler mode measurement information is displayed on a monitor screen as a Doppler image in an appropriate form.
- the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present embodiment is characterized by a method for setting the position or region of the Doppler sample gate.
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the Doppler sample gate moving operation.
- the control unit 19 determines whether or not there is an input of the movement amount from the track pole 23. If there is an input, the process proceeds to step S02 for calculating the display position of the display body after the movement. On the other hand, if there is no input, the processing ends.
- the calculation unit 25 fetches the line address and the depth related to the position of the Doppler sample gate before the movement stored in the line address depth storage unit 17, and based on the movement amount a from the track pole 23. Then, the line address and depth of the destination of the Doppler sample gate are obtained by calculation.
- Figure 3 shows an example of track pole operation and screen display, and a method for determining the line address and depth of the Doppler sample gate after movement.
- the Doppler sample gate is composed of a pair of opposing linear bodies as shown.
- the image of the Doppler sample gate is generated by the display output unit 30 which is a display image generation unit, and a pair of linear bodies is displayed so as to be orthogonal to the ultrasonic beam line.
- the display output unit 30 which is a display image generation unit
- a pair of linear bodies is displayed so as to be orthogonal to the ultrasonic beam line.
- the calculation unit 25 has a coordinate conversion rule for converting the input vector a into a movement amount on the monitor screen.
- This coordinate conversion rule first converts to a vector a '(-ka) by multiplying by the coefficient k. I do.
- the vector a ' is represented by (dx, dy)' in the X-Y orthogonal target system, and is a composite of the X-direction component (dx, 0) and the Y-direction component (0, dy). It is.
- P ' be the end point of vector a' when P is the starting point.
- D be the distance from the center point O of the sector of the ultrasonic image 31 to the point P.
- the angle between the vertical line passing through the center point O and the beam line including the straight line OP is defined as ⁇ .
- the information relating to D and ⁇ is stored in the line address depth storage unit 17 as information relating to the depth and the line address, respectively.
- the angle a formed between the beam line including the straight line OP and the vector PP ′ is expressed by Expression 2.
- the distance 1 between PP ' is expressed by Equation 3.
- the angle 0 between the beam line or the straight line ⁇ P where the point P before the movement is located and the beam line where the point P ′ of the movement is to be located is expressed by Expression 4.
- Equation 5 the amount of change d in the depth of the point P 'at the destination with respect to the depth of the point P before the movement is expressed by Equation 5.
- the calculation unit 25 determines the line address of the beam line where the point P 'after the movement should be located based on the angle 0 in Equation 4. For example, in the case of the present embodiment, since each beam line is set at, for example, 1 ° intervals, if 0 is, for example, 2 °, the beam line at a position shifted by two from the original beam line To the point after the move A line address is obtained as a beam line where P 'should be located.
- the calculation unit 25 obtains the depth change amount d in Expression 5, and obtains the depth of the point P ′ after the movement based on this. That is, the value obtained by subtracting d from the depth D of the point P before the movement is defined as the depth of the point P 'after the movement.
- the vector a ′ and the angle 0 are shown larger for the sake of simplicity, so that the position of the point P ′ deviates from the beam line that forms an angle 0 with OP.
- both the vector a 'and the angle S are very small, and the error that the position of the point P' deviates from the beam line forming an angle of 0 with OP can be ignored. It will be.
- step S03 the calculation unit 25 determines whether or not the beam line related to the line address obtained in step S02 can be displayed. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, when an area having a central angle of 300 ° of a sector is scanned by an ultrasonic beam, a non-displayable area 35 of a central angle of 60 ° appears. In this case, the line address where the point P ′ after the movement obtained in step S02 should be located may be included in the non-displayable area 35. In this case, the process proceeds to step S 04, and otherwise, the process proceeds to step S 05.
- step SO4 the arithmetic unit 25 assigns the line address of the beamline closest to the beamline corresponding to the line address obtained in step S02 among the beamlines included in the display area 37 shown in FIG.
- the address is set in place of the line address obtained in step S 02, and the process proceeds to step S 07.
- the destination point P ′ moves along the outer green part 39 of the displayable area 37.
- the calculation unit 25 determines whether or not the position of the depth obtained in step SO2 is included in the display area. That is, as shown in FIG.
- the depth is too small, and the display becomes an undisplayable area inside the inner circle 41 of the annular B-mode image corresponding to the outer peripheral surface of the probe 1, or As shown in Fig. 6, the depth is too large, for example, an undisplayable area outside the circle 43 outside the display area of the annular B-mode image, which is the maximum imaging range predetermined according to the PRF. Judge. If the depth becomes an undisplayable area, go to step S06, and In this case, the process proceeds to step S07.
- step SO6 if the depth is too small, as shown in FIG. 5, the computing unit 25 sets the minimum displayable depth in place of the depth obtained in step S02, and Go to 7. As a result, on the screen, the moved point P ′ moves along the circle 41 having the minimum displayable depth.
- the calculation unit 25 sets the maximum displayable depth instead of the depth obtained in step S02, and proceeds to step S07. move on. As a result, on the screen, the moved point P 'moves along the circle 43 of the maximum displayable depth.
- step SO7 the arithmetic unit 25 calculates the line address and the depth of the point P ′ after the movement obtained in steps SO2, SO4, and SO6 by using the line address processing unit 27 and the depth setting processing unit 29. Respectively.
- the line address and the depth are input to the Doppler processing unit 13 and set as the position of the Doppler sample gate after the movement.
- a mark for displaying the Doppler sample gate is generated by the display unit output unit 30, and this mark is superimposed on the B-mode image and displayed on the display unit 9. Further, these line addresses and depths are input to the line address depth storage unit 17 and are replaced with the line addresses and depths held until then.
- the position of the Doppler sample gate which is a display
- the calculation unit 25 calculates the movement amount input from the trackport 23 as a component in the ultrasound beamline direction of the ultrasound image and a component orthogonal to the component.
- the moved ultrasonic beam line is obtained, and based on the decomposed ultrasonic beam line direction components, the depth position in the moved ultrasonic beam line is obtained,
- the display position of the Dobler sample gate after moving is changed.
- the Doppler sample gate moves along the outer green area of the display area, so that the Doppler sample gate disappears from the screen.
- the operator does not lose sight of it and the operability is further improved.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the screen display and the operation of the track pole when there are restrictions based on such screen specifications. As shown in Fig.
- step S 02 when there is a range that cannot be displayed due to the restriction of the display range due to the screen size, the combination of the depth or line address related to such range is input to the input amount output position calculation unit, If the moved point P ′ obtained in step S 02 is included in this range, the point may be changed to a line address and depth closest to the point and in a displayable range. According to this, even if an instruction to put the Doppler sample gate in the non-display area is input by mistake, the Doppler sample gate does not disappear from the screen and stays in the green area outside the displayable range. Loss of visibility can be prevented, and operability can be further improved.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the operation of the track pole and the screen display when moving the Doppler collar box in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus to which the present invention is applied.
- the Doppler color box specifies a partial range of the B-mode image, and converts the color flow mapping image, which is a color Doppler image that displays the blood flow velocity and the like obtained by the Doppler mode, within this specified range, into the B-mode. This refers to the specified range when superimposed and displayed.
- the definition of the Doppler color box is usually performed by specifying the upper and lower limits of the depth and the range of the line address.
- the shape of the Doppler color box becomes a fan shape as shown in Fig.7. Then, for example, the beam address and depth related to the center point R of the Doppler color box are targeted.
- the Doppler color box can be moved. Further, an M-mode sample gate may be set by a similar method.
- the present invention can be applied to not only the above-described position setting but also, for example, changing, enlarging or reducing a range such as a Doppler color box or a B-mode imaging range.
- a range such as a Doppler color box or a B-mode imaging range.
- the boundary line of the Doppler color box or the outer green part of the B-mode imaging range or a point representing the boundary, for example, a point on the boundary line or a corner point of the range is used as a display body, and this is described above using a track pole or the like.
- the range can be changed, enlarged or reduced by moving it like a Doppler sample gate.
- a method of controlling the movement of the display body according to a coordinate conversion rule suitable for a wide-angle fan-shaped or circular ultrasonic image has been described.
- the present invention is not limited to this. It can be modified as described.
- the method of controlling the movement of the display body in accordance with the conventional coordinate conversion rule is used. Therefore, when the center angle of the sector of the ultrasonic image is less than the set value (for example, 120 °), the conventional coordinate conversion rule (first coordinate conversion rule) is applied, and the center angle of the sector is set.
- the coordinate conversion rule (second coordinate conversion rule) of the present invention can be applied.
- the first and second coordinate conversion rules are set in the calculation unit 25 of FIG. 1, and the calculation unit 25 sets the center angle of the sector of the ultrasonic image given from the control unit 19 to the set value. Then, the first and second coordinate conversion rules are switched and applied. This improves usability.
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