WO2004110280A1 - 超音波診断装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that superimposes and displays a tomographic image and a tissue characteristic image.
- a conventional ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus obtains a structure of a subject as a cross-sectional image by irradiating the subject with ultrasonic waves and converting the intensity of the reflected echo signal into the luminance of a corresponding pixel.
- Example 1 high-precision tracking is performed by determining the instantaneous position of the subject using both the amplitude and phase of the output signal detected from the reflected echo signal.
- There has been proposed a method for capturing the minute vibration see, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-2005-226).
- the method of Conventional Example 1 is further developed to precisely track each large-amplitude displacement motion of the inner and outer surfaces of the blood vessel wall due to heartbeat, and to perform micro-vibration superimposed on the large-amplitude displacement motion.
- a method for determining the local elastic modulus of the blood vessel wall from the difference in motion velocity and a device for superimposing and displaying the spatial distribution of the elastic modulus on a tomographic image has been proposed (see, for example, No. 2,290,778).
- the conventional example 2 described above includes a method of displaying an elasticity image and a tomographic image. None is described about the operation of the device.
- the modulus image is updated only once per heartbeat. In other words, since one heartbeat is about 1 second, the frame rate of the elasticity image is about 1 frame Z seconds.
- tomographic images are generally displayed at 15 to 30 frames per second. Therefore, if the elasticity image is simply superimposed on the tomographic image, there is a problem that the frame rate is so different that it is impossible to know the elasticity portion. Disclosure of the invention
- the present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and has as its object to provide a method for obtaining a tomographic image and an elasticity image having a well-defined time phase and a positional relationship when ultrasonic transmission and reception are stopped, that is, in a cine mode.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an excellent ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus capable of easily and in detail observing the relationship between the structure and characteristics of a subject tissue by enabling the superimposed display of the tissue characteristic image.
- an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: an ultrasonic transmission / reception unit configured to transmit / receive an ultrasonic wave to / from a subject; and a tomographic image for generating a tomographic image representing a structure of the subject from a received signal.
- a processing unit a tissue characteristic processing unit that analyzes a received signal to create a tissue characteristic image representing the physical characteristics of the tissue of the subject, and a storage unit that stores the tomographic image and the tissue characteristic image (tomographic image memory, An image synthesizing unit that synthesizes at least a tomographic image and a tissue characteristic image, a display unit that displays at least a tomographic image and a tissue characteristic image, and an ultrasonic transmission / reception operation (in a live mode).
- the tomographic image is updated at an arbitrary cycle, displayed on the display means and stored in the storage means, and the tissue characteristic image is updated at a different cycle from the tomographic image and displayed on the display means.
- ultrasonic transmission / reception is stopped (cine mode
- a configuration is provided which includes an arbitrary tissue characteristic image acquired in the past and a tomographic image synchronized with the tissue characteristic image from the storage means and displays the same on the display means.
- a tomographic image is obtained in real time, so that a probe operation such as positioning and various setting operations such as a gain can be easily performed. It is possible to obtain tomographic images and tissue characteristic images in which the time phases and positional relationships of the characteristics are adjusted.
- the display means is divided into a first display area and a second display area, at least a tomographic image is displayed in the first display area, and at least a tomographic image is displayed in the second display area.
- the tomographic image on which the tissue characteristic image is superimposed is displayed, and the control means displays the tomographic image in at least the first display area of the display means during the operation of the ultrasonic transmission / reception, and displays the tissue characteristic image in the display means.
- the tissue characteristic image and the tomographic image synchronized with the tissue characteristic image are respectively read from the storage means and displayed in at least the second display area of the display means. Is preferred.
- the part hidden by the tissue characteristic image can be seen at the same time.
- probe operation such as positioning, gain and other operations are performed.
- Various setting operations can be performed more easily, and in the cine mode, a tomographic image and a tissue characteristic image with the same time phase can be obtained at the same time. Can be easily grasped.
- a tomographic image synchronized with the tissue characteristic image be displayed in the second display area during the operation of ultrasonic transmission / reception. As a result, even in the live mode, the positional relationship between the structure and characteristics of the subject tissue is displayed in the second display area. A well-evaluated tomographic image and tissue characteristic image are displayed, so that a diagnosis result can be obtained immediately.
- a tomographic image synchronized with the tissue characteristic image in the first display area it is preferable to display a tomographic image synchronized with the tissue characteristic image in the first display area.
- cine mode a tomographic image and a tissue characteristic image with the same time phase can be obtained at the same time, and the two can be compared to easily understand the relationship between the structure and characteristics of the subject tissue. .
- the second display area includes a tissue characteristic image obtained from a period including a tomographic image displayed in the first display area, and a tomographic image synchronized with the tissue characteristic image. It is preferable to superimpose and display the image. As a result, a tomographic image can be displayed in the first display area in units of one frame, so that dynamic changes in the structure of the subject tissue can be examined in detail during the period used for calculating the tissue characteristics. Can be.
- the image synthesizing unit synthesizes a related waveform including information corresponding to at least one of the tomographic image and the tissue characteristic image with the tomographic image and the tissue characteristic image, and displays a display screen of the display unit. It is preferable that the control means, which is displayed above, highlight the related waveform during a period in which the currently displayed tissue characteristic image is created when the transmission and reception of the ultrasonic wave is stopped. This makes it possible to visually correlate the tissue characteristic image with the electrocardiogram waveform or the heart sound waveform during the period in which the tissue characteristic image was created.
- the tissue property is an elastic modulus.
- an elastic modulus image representing the hardness and softness of the subject tissue which has a positional relationship with the tomographic image representing the structure of the subject tissue, is obtained.
- the tissue characteristic is preferably a strain amount or a strain rate. This makes it possible to satisfactorily represent the characteristic of the subject tissue that is easily deformed, which has a positional relationship with the tomographic image representing the structure of the subject tissue.
- the tissue property is preferably viscosity. As a result, it is possible to satisfactorily represent the characteristic of the stickiness of the subject tissue, which has a positional relationship with the tomographic image representing the structure of the subject tissue.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to each embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a timing chart showing an electrocardiogram or a heart sound waveform, a tomographic image display frame, and an elastic modulus image display frame according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a monitor display screen in the live mode in FIG.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the monitor display screen immediately after the freeze in FIG.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a monitor display screen in the cine mode in FIG.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a monitor display screen according to a modification of the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a monitor display screen in a live mode in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a monitor display screen at the time of cine mode in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a timing chart showing an electrocardiogram or a heart sound waveform, a left sectional image display frame, a right tomographic image display frame, and an elastic modulus image display frame according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 shows an electrocardiogram or an electrocardiogram in a modification of the second embodiment of the present invention.
- 6 is a timing chart showing a shape, a left tomographic image display frame, a right tomographic image display frame, and an elasticity modulus image display frame.
- FIG. 11 is a timing chart showing an electrocardiogram or a heartbeat waveform, a left tomographic image display frame, a right tomographic image display frame, and an elasticity image display frame in another modification of the second embodiment of the present invention. It is.
- FIG. 12 is a timing chart showing an electrocardiogram or an electrocardiogram, a left tomographic image display frame, a right tomographic image display frame, and an elasticity image display frame in another modified example of the second embodiment of the present invention. is there.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the monitor display screen in the cine mode in FIG. 11 or FIG. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
- the tissue characteristic image is described as an elastic modulus image.
- the gist of the present invention is not limited to this, and a tissue strain amount image, a strain rate image, a viscosity image, and the like.
- the present invention can be applied to the tissue characteristic images of all the subject tissues acquired at a different cycle from the tomographic image.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- a control unit 100 as control means controls the operation of the entire ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus. This control includes all control such as setting various parameters of signal processing, transmission / reception timing control, switching of live Z cine mode by pressing the freeze key, mode control, and screen display control.
- the transmission unit 102 receives the instruction from the control unit 100 and sends the probe 101 When driven, the probe 101 converts the transmission drive signal from the transmitter 102 into ultrasonic waves to irradiate the subject, and converts the ultrasonic echo reflected from the inside of the subject into electrical signals. I do.
- the receiving section 103 amplifies the received signal and detects only ultrasonic waves from a predetermined position.
- the tomographic image processing unit 104 includes a bandpass filter, a logarithmic amplifier, a detector, and the like, and images the internal structure of the subject. Tomographic images are usually created in 15 to 30 frames per second.
- the elasticity image processing unit 105 which is the tissue characteristic image processing unit, uses the received signal to determine the subject tissue due to the blood pressure change. Then, the local elastic modulus of the tissue is calculated from the blood pressure difference and the strain amount measured by the blood pressure measurement unit 108, and the image is formed.
- the algorithm disclosed in Conventional Example 2 is used as means for calculating the elastic modulus.
- the movement of the tissue for one heartbeat is tracked to determine the strain of the tissue, and the elastic modulus is calculated from the systolic blood pressure and the diastolic blood pressure during one heartbeat.
- the elasticity image is created once per heartbeat.
- the image synthesizing unit 106 includes a tomographic image generated by the tomographic image processing unit 104, an elasticity image generated by the elasticity image processing unit 105, and an electrocardiogram or heart sound measuring unit 109.
- the electrocardiographic waveform or the heart sound waveform obtained in the step is synthesized and displayed on the monitor 107 as a display means.
- a tomographic image memory 110 and an elasticity image memory 111 serving as storage means store a tomographic image and an elasticity image, respectively, and the waveform memory 112 stores a heart sound waveform or an electrocardiographic waveform. .
- Figure 2 shows a state in which data is updated during the operation of ultrasonic transmission / reception (hereinafter referred to as “live mode”) and the past data when ultrasonic transmission / reception is stopped.
- Timing chart showing the electrocardiographic waveform 204 displayed on the monitor 107, the display frame of the tomographic image 200, and the display frame of the elastic modulus image 201 in the illuminated state (hereinafter referred to as cine mode). It is.
- Fig. 3 shows the display screen of the monitor 107 in the live mode in Fig. 2
- Fig. 4 shows the display screen of the monitor 107 immediately after the freeze key in Fig. 2 is pressed to shift to the cine mode
- 5 shows the display screen of the monitor 107 when the image return operation is performed in the cine mode in FIG.
- the elastic modulus image 201 is superimposed on the tomographic image 200, and the reflection intensity of the tomographic image 200 and the screen are displayed.
- a reflection intensity scale 202 indicating the correspondence with the above luminance
- an elastic modulus scale 203 indicating the correspondence between the elastic modulus and the color tone or luminance on the screen
- an electrocardiogram or a heart sound waveform 204 are displayed.
- the tomographic image 200 and the elastic modulus image 201 in FIGS. 3 to 5 show a long-axis cross section (blood vessel wall 301) of a blood vessel having an atheroma 302.
- the tomographic image 200 is continuously updated every 15 to 30 frame seconds, and the latest image is always displayed.
- the elastic modulus image 201 superimposed and displayed on the tomographic image 200 is created by calculating the elastic modulus from the amount of tissue strain and the blood pressure difference during one heartbeat, and is updated in synchronization with the heartbeat. Then, the elastic modulus image 201 obtained from the heartbeat period one heartbeat before is displayed.
- the elastic modulus image 201 corresponds to the time phase and the positional relationship (hereinafter referred to as “synchronous”).
- the tomographic image 200 is one of the images during the heartbeat period. Is the first tomographic image.
- the elastic modulus represented by the elastic modulus image 201 does not match the tissue structure represented by the tomographic image 200, as shown in the display screen of FIG.
- the tomographic image 200 and the elastic modulus image 201 are stored in the tomographic image memory 110 and the elastic modulus image memory 111, respectively.
- the electrocardiogram or electrocardiogram waveform obtained by the electrocardiogram or heart sound measurement unit 109 is continuously displayed on the screen and stored in the waveform memory 112.
- the latest elastic modulus image 201 and the tomographic image 200 synchronized with it are displayed on the monitor 1 as shown in Fig. 4. 0 Appears on 7 Referring to FIG.
- the display frame D of the latest elastic modulus image 201 at the time when the freeze key is pressed (hereinafter, referred to as 201 (D)) is based on the amount of distortion during the cardiac period d.
- Display frame 7 (20 0 (7)) which is the first tomographic image in the heartbeat period d of the tomographic image 200 synchronized with it, is read out from the tomographic image memory 110. And displayed on the monitor 107. Also, as shown in FIG.
- past images can be referenced by returning / sending images.
- the elastic modulus image display frame and the tomographic image display frame synchronized therewith are read out from the elastic modulus image memory 111 and the tomographic image memory 110 and displayed.
- the display frame C (201 (C)) of the previous elastic modulus image 201 is read out from the elastic modulus image memory 111, and the display frame C (201) is read from the elastic modulus image memory 111.
- Display of layer image 200 synchronized with elasticity image display frame 201 (C) Frame 2 (20 0 (2)) is read from the tomographic image memory 110 and displayed.
- the elastic modulus image display frame D immediately after the elastic modulus image display frame C is read from the elastic modulus image memory 111, and the elastic modulus image display frame
- the tomographic image display frame 7 synchronized with D is read from the tomographic image memory 110 and displayed on the monitor 107.
- a tomographic image in the live mode, can be obtained in real time, so that it is possible to easily perform probe operations such as alignment and various setting operations such as gain.
- probe operations such as alignment and various setting operations such as gain.
- cine mode it is possible to obtain a tomographic image and an elastic modulus image in which the time phase and the positional relationship between the structure and elastic modulus of the subject tissue are adjusted.
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- the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present embodiment has the same configuration as the configuration shown in FIG. 1 referred to in the description of the first embodiment, and is different from the first embodiment in that the display of the monitor 107 is different.
- the screen is divided into two parts, and one display area (left display area) displays only a tomographic image, and the other display area (right display area) displays a tomographic image on which the elastic modulus image 201 is superimposed. .
- FIG. 7 shows the display screen of the monitor 107 in the live mode
- FIG. 8 shows the display screen of the monitor 107 when the image return operation is executed in the cine mode
- Fig. 9 shows the display frame of the left tomographic image 205 and the elasticity image 2 in which the electrocardiogram or heart sound waveform 204 displayed on the monitor 107 and the elasticity image 201 are not superimposed in the live mode and the cine mode.
- 9 is a timing chart showing a display frame of a right tomographic image 206 on which 01 is superimposed, and a display frame of an elastic modulus image 201.
- the right tomographic image 206 on which the elastic modulus image 201 is superimposed is the same as in the first embodiment.
- the display frame of the left tomographic image 205 is synchronized with the display frame of the elasticity image 201 in the cine mode.
- FIG. 10 is a left tomographic image 2 on which the electrocardiogram or heart sound waveform 204 displayed on the monitor 107 and the elastic modulus image 201 are not superimposed in the live mode and the cine mode according to the modified example of the present embodiment.
- the right display area of the right tomographic image 206 displays a tomographic image in which the positional relationship between the structure of the subject tissue and the elastic modulus is adjusted. Since the elastic modulus image 201 is displayed, a diagnosis result can be obtained immediately.
- FIGS. 11 and 12 show electrocardiographic or heart sound waveforms 204 and elastic modulus images 201 displayed on the monitor 107 in the live mode and the cine mode according to another modified example of the present embodiment.
- the timing chart showing the display frame of the left tomographic image 205 where the superimposition is not superimposed, the display frame of the right tomographic image 206 where the elasticity image 201 is superimposed, and the display frame of the elasticity image 201 is there.
- the operations in the live mode in FIGS. 11 and 12 are the same as those in FIGS. 9 and 10 respectively. The following mainly describes the differences.
- the right display area of the right tomographic image 206 shows the display frame D of the latest elasticity image and the The display frame 7 of the corresponding tomographic image is displayed, but the display frame 13 of the latest tomographic image is displayed in the left display area of the left tomographic image 205.
- the tomographic image one frame before is sequentially read from the tomographic image memory 110 and displayed.
- the elastic modulus image obtained from the heartbeat period including the frame currently displayed in the left tomographic image 205 is displayed.
- the display frame 201 (D) is read from the elasticity image memory 111, and the tomographic image display frame 206 (7) synchronized with the elasticity image display frame 201 (D) is read. Read from 110 and displayed.
- the tomographic image of the previous frame is sequentially stored in the left display area of the left tomographic image 205 in the tomographic image memory 110.
- the heart rate period including the left tomographic image 205 changes from d to c
- the left tomographic image 205 is displayed in the right display area of the right tomographic image 206.
- the display is updated from 7 to 6 and displayed is the elasticity image display frame 201 (C) and the elasticity image display frame 201 (C) from the elasticity image display frame 201 (D) and the corresponding tomographic image display frame 206 (7).
- the corresponding tomographic image 206 (2) is updated and displayed.
- Fig. 13 shows the results when the image return operation in Fig. 11 or Fig. 12 is executed, and the elasticity image display frame 201 (C) and the corresponding tomographic image display frame 206 (2) are updated. Is shown on the display screen.
- a tomographic image display frame 205 (5) is displayed in the left display area of the left tomographic image 205, and an elasticity image display frame 201 (C) is displayed in the right display area of the right tomographic image 206.
- Image display frame 206 (2) is superimposed.
- the portion of the electrocardiographic waveform or the heart sound waveform 204 indicating the heartbeat period in which the displayed elastic modulus image was created is highlighted by a change in luminance or color tone (shown by a bold line in the figure), and the left tomographic image 20 A display 207 indicating the time phase of the display frame 20 5 (5) of 5 is displayed below the waveform.
- a tomographic image can be displayed in units of one frame in the left display area of the left tomographic image 205, so that the tomographic image can be used for elastic modulus calculation. Dynamic changes in the structure of the subject's tissue during the heartbeat period can be investigated in detail.
- the superimposition of the elastic modulus image 201 on the right tomographic image 206 can be turned on / off, so that the relationship between the elastic modulus and the structure can be more easily grasped. It is possible to be.
- the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus for calculating the strain amount of the subject tissue according to the change in blood pressure of one heartbeat and obtaining the elastic modulus has been described.
- the present invention can also be applied to an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that calculates a tissue property of a subject such as a tissue strain amount, a strain rate, an elastic modulus, and a viscosity rate calculated from a change in a received signal caused by relaxation or vibration. You.
- the generation cycle of the tissue characteristic image be a cycle based on external compression or relaxation.
- the one-dimensional waveform displayed on the display screen of the monitor 107 is not limited to the electrocardiographic heart sound, but may be a waveform indicating subject information such as a real-time blood pressure waveform or a blood vessel inner diameter change waveform, or a tissue tracking. Any kind of related waveforms can be displayed, such as waveforms, tissue thickness change waveforms, and waveforms indicating the progress of obtaining the elastic modulus, such as distortion amount waveforms.
- the necessary subject information can be obtained from one screen without referring to a separate display device, and the waveform indicating the progress is displayed. In this case, the information used to determine the final organizational characteristics can be observed in detail.
- an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus can be provided.
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