WO2009133769A1 - 血液凝集能計測装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a blood coagulation ability measuring apparatus.
- Patent Documents 2 and 3 only white blood cells or red blood cells are separated, but for example, blood cell types can be obtained from a blood flow image based on a luminance ratio or a variation thereof without separating specific blood cells.
- Patent Documents 4 and 5 There has also been proposed a method of calculating the quantity by discriminating (see, for example, Patent Documents 4 and 5).
- the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a blood coagulation ability measuring apparatus capable of quantifying the aggregation ability of each blood cell type in a short time.
- the invention according to claim 1 is a blood coagulation ability measuring apparatus for measuring the coagulation ability of blood flowing in a certain direction, Photographing means for photographing the blood flow; A blood cell type discriminating means for discriminating at least one blood cell type contained in a blood cell retention part in which blood cells are retained from a blood flow image by the imaging means; Aggregation ability for calculating at least one of the area, the number, and the position of the at least one blood cell type contained in the blood cell retention part from the blood flow image by the imaging unit based on the determination result by the blood cell type determination unit.
- a calculation means It is characterized by providing.
- the agglutination capacity calculating means calculates the ratio of the at least one blood cell type to the area of the blood cell retention part, or the number of total blood cell types contained in the blood cell retention part The ratio of at least one blood cell type is calculated.
- Invention of Claim 3 is a blood coagulation ability measuring apparatus of Claim 1, Comprising: Aggregation order determining means for determining the aggregation order of blood cell types contained in the blood cell retention part, The aggregating capacity calculating means calculates the position of each blood cell type included in at least the blood cell retention part at predetermined time intervals, The aggregation rank determining means is characterized in that the aggregation rank is determined in order from the blood cell type that has accumulated in the blood cell retention part in order from the change in aggregation ability over time.
- Invention of Claim 4 is a blood coagulation ability measuring apparatus of Claim 1, Comprising: Aggregation order determining means for determining the aggregation order of blood cell types contained in the blood cell retention part, The agglutination ability calculating means calculates the position of each blood cell type included in at least the blood cell retention part, The aggregation rank determining means is characterized in that the aggregation rank is determined in order from the blood cell type upstream of the blood flow in the blood cell retention part in order from the blood cell type.
- Invention of Claim 5 is a blood coagulation ability measuring apparatus of Claim 1 or 2, Comprising: Aggregation order determining means for determining the aggregation order of blood cell types contained in the blood cell retention part, The aggregating capacity calculating means calculates at least the area or number of each blood cell type included in the blood cell retention part at predetermined time intervals, The aggregation rank discriminating means discriminates the aggregation rank from the change with time of the aggregation ability, with the blood cell type that stays first in the blood cell retention part as a higher rank than the blood cell type that stays later.
- the imaging means for imaging the blood flow the blood cell type determination means for determining at least one blood cell type contained in the blood cell retention part, and the discrimination result by the blood cell type discrimination means
- aggregating ability calculating means for calculating at least one of the area, number and position of at least one blood cell type included in the blood cell retention part from the blood flow image by the imaging means based on
- the agglutination ability of at least one blood cell type can be quantified without fractionating the blood cells. Therefore, the aggregation ability of at least one blood cell type can be quantified in a short time.
- the ratio of the at least one blood cell type to the area of the blood cell retention part is calculated, or the total number of total blood cell types contained in the blood cell retention part is calculated.
- the accuracy can be improved with respect to the quantification of the aggregation ability even when the blood cell types have different sizes.
- the aggregating ability calculating means calculates at least a position of each blood cell type included in the blood cell retention portion at a predetermined time interval, and the aggregating rank determining means From the change over time, the aggregation order of the blood cell types contained in the blood cell retention part is determined in descending order from the blood cell type previously retained in the blood cell retention part, so the position of each blood cell type as the quantified aggregation ability is determined. It is possible to easily rank and more easily determine blood cell types having a high degree of abnormality.
- the agglutination ability calculating means calculates at least the position of each blood cell type included in the blood cell retention part, and the aggregation rank determination means is located upstream of the blood flow in the blood cell retention part.
- the order of aggregation of the blood cell types contained in the blood cell retention part is determined as a high order, so the position of each blood cell type as the quantified aggregation ability is ranked, and the blood cell type with a strong degree of abnormality Can be easily determined.
- the aggregation ability calculating means calculates at least the area or number of each blood cell type contained in the blood cell retention portion at every predetermined time interval, and the aggregation rank determining means From the change over time, since the blood cell type that stayed first in the blood cell retention part is ranked higher than the blood cell type that stayed later, the aggregation order of the blood cell types contained in the blood cell retention part is determined. It is possible to easily determine blood cell types having a high degree of abnormality.
- FIG. 4 is a graph showing the area ratio as the aggregation ability in (d) (a) to (c).
- (A) It is an image information figure which shows another example of the change of a blood cell retention part, It is a figure which shows the state of the figure when time passes, (c) A figure which shows a state when time passes further And (d) is a graph showing the area ratio as the aggregation ability in (a) to (c).
- (A) It is a graph which shows an example of the time-dependent change of the number of each blood cell type as aggregation ability
- (b) It is a graph which shows another example.
- (A) It is a figure which shows an example of the time-dependent change of the area of erythrocytes as agglutination ability
- (b) It is a figure which shows another example
- (c) It is a figure which shows a 2nd example
- (d) It is a figure which shows another example of 3
- (e) It is a figure which shows a 4th another example.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of blood coagulation ability measuring apparatus 1 in the present embodiment.
- the blood coagulation ability measuring apparatus 1 guides blood injected from an inlet 10 to a discharge tank 11 through a filter 2 and measures blood coagulation ability from information acquired in the process.
- the aggregating ability refers to a quantitative value described later indicating the ease of blood aggregation
- aggregation refers to the state in which blood cells stay and are combined in agglomerated form.
- the blood coagulation ability measuring apparatus 1 mainly includes a filter 2, a TV camera 3 that captures a blood flow in the filter 2, an image processing unit 4 that processes a blood flow image captured by the TV camera 3, And a determination unit 5 for calculating the aggregation ability of blood cell types and determining the aggregation order of the blood cell types.
- the blood coagulation ability measuring apparatus 1 includes a plurality of solution bottles 13 connected to a flow path via a mixer 12 so that a liquid such as physiological saline or a physiologically active substance can be mixed with blood and guided to the filter 2. ing. Blood mixed with a liquid such as physiological saline or a physiologically active substance (hereinafter referred to as blood) passes through the filter 2 by the differential pressure control unit 14 controlling the pump 15 to adjust the differential pressure before and after the filter 2. A desired amount flows.
- the mixer 12, the pump 15, the valve 10 a of the inlet 10, and the determination unit 5 are integrated and controlled by the sequence control unit 16.
- the filter 2 includes a base plate 21, a silicon single crystal substrate 22 fixed on the base plate 21, and an outer side fixed on the base plate 21 surrounding the side surface of the silicon single crystal substrate 22. It consists of a plate 23 and a glass plate 24 on the upper surface fixed to the outer plate 23.
- FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the filter 2. Between the silicon single crystal substrate 22 and the glass flat plate 24 on the upper surface, a hole 25 of a fine channel group is formed, and the base plate 21 communicates with a hole in the center of the silicon single crystal substrate 22. And a discharge port 21b communicating with the gap between the silicon single crystal substrate 22 and the outer plate 23 is formed.
- the introduction port 21a and the discharge port 21b communicate with the injection port 10 and the discharge tank 11 through a tube.
- blood introduced into the filter 2 from the inlet 21a passes through the hole 25 and is discharged from the outlet 21b.
- the filter 2 is provided with pressure sensors E1 and E2 for measuring respective pressures before and after the hole 25.
- the pressure sensors E1 and E2 output the measured pressures P1 and P2 to the differential pressure control unit 14. (See FIG. 1).
- the hole 25 formed in the filter 2 is formed by being sandwiched between a plurality of hexagonal bank portions 22a arranged in parallel on the upper surface of the silicon single crystal substrate 22.
- Many gates 25a are provided.
- Fig.3 (a) is a partial top view of the hole 25 seen from the glass flat plate 24 side
- (b) is a sectional side view of the part.
- the bank portion 22a is formed on the upper surface of the silicon single crystal substrate 22 at a central portion with respect to the width in the blood flow direction X, and is formed so that the gate 25a is juxtaposed in a direction perpendicular to the blood flow direction X.
- the length la from the upstream end of the hole 25 to the gate 25a, the length lb of the gate 25a, and the length lc from the gate 25a to the downstream end of the hole 25 are about It is formed to 30 ⁇ m.
- the upper surface of the bank portion 22a is joined to the glass flat plate 24, and the width t of the gate 25a is formed to be narrower than the blood cell diameter of blood cells such as red blood cells R (about 8 ⁇ m). Blood cells in blood flowing through the hole 25 formed in this way, such as red blood cells R, first pass through the inlet region A upstream of the gate 25a, then pass through the inner region B of the gate 25a while deforming, and finally the gate. Pass through the exit area C downstream of 25a.
- the TV camera 3 is a digital CCD camera, for example, and is a high-speed camera having a resolution sufficient to capture a blood flow image. As shown in FIG. 1, the TV camera 3 is installed on the upper part of the filter 2 and photographs the blood flow passing through the hole 25 through a glass plate 24.
- the photographing range is a range including the entrance area A, the internal area B, and the exit area C in the plurality of gates 25a (see FIG. 3A).
- the blood flow image obtained by the TV camera 3 is output to the image processing unit 4 and displayed on a display (not shown).
- the TV camera 3 is not particularly limited, but is a camera capable of shooting a moving image.
- the image processing unit 4 includes an analysis unit such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a storage unit (not shown) such as a semiconductor memory, and is electrically connected to the TV camera 3 and the determination unit 5.
- the image processing unit 4 processes the blood flow image input from the TV camera 3 to determine the blood cell type contained in the blood cell staying part in the blood flow, and outputs it to the determination unit 5 as image information.
- the blood cell retention part includes at least one blood cell that remains.
- the blood cell type refers to any of red blood cells R, white blood cells W, and platelets T as blood cell types
- the blood cell refers to any solid component of the blood cell type.
- the blood cell type determination by the image processing unit 4 may be performed for at least one of the areas A to C in each gate 25a.
- the determination unit 5 determines the aggregation order of the blood cell types, and the aggregation ability calculation means 51 for calculating the aggregation ability of each blood cell type, in addition to the analysis means such as a CPU and the storage means (not shown) such as a semiconductor memory.
- Aggregation rank determination means 52 is provided and is electrically connected to the image processing unit 4.
- the determination unit 5 calculates the aggregation ability of each blood cell type from the image information output by the image processing unit 4 and ranks the aggregation ability of the blood cell type to determine the blood aggregation level.
- the calculated aggregation ability and the result of the aggregation order are displayed on a display (not shown).
- the determination unit 5 includes various data necessary for calculating the aggregation ability and determining the aggregation order.
- the determination unit 5 and the image processing unit 4 may be integrally configured using a PC or the like.
- the agglutination ability calculating means 51 calculates the area, number, and position of each blood cell type contained in the blood cell retention part as the blood agglutination ability from the image information output by the image processing unit 4, and for the area, The ratio of each blood cell type is calculated, and for the number, the ratio of each blood cell type to the total number of blood cells is also calculated.
- the position is a coordinate in the horizontal plane in the hole 25.
- the aggregating capacity calculating means 51 calculates the aggregating capacity every predetermined time interval, and this time interval can be arbitrarily set.
- the agglutination ability calculation means 51 may calculate at least one of the area, the number, and the position of each blood cell type included in the blood cell retention portion without calculating all of the above as the aggregation ability. Furthermore, instead of performing these calculations for all blood cell types, it may be performed for at least one blood cell type.
- the aggregation rank determining means 52 determines the aggregation rank of the blood cell types contained in the blood cell retention portion based on the aggregation ability calculated by the aggregation ability calculating means 51. A specific order determination method will be described later.
- the measurement of the aggregation ability includes not only calculating a quantitative value as the aggregation ability but also determining the aggregation order of blood cell types.
- FIG. 4 is a flow chart of coagulation ability measurement.
- blood to be measured is poured into the injection port 10, and physiological saline or the like is added to the solution bottle 13 as necessary.
- a predetermined differential pressure acts on the filter 2 to flow blood to the filter 2, and at the same time, the TV camera 3 takes a moving image of the blood flow in the hole 25.
- a blood flow image as shown in FIG. 5 is obtained.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart of blood cell retention portion detection
- FIGS. 7A to 7G are diagrams showing an example of a processed image of the outlet region C in each step of blood cell retention portion detection.
- an image of all the regions A to C to be processed is extracted from the entire blood flow image (step S21).
- an image of the entire exit area C has been extracted.
- the edge of the blood cell retention part is extracted by applying a Sobel filter to the extracted image in both the vertical and horizontal directions (step S22).
- the image is grayscaled and binarized with a predetermined threshold value, and the blood cell retention portion is displayed in white (step S23).
- noise and blood flow shadows that are misrecognized as edges of blood cell retention portions are removed from the white portion (step S24).
- a white portion having an area smaller than a preset threshold is set as noise, and a white portion whose length ratio between the blood flow direction X and the direction perpendicular thereto is out of a predetermined range is used as a shadow of blood flow.
- the image from which noise or the like has been removed is expanded and contracted by morphological processing, and the gaps in the white portion are filled (step S25). And the white part which remained so far is determined as a blood cell retention part (step S26). In FIG. 7F, the hatching is changed for each white portion for easy understanding.
- the blood cell type in the white part is determined (step S27).
- the red blood cell R is discriminated using the hue, and the white portion in the red hue range is discriminated as the red blood cell R. Since the white blood cells W are larger than other blood cell types in addition to the method using the luminance, a white portion with few holes or a white portion with a small number of edges per unit area can be identified as the white blood cells W. In addition to the method using the luminance for determining the platelet T, since it is smaller than other blood cell types, a white portion having a large number of edges per unit area can be determined as the platelet T.
- blood cell types are discriminated using known methods described in, for example, JP-A-10-48120, JP-A-10-90163, and JP-A-10-275230. be able to.
- the position of the discriminated blood cell type is calculated by the following method.
- the edge part of the blood cell type determined in the blood cell retention part is extracted, and the edge on the most upstream side in the blood flow direction X among the edges is calculated as the position of the blood cell type.
- the blood cell retention part detection step S2 ends.
- the staying part detection step S2 is sequentially performed. All the blood flow images are all images extracted at predetermined time intervals from the blood flow moving image captured by the TV camera 3 in the capturing step S1.
- the blood aggregation ability is calculated by the aggregation ability calculation means 51 of the determination unit 5 (step S3).
- the aggregation ability is calculated based on, for example, the image information as shown in FIG. 8A obtained in the blood cell retention part detection step S2.
- FIG. 8A is a diagram showing an example of image information in which red blood cells R and platelets T are aggregated
- FIG. 8B is a graph showing the area ratio of red blood cells R and platelets T in FIG. is there. From the image information as shown in FIG. 8A, the area, number, or position of the red blood cells R and platelets T can be calculated as the aggregation ability.
- the area ratio of red blood cells R and platelets T shown in FIG. 8 (b) may be obtained as the aggregation ability, or similarly, the number ratio relative to the number of all blood cell types may be obtained as the aggregation ability. . Even when the size of each blood cell type is different, the accuracy can be improved with respect to the quantification of the aggregation ability.
- the hematocrit value and blood cell count of each individual may be used as the denominator. By doing so, more standard aggregation ability can be calculated. The hematocrit value and blood cell count of each individual can be known by blood test.
- the area ratio as the aggregation ability the area of the entire blood cell retention part may be used as the denominator, or the total area of any of the regions A to C where the blood cell retention part exists may be used as the denominator.
- the aggregating capacity is calculated based on the image information of all blood flow images extracted at predetermined time intervals from the blood flow moving image. That is, in the aggregation ability calculation step S3, the aggregation ability is calculated at predetermined time intervals.
- the aggregation rank of the blood cell type is determined by the aggregation rank determination means 52 of the determination unit 5 as shown in FIG. 4 (step S4).
- the aggregation rank of the blood cell type contained in the blood cell retention part is determined, and the higher the aggregation rank, the more abnormal the blood cell type. Ranking as there is.
- this aggregation rank determination step S4 when the calculated aggregation ability is the area or number of each blood cell type, or the area ratio or number ratio, the blood cell type having the higher aggregation ability is ranked higher, that is, the degree of abnormality is high.
- the aggregation order is determined as a thing.
- FIGS. 9A to 9C are diagrams showing the growth of the blood cell retention portion in the hole 25, and show the state in which time has passed in order from (a) to (c).
- the blood cell retention part generated in the outlet region C grows downstream in the blood flow direction X as time passes, and the blood cell retention part generated in the internal region B and the inlet region A Grows upstream in the blood flow direction X. Therefore, when the position of the blood cell retention portion is within the exit region C of the gate 25a, the blood cell retention portion is ranked higher than the blood cell type upstream of the blood flow direction X, and the position is the inner region B of the gate 25a or When it is in the entrance region A, the aggregation order is determined from the blood cell type that is downstream in the blood flow direction X in the blood cell retention portion as the higher order. In addition, when the filter 2 in which the gate 25a is not formed is used, the aggregation order may be determined as a high order from the blood cell type on the upstream side of the blood flow in the blood cell retention portion.
- FIGS. 10A to 10C are image information diagrams showing an example of changes in the blood cell retention portion when time elapses in this order
- FIG. 10D shows the change in the area ratio over time
- FIG. 11 (a) to 11 (c) are image information diagrams showing another example of changes in the blood cell retention portion when time elapses in this order
- FIG. 11 (d) is an area ratio in FIG. It is a graph which shows a time-dependent change.
- the area ratio of red blood cells R and platelets T is the same in the blood cell retention portion of FIGS. 10 (c) and 11 (c) at an elapsed time of 30 seconds. It is. However, looking back at the elapsed time, in FIG. 10 (d), the area ratio of red blood cells R and platelets T is constant regardless of the elapsed time, whereas in FIG. 11 (d), the area ratio of platelets T is the time. It grows with time. In this case, the red blood cells R having a large area ratio should be ranked high for the blood cell retention portion of FIG. 10, and the starting platelet T should be high for the blood cell retention portion of FIG. As described above, even if the aggregation ability at a certain time is the same, the change with time may be different. Therefore, it is preferable to determine the aggregation order by confirming the change with time.
- FIG. 12A is a graph showing an example of a change with time of the number of each blood cell type as the aggregation ability
- FIG. 12B is a graph showing another example.
- the platelet T forms the blood cell retention portion earliest, that is, the platelet T stays first, so that the platelet T has the highest order, followed by the order of red blood cells R and white blood cells W. Become.
- FIG. 12 (a) the platelet T forms the blood cell retention portion earliest, that is, the platelet T stays first, so that the platelet T has the highest order, followed by the order of red blood cells R and white blood cells W. Become.
- FIG. 12 (a) the platelet T forms the blood cell retention portion earliest, that is, the platelet T stays first, so that the platelet T has the highest order, followed by the order of red blood cells R and white blood cells W. Become.
- FIG. 12 (a) the platelet T forms the blood cell retention portion earliest, that is, the platelet T stays first, so that the
- the platelet T and the red blood cell R are in the same order, and the white blood cell W is followed.
- the cohesive ability may be any of an area, an area ratio, and a number ratio, even if the aggregation ability is not a number.
- the determination of the aggregation order based on the temporal change of the aggregation ability for example, when the red blood cell R reaches the highest order, it can be determined that the red blood cell R is abnormal.
- the red blood cell R when platelet T reaches the highest rank, there is a possibility of abnormal platelet T.
- the determination of the aggregation order can be a material for determining that blood is collected again so as not to give a shock.
- FIGS. 13A to 13D are diagrams showing different examples of the area of the red blood cells R as the aggregation ability changing with time.
- the red blood cell R shown in b) has a higher degree of abnormality. If a standard value is set as such a slope, a standard abnormality degree can be determined by comparison with this value. Further, as shown in FIG. 13 (c), the red blood cell R whose area increases at an accelerated rate as time elapses is higher than the red blood cell R whose area increases linearly as shown in FIGS. 13 (a) and 13 (b). It can be determined that the degree of abnormality is strong.
- the change is not observed after increasing to a certain value.
- the larger constant value may be the red blood cell R having a higher degree of abnormality.
- the red blood cells R having a higher degree of abnormality may be those having a larger slope at the time of increase.
- the change over time is further changed unless there is an obvious difference between the two in the range of values to be changed. It is good to check.
- the time-dependent change in the area of FIG. 13 (c) is further confirmed, and as a result, this area further increases and FIG.
- the degree of abnormality of the red blood cell R in FIG. 13 (c) may be stronger, and when the increase stops at a certain point, the above-described comparison method with the red blood cell R having the same tendency is used. That's fine.
- the aggregation ability may not be an area but may be any number, area ratio, or number ratio.
- the TV camera 3 that captures the blood flow
- the image processing unit 4 that determines the blood cell type included in the blood cell retention unit
- Aggregation ability calculation means 51 that calculates at least one of the area, number, and position of each blood cell type contained in the blood cell retention part as the aggregation ability is provided, so that the aggregation of each blood cell type can be performed without separating specific blood cells. Performance can be quantified. Therefore, the aggregation ability of each blood cell type can be quantified in a short time.
- the aggregation ability calculating means 51 calculates the position of each blood cell type included in at least the blood cell retention part as the aggregation ability
- the aggregation rank determination means 52 is the blood cell type located upstream in the blood flow direction X in the blood cell retention part. Since the order of aggregation of the blood cell types contained in the blood cell retention part is determined from the highest order, it is possible to easily determine the blood cell type with a strong degree of abnormality by ranking each blood cell type as the quantified aggregation ability. it can.
- the aggregating capacity calculating means 51 calculates the area or number of each blood cell type included in at least the blood cell retention portion as the aggregating capacity at a predetermined time interval
- the aggregating rank determining means 52 calculates the aggregating capacity from the change over time. Since the order of aggregation of the blood cell types contained in the blood cell retention part is determined from the blood cell type that has previously accumulated in the blood cell retention part, the aggregation ability of each blood cell type is ranked, and the degree of abnormality is strong. Blood cell types can be easily identified.
- the agglutination ability calculation means 51 calculates the position of each blood cell type included in at least the blood cell retention portion as the aggregation ability at a predetermined time interval
- the aggregation rank determination means 52 calculates the blood cell retention from the change over time of the aggregation ability. Since the order of aggregation of the blood cell types contained in the blood cell retention part is determined from the blood cell type that has previously accumulated in the part, the position of each blood cell type as the quantified aggregation ability is easily ranked and abnormal. A strong blood cell type can be more easily distinguished.
- red blood cells R and platelets T are illustrated and explained for easy understanding of the blood cell retention part, but the white blood cells W may be added here. Of course.
- the hole 25 of the filter 2 through which the blood flows does not need to be provided with the gate 25a, and the blood only needs to flow in a substantially constant direction.
- Blood coagulation capacity measuring device 3
- TV camera photographing means
- Image processing unit blood cell type discrimination means
- Aggregation Capacity Calculation Unit Aggregation Order Determination Unit X Blood Flow Direction
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前記血液の流れを撮影する撮影手段と、
前記撮影手段による血流画像から、血球が滞留している血球滞留部に含まれる少なくとも1種の血球種を判別する血球種判別手段と、
前記血球種判別手段による判別結果に基づいて前記撮影手段による血流画像から、前記血球滞留部に含まれる前記少なくとも1種の血球種の面積、個数、及び位置の少なくとも1つを算出する凝集能算出手段と、
を備えることを特徴とする。
前記凝集能算出手段は、前記血球滞留部の面積に対して、前記少なくとも1種の血球種の占める割合を算出するか、又は、前記血球滞留部に含まれる全血球種の個数に対して前記少なくとも1種の血球種の占める割合を算出することを特徴とする。
前記血球滞留部に含まれる血球種の凝集順位を判別する凝集順位判別手段を備え、
前記凝集能算出手段は、所定の時間間隔毎に、少なくとも前記血球滞留部に含まれる各血球種の位置を算出し、
前記凝集順位判別手段は、凝集能の経時変化から、前記血球滞留部において先に滞留した血球種から順に、高順位として凝集順位を判別することを特徴とする。
前記血球滞留部に含まれる血球種の凝集順位を判別する凝集順位判別手段を備え、
前記凝集能算出手段は、少なくとも前記血球滞留部に含まれる各血球種の位置を算出し、
前記凝集順位判別手段は、前記血球滞留部において血流の上流側にある血球種から順に、高順位として凝集順位を判別することを特徴とする。
前記血球滞留部に含まれる血球種の凝集順位を判別する凝集順位判別手段を備え、
前記凝集能算出手段は、所定の時間間隔毎に、少なくとも前記血球滞留部に含まれる各血球種の面積又は個数を算出し、
前記凝集順位判別手段は、凝集能の経時変化から、前記血球滞留部において最も先に滞留した血球種を後に滞留した血球種よりも高順位として凝集順位を判別することを特徴とする。
3 TVカメラ(撮影手段)
4 画像処理部(血球種判別手段)
51 凝集能算出手段
52 凝集順位判別手段
X 血流方向
Claims (5)
- 一定の方向へ流れる血液の凝集能を計測する血液凝集能計測装置であって、
前記血液の流れを撮影する撮影手段と、
前記撮影手段による血流画像から、血球が滞留している血球滞留部に含まれる少なくとも1種の血球種を判別する血球種判別手段と、
前記血球種判別手段による判別結果に基づいて前記撮影手段による血流画像から、前記血球滞留部に含まれる少なくとも1種の血球種の面積、個数、及び位置の少なくとも1つを算出する凝集能算出手段と、
を備えることを特徴とする血液凝集能計測装置。 - 前記凝集能算出手段は、前記血球滞留部の面積に対して、前記少なくとも1種の血球種の占める割合を算出するか、又は、前記血球滞留部に含まれる全血球種の個数に対して前記少なくとも1種の血球種の占める割合を算出することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の血液凝集能計測装置。
- 前記血球滞留部に含まれる血球種の凝集順位を判別する凝集順位判別手段を備え、
前記凝集能算出手段は、所定の時間間隔毎に、少なくとも前記血球滞留部に含まれる各血球種の位置を算出し、
前記凝集順位判別手段は、凝集能の経時変化から、前記血球滞留部において先に滞留した血球種から順に、高順位として凝集順位を判別することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の血液凝集能計測装置。 - 前記血球滞留部に含まれる血球種の凝集順位を判別する凝集順位判別手段を備え、
前記凝集能算出手段は、少なくとも前記血球滞留部に含まれる各血球種の位置を算出し、
前記凝集順位判別手段は、前記血球滞留部において血流の上流側にある血球種から順に、高順位として凝集順位を判別することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の血液凝集能計測装置。 - 前記血球滞留部に含まれる血球種の凝集順位を判別する凝集順位判別手段を備え、
前記凝集能算出手段は、所定の時間間隔毎に、少なくとも前記血球滞留部に含まれる各血球種の面積又は個数を算出し、
前記凝集順位判別手段は、凝集能の経時変化から、前記血球滞留部において最も先に滞留した血球種を後に滞留した血球種よりも高順位として凝集順位を判別することを特徴とする請求項1又は2に記載の血液凝集能計測装置。
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