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- the present invention relates to a contrast diagnosis in which a contrast medium is administered into a living body and blood vessel distribution and blood flow dynamics are evaluated, and particularly relates to a dynamic evaluation technique for automatically determining and displaying the start / end of contrast.
- Diagnostic imaging devices such as ultrasound, CT (Computed Tomography), and MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) are widely used as means for imaging tissues inside a living body.
- a dedicated contrast agent has been developed for each diagnostic device, and by using this, information on blood flow dynamics that cannot be normally imaged can be obtained.
- liver tumors are known to transition from portal to arterial blood vessels in the process of worsening from cancer precursors such as hepatitis and cirrhosis to liver cancer.
- cancer precursors such as hepatitis and cirrhosis to liver cancer.
- the portal vein through which the blood flow through the digestive system flows is dominant, but it is known that it shifts to arterial control as the disease progresses (Non-Patent Document 1).
- contrast examination there is a difference in the contrast start time and contrast agent inflow rate between the artery and portal vein due to the difference in the circulation route. Therefore, in contrast examination, an early stage of contrast may be expressed as an arterial phase, and the next stage may be expressed as a portal phase. What is useful in evaluating such a difference in blood flow dynamics is a luminance curve in which a change in luminance with time due to inflow of a contrast agent is plotted. Early detection of lesions and determination of activity are possible by contrast images or luminance curves of lesions. Furthermore, since blood flow changes depending on the type of lesion such as hepatocellular carcinoma, metastatic cancer, and cyst, contrast examination is regarded as an important imaging technique for differential diagnosis of lesions.
- blood flow dynamics are important observation targets. This is because even if there is no change in the size of the tumor on the image, the effectiveness of the treatment can be judged by the disappearance of the tumor blood vessels or the decrease in the blood flow.
- therapies targeting blood vessels that provide nutrients to the tumor such as angiogenesis inhibitors and vascular embolization therapy
- blood flow dynamics are also an important observation target in determining the effect.
- Patent Document 1 relates to a technique for evaluating tumor angiogenesis, and is a method of modeling a measurement value with a model curve.
- Patent Document 2 is a system for associating a function having an S-shaped characteristic with a time function indicating a contrast process and calculating an average blood flow velocity and the like.
- the contents described in Patent Document 2 relate the reperfusion of the contrast medium to the tissue with an S-shaped function, and estimate the average velocity and average flow rate of the blood flow at the time of reflux.
- Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 model a luminance curve and evaluate blood flow dynamics from characteristic values such as the maximum value. Therefore, although a lot of information about the blood flow can be obtained from the characteristic value of the model function, it is not necessarily suitable for distinguishing the contrast process from the arterial phase or the portal vein phase.
- the time width of the arterial phase and the portal phase is about 2 seconds, and corresponds to the main gradient portion of the luminance curve. For example, if the time width of the entire luminance curve is wider than this time width, the model function is matched in a range excluding the gradient portion, so that there is a possibility that the error of the gradient portion of interest becomes large. To eliminate this error, additional processing is required to limit the evaluation range or increase the parameters of the model function, and the number of processing units increases.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an image diagnostic apparatus and an image discrimination method for automatically discriminating the start and end of contrast agent inflow based on a measured luminance curve.
- an image diagnostic apparatus for evaluating blood flow dynamics of a subject, an image acquisition unit for acquiring an image based on a signal received from the subject, and luminance of the image
- An image diagnostic apparatus includes a determination unit that determines the start and end of inflow of a contrast agent based on the shape of a luminance curve that indicates a change in time of the contrast, and a display unit that displays a result determined by the determination unit.
- the inflow start time and end time of the contrast agent are determined based on the shape of the luminance curve indicating the time change of the luminance of the image based on the signal received from the subject.
- An image discrimination method for discrimination is provided.
- an image diagnostic apparatus and an image discrimination method having a function of automatically discriminating inflow start and end times of a contrast medium with high accuracy and high speed.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an image diagnostic apparatus according to Embodiment 1.
- FIG. It is a figure explaining the process of the apparatus of Example 1.
- FIG. It is a figure which shows the process of calculating a model function from the luminance curve of the apparatus of Example 1.
- FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a first example of display of the apparatus according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 3 is a first diagram illustrating fine adjustment of a model function of the apparatus according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 6 is a second diagram illustrating fine adjustment of a model function of the apparatus according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 10 is a third diagram illustrating fine adjustment of a model function of the apparatus according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 10 is a fourth diagram illustrating fine adjustment of a model function of the apparatus according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a second example of display on the apparatus according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a third example of display on the apparatus according to the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows the case corresponding to a portal vein phase with the apparatus of Example 1.
- FIG. It is a figure which shows utilization of frequency distribution with the apparatus of Example 1.
- FIG. FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an image diagnostic apparatus according to a second embodiment.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a first example of display of the apparatus according to the second embodiment.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a second example of display of the apparatus according to the second embodiment.
- the first embodiment is an image diagnostic apparatus for evaluating the blood flow dynamics of a tissue in a living body as a subject, particularly an image diagnostic apparatus for evaluating the blood flow dynamics of a subject, and a signal received from the subject.
- An image acquisition unit that acquires an image based on the image, a determination unit that determines the start and end of the inflow of contrast medium based on the shape of a luminance curve that indicates a temporal change in the luminance of the image, and a result determined by the determination unit It is an Example of an image diagnostic apparatus provided with a display part.
- the present embodiment is an embodiment of an image discrimination method for discriminating a contrast agent inflow start time and an end time based on a shape of a luminance curve indicating a temporal change in luminance of an image based on a signal received from a subject. It is. Furthermore, the present embodiment is an image diagnostic method in an image diagnostic apparatus that includes a processing unit and a display unit and evaluates blood flow dynamics of a subject, and the processing unit is based on the subject acquired by the image acquisition unit.
- determination method which enables the display part to display the image information from an image acquisition part in an inflow start time and an end time, and an inflow start time and an end time.
- the information input from the image acquisition unit to the image diagnostic apparatus can include not only blood flow information but also image information and image data of in vivo tissues obtained by the image acquisition unit.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the diagnostic imaging apparatus according to the first embodiment.
- the image diagnostic apparatus according to the first embodiment includes an image acquisition unit 22, an image processing unit 21, an external input unit 20 for an operator to operate the image processing unit 21, and a display unit 19 that displays output information of the image processing unit 21. Composed.
- the image processing unit 21 determines the start and end of the flow of contrast medium into the subject from the input unit 11 that inputs the blood flow information acquired by the image acquisition unit 22 and the image that includes the input blood flow information.
- a memory 18 that temporarily stores information calculated inside the image processing unit 21.
- the determination unit 12 uses a blood flow information input from the input unit 11 to calculate a luminance curve indicating a luminance change over time, and approximates the luminance curve with an S-shaped function and performs model processing.
- a function evaluation unit 14 that creates a function and a blood flow evaluation unit 15 that evaluates blood flow dynamics using a model function.
- the image acquisition unit 22 refers to all devices that can acquire a signal from a drug (including a contrast medium) administered into blood, such as the above-described ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, MRI apparatus, and CT apparatus.
- the image diagnostic apparatus of the present embodiment can be realized by a normal computer apparatus. That is, the computer device includes a central processing unit (CPU) that is a processing unit, a memory that is a storage unit, an input / output interface that is an input / output unit, and the like.
- CPU central processing unit
- memory that is a storage unit
- an input / output interface that is an input / output unit
- the input unit 11 and the output unit 16 correspond to the input / output interface
- the memory 18 corresponds to the memory
- the control unit 17 corresponds to the CPU.
- luminance evaluation part 13, the function evaluation part 14, and the blood flow evaluation part 15 which are the functional blocks which comprise the discrimination
- the display unit 19 and the external input unit 20 correspond to a display, a keyboard, and the like attached to the computer device.
- the discriminating unit 12 including the luminance evaluating unit 13, the function evaluating unit 14, and the blood flow evaluating unit 15 and the control unit 17 may be collectively referred to as a processing unit.
- the dimension of information input from the image acquisition unit 22 to the input unit 11 is not particularly limited, but here, as an example, it is assumed that information to be handled is image information and an arterial phase of blood flow is determined.
- the operation main body of the flowchart of FIG. 2 is the image processing unit 21 of FIG. 1, in particular, the input unit 11, the luminance evaluation unit 13, the function evaluation unit 14, the blood flow evaluation unit 15, and the output unit 16. More specifically, the program is executed by the CPU except for the input / output process.
- the time-series image data acquired by the image acquisition unit 22 is used as the input unit 11 (step 1).
- the image acquisition unit 22 is accessed by wire or wirelessly, and desired image data is selected from internal storage data. Moreover, it may input using media, such as flash memory, The means is not limited.
- the image data input to the input unit 11 is output to the luminance evaluation unit 13 of the determination unit 12.
- the luminance evaluation unit 13 designates the space and time range used for blood flow evaluation for the received image data.
- spatial averaging is performed on the image data within the specified range, and the image data is converted into a one-dimensional luminance curve (f (t)) indicating a temporal change in luminance.
- time differentiation processing for performing time differentiation (f ′ (t)) on f (t) is performed (step 2).
- FIG. 3 shows the luminance curve and the result of the time differentiation process described above.
- a time derivative 32 represents a time change of the luminance curve 31. That is, the maximum value of the time derivative 32 f ′ (t) indicates a point in time when the value of the luminance curve 31 f (t) rises with the highest gradient, and the time (t0) for taking the maximum value is almost the center of the arterial phase. It becomes.
- 33 is a luminance curve in the vicinity of t0 of the luminance curve 31
- 34 is a model function
- 35 is its tangent.
- a model function based on the S-shape function is calculated by an approximation process (step 4).
- the S-shaped function include a sigmoid function, a Gompertz function, and a cumulative normal distribution function.
- the type of the S-shaped function is not limited, but here, the sigmoid function represented by the following formula (1) is used.
- the S-shaped function such as the sigmoid function is stored in the memory 18 in advance, but can be added from the input unit 11 by the surgeon using the external input unit 20 as necessary.
- ⁇ is called a gain value, and is a value indicating the gradient of the sigmoid function. The advantage of using the sigmoid function will be described later.
- the sigmoid function is used to model the luminance curve (f (t)).
- the minimum value (min (f (t))) is subtracted from the luminance curve (f (t)), and the maximum value (max [(f (t) ⁇ min ( f (t)))]).
- the value range of f (t) can be limited to (0, 1), and at the same time, the variable used when modeling can be limited to the gain value.
- equation (2) moved by t0 in the time axis direction, the inflection point of the sigmoid function is moved to the approximate center position of the arterial phase.
- the gain value is specified using a generally known fitting method. For example, when the least square method is used, the RMS (Root Mean Square) defined by Equation (3) is calculated with various gain values ⁇ , and the model function (f m (t)) is used with the gain value ⁇ that minimizes RMS. ).
- T represents a time width for performing the fitting process.
- the above-described simplification process of the fitting process can be freely selected by the operator, and when the simplification process is not performed, the fitting process can be performed using all the variables of the S-shape function as the fitting variables. is there.
- Equation (2) The sigmoid function described in Equation (2) has the following property.
- ta and tb are determined by simple calculation simultaneously with determination of the gain ⁇ of the model function. These ta and tb mean the start and end times of the flow of contrast medium into the arterial region.
- the advantage of using the sigmoid function is the ease of calculation described above.
- the determined ta and tb are output and stored in the memory 18 (step 7).
- the tangent line g (0) and the tangent line g (1) are asymptotic lines provided above and below the model function, so that the determination of the contrast agent inflow start and end times ta and tb is performed by the model function. It can also be said that this is performed based on the intersection of the tangent at the inflection point t0 and the asymptotic line provided above and below the model function.
- the fitting result in step 4 is displayed on the display unit 19 via the output unit 16.
- FIG. 4 shows an example of the display form of the diagnostic imaging apparatus of the present embodiment.
- the display unit 19 can display the results of the process from step 1 to step 4 such as the luminance curve 33, the model function 34, and the tangent line 35 so that the operator can confirm them. Furthermore, as shown in the figure, the gain value ⁇ and the tangent slopes (ta, tb) are displayed on the display unit 19 as numbers.
- the main body 21 of the diagnostic imaging apparatus according to the present embodiment can be provided with a mechanism in which an operator performs fine adjustment of the fitting by external input.
- the fine adjustment button 41 displayed on the display unit 19 shown in FIG. 4 using the external input unit 20 such as a mouse, an arrow, a marker, or the like for performing fine adjustment is displayed on the display unit 19. Is displayed.
- the surgeon uses 20 to move the arrow 51 displayed on the screen and select the position of the inflection point of the model function from the points on the luminance curve 33. That is, using the external input unit 20, the time near the inflection point of the luminance curve can be input during the approximation process.
- a numerical value 61 displayed on the display unit 19 is changed, or a marker 71 on a straight line displayed on the display unit 19 as shown in FIG.
- a form to change by sliding there is a form to change by sliding.
- FIG. 8 there is also a mode in which a vertical and horizontal straight line corresponding to the gain value and the parallel movement amount is used and the marker 81 is used to move in a two-dimensional space formed by the vertical and horizontal straight lines.
- the fine adjustment result is reflected in the function displayed on the display unit 19, and a newly calculated numerical value (ta, tb) is output.
- the calculated tangential slope reflects the blood flow velocity
- ta reflects the time immediately before the administered drug such as a contrast medium flows
- FIG. 9 shows an example of a display form showing the arterial phase in the image diagnostic apparatus of the present embodiment.
- Ta and tb are displayed on the time axis of the luminance curve, and the arterial phase 92 can be visually recognized.
- the time width of the arterial phase is displayed as a number.
- the memory 18 is accessed, and as shown in FIG. 101 is displayed on the display unit 19 so as to overlap the result 102 of this time, and the time of the inflection point, the inclination of the tangent, and the numbers ta, tb, and tb ⁇ ta can be compared.
- the image information stored in the image acquisition unit 22 can be input to the image processing unit 21, and can be displayed on the display unit 19 with the processing result. .
- Example 1 In the image diagnosis apparatus of Example 1 described above, it is assumed that the arterial phase is discriminated based on the start and end times of the inflow of contrast medium. However, when the target of interest is the liver, information on the portal vein phase may be included in the luminance curve, and the luminance curve at this time and the result of time differentiation take the form shown in FIG.
- the maximum value of any of the maximum values 111112 is calculated.
- the maximum value in a range excluding the range of about 2 seconds before and after the maximum value is calculated.
- the value of 2 seconds is a value that is set since the arterial phase and the portal vein phase are approximately 1 to 3 seconds, and is appropriately changed depending on the target to be handled.
- the description is made assuming that the arterial phase and the portal vein phase are distinguished, but the same method can be applied to three or more contrast phases by the same method.
- the description has been made on the assumption that the contrast medium is introduced once, but the present embodiment can be applied even when the contrast medium flows in multiple stages.
- the function evaluation unit may perform the above-described approximation process using a function obtained by linearly combining a plurality of obtained S-shaped functions and create a model function. Thereby, a more accurate model function can be obtained.
- the calculation of the intermediate time (t0) of the arterial phase in the function evaluation unit 14 of the diagnostic imaging apparatus in FIG. 1 can be performed using the frequency distribution of the luminance curve 121 (f (t)).
- the frequency distribution 122 of the luminance curve 121 (f (t)) has two high frequency regions 123 and 124 on the low luminance side and the high luminance side.
- the luminance on the low luminance side is I1
- the luminance on the high luminance side is I2
- the calculation of I1 and I2 may be performed manually using the frequency distribution 122, or the average value or median value of the frequency distribution 122 is calculated, and the luminance having a frequency exceeding that value is automatically calculated. It may be calculated. Furthermore, it is possible to calculate ta and tb indicating the range of the arterial phase from the intersection of I1 and I2 and the luminance curve. In this case, since ta and tb are fixed, the process of the blood flow evaluation unit 15 can be omitted.
- the luminance evaluation unit 13 performs spatial averaging on the image data in the designated range.
- the image within the designated range is used.
- Time averaging may be performed on the data. This time averaging can be carried out, for example, by taking the time average of three adjacent frames with respect to 15 frames of image data per second to obtain five data in the time axis direction.
- the first embodiment described above it is possible to accurately know the start and end of the inflow of the contrast medium into the region where the artery and portal vein exist by creating a model function that particularly matches the brightness curve and the gradient portion. As a result, the discrimination accuracy of the arterial phase or the portal phase can be improved.
- the apparatus according to the second embodiment relates to an embodiment in which characteristic information indicating blood flow dynamics is extracted from information acquired from an image acquisition unit using a result evaluated by an image diagnostic apparatus.
- FIG. 13 is a functional block diagram of the diagnostic imaging apparatus according to the second embodiment.
- the image processing unit 21 of the diagnostic imaging apparatus according to the first embodiment further includes an arithmetic unit 131 that calculates the average addition of image information or the maximum luminance.
- this calculating part 131 is realizable by the program execution of CPU which is a process part in FIG. 1 of Example 1 mentioned above.
- the process of determining the blood flow dynamics such as the arterial phase or the portal vein phase based on the information from the image acquisition unit 22 is the same as that in the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted here.
- the information input from the image acquisition unit 22 to the input unit 11 is time-series image information, and the target of interest will be described as an arterial phase.
- fix [ ⁇ ] is the integer closest to the 0 direction
- ceil [ ⁇ ] is the integer closest to the positive direction.
- the display unit 19 of this embodiment is provided with an average addition button 141 and a maximum luminance button 142 in addition to the read button 91.
- the average addition button 141 is selected using the external input unit 20
- the average addition image of each displayed image is calculated by the calculation unit 131 and displayed on the display unit 19.
- the average addition time width is preset in the image processing unit 21 and can be changed by sliding a marker displayed below the average addition button 141. The change result is immediately reflected in the image on the display unit 19.
- the maximum brightness button 142 is selected, a maximum brightness image is displayed.
- the maximum brightness image is an image configured by comparing the brightness of time-series image data for each pixel and selecting the maximum brightness.
- the time width for constructing the maximum brightness image can be changed by sliding the marker displayed under the maximum brightness button 141.
- the function of the read button 19 is the same as in the first embodiment, and past image information can be selected from the memory 18 or the image acquisition unit 22 by selecting this.
- the selected luminance curve and image are displayed on the display unit 19 as in the display form shown in FIG.
- the current result 151 and the previous result 152 are displayed side by side, and the two can be compared.
- the average addition button 142 and the maximum luminance button 143 also function for the image information of the previous result 152 that is newly read.
- the main part of Example 2 is to discriminate between the arterial phase and the portal vein phase and present an image of a characteristic time based on the result. Therefore, the type of calculation performed on the image information in the calculation unit 131 is not limited to the average weight and the maximum luminance, and can be freely set by the operator.
- this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned Example, Various modifications are included.
- the above-described embodiments have been described in detail in order to explain the present invention in an easy-to-understand manner, and are not necessarily limited to those having all the configurations described.
- a part of the configuration of one embodiment can be replaced with the configuration of another embodiment, and the configuration of another embodiment can be added to the configuration of one embodiment.
- the configuration of each embodiment It is possible to add, delete, and replace other configurations for a part of.
- each of the above-described configurations, functions, processing units, processing means, etc. may be realized in hardware by designing a part or all of them, for example, with an integrated circuit.
- the above configuration, function, and the like have been described as being realized by software by executing a program that realizes each function.
- Information such as programs, tables, and files for realizing each function may be stored not only in the memory but also in a recording device such as a hard disk or SSD (Solid State Drive) or a recording medium such as an IC card, SD card, or DVD. It can also be downloaded and installed via a network or the like as necessary.
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保存データから所望の画像データを選択する。また、フラッシュメモリ等のメディアを利用して入力してもよく、その手段は限定されない。入力部11に入力された画像データは、判定部12の輝度評価部13に出力される。輝度評価部13では、受け取った画像データに対して、血流の評価に利用する空間と時間の範囲を指定する。次に、指定された範囲内で画像データに対し、空間平均を実施し、画像データを輝度の時間変化を示す1次元の輝度曲線(f(t))に変換する。次にf(t)に対して時間微分(f'(t))を行う時間微分処理を実施する(工程2)。
値が最も高い勾配で上昇する時点を指すため、最大値を取る時間(t0)が動脈相のほぼ中心となる。図3において、33は輝度曲線31のt0近辺の輝度曲線、34はモデル関数、35はその接線である。
式(2)に記載のシグモイド関数は、下式の性質を持つ。
12 判別部
13 輝度評価部
14 関数評価部
15 血流評価部
16 出力部
17 制御部
18 メモリ
19 表示部
20 外部入力部
21 画像処理部
22 画像取得部
31,33,121 輝度曲線
32 時間微分
34 モデル関数
35 接線
42 微調整ボタン
51 矢印
61 ゲイン値
71、81 マーカ
91 読み込みボタン
92 動脈相
111、112 極大値
122 頻度分布
123、124 高頻度域
131 演算部
141 平均加算ボタン
142 最大輝度ボタン
143、144、145 画像
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- 被検体の血流動態を評価する画像診断装置であって、
前記被検体から受信された信号に基づく画像を取得する画像取得部と、
前記画像の輝度の時間変化を示す輝度曲線の形状に基づいて、造影剤の流入開始と終了を判別する判別部と、
前記判別部で判別した結果を表示する表示部とを備える、
ことを特徴とする画像診断装置。 - 請求項1に記載の画像診断装置であって、
前記判別部は、前記輝度曲線の形状をS字形状関数で近似処理してモデル関数を作成し、
前記モデル関数の変曲点を利用して前記造影剤の流入開始と終了を判別する、
ことを特徴とする画像診断装置。 - 請求項2に記載の画像診断装置であって、
前記判別部は、前記輝度曲線のS字形状関数による前記近似処理として、最小二乗法など汎用的に利用されるフィッティング処理を行う、
ことを特徴とする画像診断装置。 - 請求項2に記載の画像診断装置であって、
前記判別部は、前記近似処理において、前記輝度曲線を時間微分処理した関数の最大値を利用して変曲点近傍の時間を算出する、
ことを特徴とする画像診断装置。 - 請求項2に記載の画像診断装置であって
前記判別部は、前記近似処理において、前記輝度曲線の頻度分布を利用して変曲点近傍の時間を算出する、
ことを特徴とする画像診断装置。 - 請求項2に記載の画像診断装置であって、
外部入力部を更に備え、
前記外部入力部は、前記近似処理において、前記表示部に表示した前記輝度曲線に対し、前記輝度曲線の変曲点近傍の時間を入力可能である、
ことを特徴とする画像診断装置。 - 請求項2に記載の画像診断装置であって、
前記判別部は、前記造影剤の流入開始と終了の時間の判別を、前記モデル関数の変曲点における接線と前記モデル関数の上下に設けられる漸近線との交点、或いは前記輝度曲線の頻度分布に基づき実施する、
ことを特徴とする画像診断装置。 - 請求項2に記載の画像診断装置であって、
外部入力部を更に備え、
前記表示部は、前記モデル関数と、前記モデル関数の変曲点と接線の傾きを表示し、
前記外部入力部は、前記表示部に表示された前記モデル関数の変曲点と接線を微調整可能である、
ことを特徴とする画像診断装置。 - 請求項2に記載の画像診断装置であって、
前記判別部は、前記造影剤が多段階で流入された場合、得られる複数の前記S字形状関数を線形結合した関数を用いて前記モデル関数を作成する、
ことを特徴とする画像診断装置。 - 請求項2に記載の画像診断装置であって、
前記表示部は、時間変化を示す前記輝度曲線と、前記判別部で作成した前記モデル関数と、前記画像取得部からの画像情報と、前記判別部が判別した前記造影剤の流入開始と終了の時間とを表示可能である、
ことを特徴とする画像診断装置。 - 請求項1に記載の画像診断装置であって、
前記判別部は、前記画像取得部からの画像に対して、空間平均や時間平均の処理を実施した後、前記輝度曲線を作成する、
ことを特徴とする画像診断装置。 - 請求項2に記載の画像診断装置であって、
前記表示部は、前記判別部が判別した前記造影剤の流入開始と終了の時間における、前記画像取得部から得られる画像情報を表示する、
ことを特徴とする画像診断装置。 - 請求項1に記載の画像診断装置であって、
前記画像取得部から得られる画像情報の平均加算、或いは最大輝度を演算する演算部を更に備える、
ことを特徴とする画像診断装置。 - 被検体から受信された信号に基づく画像の輝度の時間変化を示す輝度曲線の形状に基づいて、造影剤の流入開始時間と終了時間を判別する、
ことを特徴とする画像判別方法。 - 請求項14記載の画像判別方法であって、
作成した前記輝度曲線をS字形状関数で近似してモデル関数とし、
前記モデル関数の変曲点を利用して、前記造影剤の流入開始時間と流入終了時間を判別する、
ことを特徴とする画像判別方法。
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