Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and medical image processing apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 超声波诊断装置及医用图像处理装置
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Application No.: US13019669Application Date: 2011-02-02
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Publication No.: US08540636B2Publication Date: 2013-09-24
- Inventor: Tetsuya Kawagishi , Susumu Uchiyama , Shunsuke Satoh , Shinichi Hashimoto , Yasuhiko Abe , Hiroyuki Ohuchi
- Applicant: Tetsuya Kawagishi , Susumu Uchiyama , Shunsuke Satoh , Shinichi Hashimoto , Yasuhiko Abe , Hiroyuki Ohuchi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Otawara-shi
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Otawara-shi
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2010-022506 20100203; JP2011-003228 20110111
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00

Abstract:
In general, according to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an image generating unit configured to generate medical images from a multislice which covers an area including the heart of an object. Each slice is almost perpendicular to the long axis of the heart. Each medical image is a short-axis image of the heart. A series of medical images captured at different times correspond to each slice. The embodiment generates a polar map associated with myocardial motion indices from a plurality of medical images. A polar map is segmented into segments. The embodiment calculates the average value of motion indices for each segment. The utility of an average value depends on the range covered by each segment. This embodiment matches the boundary of a segment with the position of a vein. This prevents a deterioration in the utility of average values due to the influences of veins.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110190634A1 ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-08-04
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