Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus and ultrasonic image processing apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 超声波诊断装置及超声波图像处理装置
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Application No.: US12986414Application Date: 2011-01-07
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Publication No.: US09265479B2Publication Date: 2016-02-23
- Inventor: Cong Yao , Naohisa Kamiyama
- Applicant: Cong Yao , Naohisa Kamiyama
- 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, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2010-006111 20100114
- Main IPC: A61B8/08
- IPC: A61B8/08 ; A61B8/13 ; G06T7/00

Abstract:
According to one embodiment, a ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprises an ultrasonic scanning unit configured to scan a region including at least part of a liver of an object with an ultrasonic wave and acquire an echo signal associated with the liver, an image generating unit configured to generate an ultrasonic image of the liver based on an echo signal associated with the liver, and a calculation unit configured to calculate at least one of a first index indicating an irregularity degree of the liver and a second index indicating an irregularity feature of the liver by using the ultrasonic image of the liver.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110172533A1 ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-07-14
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