Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and method of producing ultrasound image
- Patent Title (中): 超声诊断装置及超声图像的制作方法
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Application No.: US14465014Application Date: 2014-08-21
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Publication No.: US09538988B2Publication Date: 2017-01-10
- Inventor: Yukiya Miyachi
- Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
- Current Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: JP2013-190412 20130913
- Main IPC: A61B8/14
- IPC: A61B8/14 ; A61B8/08

Abstract:
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a method of producing an ultrasound image capable of accurately determining the boundary of an intima-media complex in an ultrasound image and measuring an intima-media thickness with high precision are provided. A candidate vascular wall boundary point determiner determines one or more candidate vascular wall boundary points based on a sound ray signal extending in a scanning direction in an ultrasound image. A boundary determiner determines a vascular wall boundary point from among the candidate vascular wall boundary points based on a third evaluation value and determines a vascular wall boundary, the third evaluation value being calculated based on a first evaluation value representing accuracy of each of the determined candidate vascular wall boundary points as a vascular wall boundary point and a second evaluation value representing similarity between the sound ray signal and the adjacent sound ray signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150080729A1 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ULTRASOUND IMAGE Public/Granted day:2015-03-19
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