Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus and image processing method
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Application No.: US14566446Application Date: 2014-12-10
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Publication No.: US09833216B2Publication Date: 2017-12-05
- Inventor: Hiroyuki Ohuchi , Takuya Sasaki , Yoshitaka Mine , Tokiko Mitobe
- Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Otawara-shi
- Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Otawara-shi
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2012-142340 20120625; JO2013-131950 20130624
- Main IPC: A61B8/08
- IPC: A61B8/08 ; A61B8/00 ; A61B8/14

Abstract:
An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes a scan controller, an image generator, a detector, an image generation controller, an image combiner and a display controller. The scan controller causes to execute a first scan for performing ultrasound transmission in a first direction and a second scan for performing ultrasound transmission in each of a plurality of directions. The image generator generates first ultrasonic image data through the first scan and generates a second ultrasonic image data group through the second scan. The detector detects a line segment based on the second ultrasonic image data group. The image generation controller controls to generate needle image data based on information about the line segment. The image combiner generates composite image data of the first ultrasonic image data and the needle image data. The display controller controls the composite image data to be displayed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150094569A1 ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Public/Granted day:2015-04-02
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