Title:
ULTRASONIC OBSERVATION APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/059913
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
This ultrasonic observation apparatus 1 comprises: an ultrasonic probe 2 that is capable of two-dimensional scanning of an ultrasonic beam by changing the transmit and receive directions of ultrasonic waves to first and second directions; a transmit/receive unit 3 that controls the transmit and receive directions of the ultrasonic beam; an image processing unit 5 that generates volume data of a B-mode image from the results of the scanning of the ultrasonic beam in the first and second directions; an input unit 6 that sets as a reference image an image where a first region of interest is extracted clearly; a storage unit 8 that stores the reference image; and a calculation unit 4 that corrects a scan plane so that an image similar to the reference image set with the input unit 6 is constantly displayed. The calculation unit 4 automatically corrects the position of a second region of interest for analysis of temporal variation of intensity, synchronously with the movement of the first region of interest on the scan plane.
Inventors:
NAKATSUJI TOMOHIRO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2015/075328
Publication Date:
April 21, 2016
Filing Date:
September 07, 2015
Export Citation:
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORP (JP)
International Classes:
A61B8/14
Foreign References:
| JP2003061959A | 2003-03-04 | |||
| JP2013081764A | 2013-05-09 | |||
| JP2007330764A | 2007-12-27 | |||
| JP2011194228A | 2011-10-06 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 3165172A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ITOH SUSUMU (JP)
Susumu Ito (JP)
Susumu Ito (JP)
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