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Title:
ULTRASONIC OBSERVATION APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC OBSERVATION APPARATUS OPERATION METHOD, AND ULTRASONIC OBSERVATION APPARATUS OPERATION PROGRAM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/002417
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The present invention is provided with: a puncture needle detection unit (34) for detecting an image of a puncture needle displayed in an ultrasonic image; a movement extraction unit (35) for extracting a linear movement of the tip of the puncture needle on the basis of the history of the puncture needle image in the ultrasonic image; and a composite image generation unit (362) for generating a composite image by generating a trajectory of the linear movement extracted by the movement extraction unit (35) and superimposing the trajectory on the ultrasonic image. Thus, the present invention is provided with: an ultrasonic observation apparatus capable of precisely detecting the positions of a plurality of movements of the puncture needle within a subject; an ultrasonic observation apparatus operation method; and an ultrasonic observation apparatus operation program.

Inventors:
MIYAKE TATSUYA (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2016/060573
Publication Date:
January 05, 2017
Filing Date:
March 30, 2016
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Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORP (JP)
International Classes:
A61B8/12
Foreign References:
JP2014212922A2014-11-17
JP2012120747A2012-06-28
JP2003019133A2003-01-21
Other References:
See also references of EP 3318194A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SAKAI INTERNATIONAL PATENT OFFICE (JP)
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