Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090043201 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a random processing device which adds independent random components to a pixel value of a pixel point on each actual frame corresponding to a given time and a pixel value of a pixel point on each actual frame corresponding to a time subsequent to the time respectively thereby to obtain random-processed pixel values and a weighting/adding device which weights/adds the random-processed pixel values thereby to obtain a pixel value of a pixel point on each interpolation frame corresponding to an intermediate time. | 02-12-2009 |
20110019894 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a physical quantity calculator for setting correlation windows to echo signals via ultrasound of a biological tissue and lying on the same sound rays which belong to frames different in time, and performing a correlation arithmetic operation between the correlation windows to calculate a physical quantity related to elasticity of the biological tissue, and an elastic image data generator for generating elastic image data of the biological tissue, based on the physical quantity. Upon setting each correlation window to the echo signal on one sound ray which belongs to either one of the frames, the physical quantity calculator sets the each correlation window using a correlation arithmetic operation on an immediately preceding correlation window adjacent to the correlation window on one sound ray and previously subjected to a correlation arithmetic operation, and a correlation arithmetic operation on another sound ray correlation window. | 01-27-2011 |
20110054314 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a physical quantity calculator for setting correlation windows to two echo signals obtained by transmission/reception of ultrasound to and from a biological tissue and different in time on the same sound rays and performing a correlation arithmetic operation between the correlation windows to thereby calculate physical quantities related to elasticity of respective regions in the biological tissue, an elastic image data generator for generating elastic image data of the biological tissue with respect to an elastic image forming region of a transmission/reception surface of the ultrasound, based on the physical quantities, a physical quantity average unit for calculating an average of the physical quantities in the elastic image forming region for every frame, a comparator for comparing a value calculated by the physical quantity average unit and a preset average value of the physical quantities, and a notification unit for notifying a result of comparison by the comparator. | 03-03-2011 |
20110306884 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a physical quantity calculation unit configured to calculate a physical quantity relating to an elasticity of body tissue based on ultrasound echo data, a physical quantity average unit configured to calculate an average value of physical quantities in an elastic image of the body tissue generated based on the calculated physical quantity, a comparison value calculation unit configured to calculate a comparison value for each pixel by comparing a physical quantity for each pixel of the elastic image with the average value, and an index value calculation unit configured to calculate an index value relating to an elasticity of a predetermined region in the elastic image based on the comparison values. | 12-15-2011 |
20120016237 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF IMAGE AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF THE SAME - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a physical amount calculation device configured to calculate a physical amount on elasticity of living tissue based on an echo signal obtained by transmitting an ultrasonic wave to the living tissue, and a display image control device configured to control display of a predetermined alternative elastic image displayed instead of an elastic image based on the physical amount calculated for error frames using a ratio of non-error frames or the error frames in a predetermined plurality of frames, wherein the error frames are determined as not meeting a standard. | 01-19-2012 |
20120133663 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MEDICAL IMAGES - A medical image display apparatus for displaying medical images of a biological tissue includes a physical quantity calculator that calculates a first physical quantity related to elasticity of the biological tissue, and a display image control unit that displays a first elastic image having a display form corresponding to the first physical quantity calculated by the physical quantity calculator and a second elastic image having a display form corresponding to a second physical quantity related to elasticity of the biological tissue calculated by other another medical image display apparatus as the medical images. The display image control unit displays images in which portions having a same elasticity in the biological tissue in a same display form as the first and second elastic images. | 05-31-2012 |
20120215102 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF IMAGE AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF THE SAME - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a physical amount calculation device configured to calculate a physical amount on elasticity of living tissue based on an echo signal obtained by transmitting an ultrasonic wave to the living tissue, and a display image control device configured to control display of a predetermined alternative elastic image displayed instead of an elastic image based on the physical amount calculated for error frames using a ratio of non-error frames or the error frames in a predetermined plurality of frames, wherein the error frames are determined as not meeting a standard. | 08-23-2012 |
20130030293 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus is provided. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a physical quantity calculating unit configured to calculate a physical quantity related to elasticity of biological tissue, based on echo signals obtained by transmission/reception of ultrasound to and from a subject, and a three-dimensional elastic image data generating unit configured to generate three-dimensional elastic image data by volume rendering processing that projects data related to the physical quantity in a three-dimensional region of the subject in a predetermined visual line direction to thereby obtain data of respective pixels on a projection plane, wherein the three-dimensional elastic image data generating unit is configured to obtain data corresponding to the number of data related to the physical quantity in a prescribed range of elasticity in the visual line direction as the data of the respective pixels. | 01-31-2013 |
20140081137 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AN ULTRASOUND IMAGE - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus is provided. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a physical quantity calculating unit configured to set correlation windows to two echo signals different in time from each other on the same sound ray, and perform a correlation computation to calculate a physical quantity related to elasticity. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus further includes a computing unit configured to compute a computed value from a computational equation, the computed value emphasizing parameter characteristics of a cyst in a biological tissue, the computational equation using at least two of the following three parameters: an absolute value of the physical quantity, a correlation coefficient related to the correlation computation, and an intensity of each echo signal of ultrasound obtained from the biological tissue. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus further includes a display unit configured to display an image having a display form corresponding to the computed value. | 03-20-2014 |
20140155746 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ELASTICITY IMAGE - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus is provided. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a physical quantity data generating unit configured to generate physical quantity data by calculating a physical quantity related to elasticity of parts in a living tissue based on an echo signal obtained by transmission and reception of an ultrasound wave to and from the living tissue, an elasticity image data generating unit configured to generate elasticity image data including information indicative of a display form corresponding to the calculated physical quantity, and a display unit configured to display an elasticity image generated based on the elasticity image data and having a display form corresponding to the physical quantity, wherein the elasticity image is generated based on physical quantity data for a plurality of frames within a predetermined time period having a length that includes a plurality of heartbeats. | 06-05-2014 |
20150119710 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus is provided. The ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe configured to transmit ultrasonic push pulses to a biological tissue of a test object and further configured to transmit measuring ultrasonic pulses to the biological tissue subjected to the transmitted push pulses in order to measure an elasticity of the biological tissue, a respiration detection part configured to detect respiration of the test object, and a notification part which, based on the detection by the respiration detection part, is configured to give notification allowing a transmission timing of the push pulses to be recognized. | 04-30-2015 |
20150119712 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An ultrasonic diagnostic device is provided. The ultrasonic diagnostic device includes a transmission control unit configured to control an ultrasonic probe such that transmission of a push pulse of an ultrasonic wave to a biological tissue of a test object and transmission of an ultrasonic pulse for measurement for measuring a shear wave generated in the biological tissue with the push pulse are alternately performed a plurality of times, the transmission control unit configured to control the ultrasonic probe such that an ultrasonic pulse for detection is transmitted, wherein the ultrasonic pulse for detection is for detecting that a first shear wave generated with a first push pulse has passed through a region through which an ultrasonic pulse for measurement corresponding to a second push pulse to be transmitted next to the first push pulse is scheduled to be transmitted. | 04-30-2015 |
20150173717 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - An ultrasonic diagnostic device is provided. The device includes a transmission control unit configured to generate a first ultrasonic wave and a second ultrasonic wave for detecting movement of a physical object in a biological tissue, wherein values of transmission parameters of repetitively transmitted first ultrasonic waves that are relevant to movement of the physical object are different from one another. The device further includes a decision unit configured to determine presence or absence of movement of the physical object, and a display image control unit configured to generate an image according to the value of the transmission parameter of the first ultrasonic wave in a case where the decision unit decides that movement is present, or a predetermined value in a case where the decision unit decides that movement is absent and the value of the transmission parameter of first ultrasonic wave has reached the predetermined value. | 06-25-2015 |
20150342566 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprises a processor for executing by a program: a transmission/reception control function of ultrasound; a measurement-value calculating function of calculating a measurement value regarding elasticity of the biological tissue in a portion for which elasticity is to be measured in the biological tissue based on echo signals of ultrasonic detecting pulses; and an evaluating function of evaluating an impact of an inhibiting factor intercepting propagation of the shear waves toward the portion for which elasticity is to be measured on image quality of an elasticity image based on data indicating brightness for a region rr in a B-mode image BI. The transmission/reception control function transmits the push pulse to such a position that degradation of image quality of the elasticity image by the inhibiting factor may be restrained based on an evaluation by the evaluating function. | 12-03-2015 |
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20110078612 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program, and mobile terminal device - An information processing apparatus includes a content detector portion, a display controller portion, an operation state detector portion, and a popup display controller portion. The content detector portion detects contents belonging to a same time range from different types of contents each including time information. The display controller portion collects the contents belonging to the same time range and having been detected by the content detector portion. In addition, the display controller portion then displays, on a display portion along a time series, content-related graphical information of the respective contents collected in units of the respective time range used when collecting the respective contents, and displays on the display portion a selector serving to select a desired content from among respective contents displayed through the content-related graphical information. The operation state detector portion detects an operation state of an operation portion serving to perform an operation of moving the selector. In accordance with time information of a content selected by the selector when a predetermined operation state of the operation portion is detected by the operation state, the popup display controller portion detects a content having past time information with respect to the time information of the selected content, and popup displays content-related graphical information of the detected content on the display portion. | 03-31-2011 |
20120321196 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS - Automatically preparing communications for transmission by a mobile terminal device. In one example, this includes storing contact information including personal contacts and associated address and face image information. A face image is extracted from within a still image content to obtain an extracted face image. The extracted face image is linked to a given personal contact among the personal contacts by finding a match corresponding to the extracted face image among previously extracted face images found in the stored contact information. The given personal contact is correlated to address information using the contact information, and a message is automatically prepared for transmission to the given personal contact using the address information. | 12-20-2012 |
20140104319 | TERMINAL DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Captured or input image data is converted into an image of a size of a specific number of pixels. Then, predetermined plural types of different effects are applied to image data obtained through the conversion. Several types of image data items with the applied effects are arranged and simultaneously displayed. | 04-17-2014 |