Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080249415 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, BREAST IMAGING SYSTEM, AND BREAST IMAGING METHOD - A compression paddle of a mammographic diagnosis apparatus is provided with an opening portion which allows an ultrasonic probe to be fitted therein and slide. This apparatus performs ultrasonic scanning on a breast compressed/fixed to the compression paddle, and reconstructs a compressed breast image by using the obtained ultrasonic image as a virtual image, thereby acquiring an ultrasonic image and volume data of the compressed/fixed breast. | 10-09-2008 |
20080298660 | 3-DIMENSIONAL DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SYSTEM - A 3-dimensional diagnostic imaging system for acquiring and displaying 3-dimensional images includes an ultrasound diagnostic imaging apparatus configured to display any cross section of a 3-dimensional image extracted from volume data including an affected part of a subject; a 3-dimensional medical diagnostic imaging apparatus configured to display a cross section of a 3-dimensional image extracted from volume data obtained by medical diagnostic imaging modalities other than the ultrasound diagnostic imaging apparatus, the cross section being substantially identical to the cross section displayed by the ultrasound diagnostic imaging apparatus; and an image processing/display unit configured to synchronously display substantially identical cross sections of a plurality of 3-dimensional images from both the ultrasound diagnostic imaging apparatus and the 3-dimensional medical diagnostic imaging apparatus, or to synchronously display substantially identical cross sections of a plurality of 3-dimensional images extracted from volume data obtained by the same medical diagnostic imaging modality at different times. | 12-04-2008 |
20080317195 | MEDICAL-DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING APPARATUS, MEDICAL-DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING METHOD, AND RADIODIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - A medical-diagnosis assisting apparatus and a radiodiagnosis apparatus that include a simulation function prior to an examination/treatment, and a guide function during an examination/treatment are provided. Specifically, an extracting unit that extracts image data of a blood vessel portion to be an observation target from three-dimensional image data acquired by imaging a subject, a display unit that can display a three-dimensional image of the extracted blood vessel portion, a display-direction setting unit that displays the three-dimensional image of the extracted blood vessel portion on a display unit at a display angle specified by a user, and a simulation-image creating unit that simulates a course of a catheter when the catheter is to be inserted into the extracted blood vessel portion, and overlays a maker that indicates a position and a moving direction of the catheter on the three-dimensional image of the blood vessel portion are included. | 12-25-2008 |
20090010519 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - A medical image processing apparatus comprises: an acquiring part configured to acquire a morphological image that is formed by a first apparatus and shows the morphology of an organ of an object, and a functional image that is formed by a second apparatus different from the first apparatus and shows the state of the organ; a display; and a processor configured to cause the display to display a synthetic image based on the morphological image and the functional image. | 01-08-2009 |
20090016483 | X-RAY APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An X-ray imaging machine is configured such that a three-dimensional blood-vessel information creating unit creates information concerning a three-dimensional blood-vessel core line and a position of a plaque in a subject blood vessel based on three-dimensional volume data obtained from an image taken by an X-ray computed tomography apparatus. A plaque-depth information image creating unit creates a plaque-depth information image on which the plaque is differently displayed in accordance with whether the plaque is present in front of or in the back of the three-dimensional blood-vessel core line with respect to a projection direction, based on the created information concerning the three-dimensional blood-vessel core line and the position of the plaque. An X-ray image display unit displays the created plaque-depth information image over an X-ray image in a superimposed manner. | 01-15-2009 |
20090041324 | IMAGE DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT SYSTEM, MEDICAL IMAGE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, IMAGE DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT METHOD - An image diagnosis assistance system which includes a medical image management apparatus and an image diagnosis assistance processing apparatus configured to communicate with each other via a communication network, wherein the medical image management apparatus includes storage unit which stores a medical image obtained by a medical image diagnosis apparatus, extraction unit which extracts, from the medical image, as a diagnosis target image, a partial region including an anatomical region which is the target of image diagnosis, and transmission unit which transmits the diagnosis target image to the image diagnosis assistance processing apparatus via the communication network, and the image diagnosis assistance processing apparatus includes reception unit which receives the diagnosis target image via the communication network, and processing unit which performs image diagnosis assistance processing to assist the image diagnosis concerning the anatomical region with respect to the diagnosis target image. | 02-12-2009 |
20090187104 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR GENERATING AN ULTRASOUND IMAGE - A controller makes a scan part scan a three-dimensional first scanning region so as to acquire volume data in the first scanning region and makes the scan part to consecutively scan a second scanning region that is smaller than the first scanning region and is included in the first scanning region more than once so as to consecutively acquire the volume data in the second scanning region. An image generator generates ultrasound image data in the first scanning region including the second scanning region based on the volume data in the first scanning region. Further, the image generator generates new ultrasound image data by updating the volume data in the second scanning region every time volume data in the second scanning region is acquired. The display controller causes a display to update and causes to display an ultrasound image every time new ultrasound image data is generated. | 07-23-2009 |
20090198123 | MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS, MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A differential-image creating unit creates a three-dimensional image on which an artery is highlighted and a three-dimensional image on which a tumor is highlighted. An image compositing unit combines the three-dimensional images to composite an image. A display control unit displays the composite image on a monitor. Moreover, when compositing an image, the image compositing unit composites the image such that a tumor nutrient blood-flow inside and outside tumor is to be displayed in respective different colors. Furthermore, a blood-flow quantity inside tumor measuring unit calculates a blood-flow quantity inside tumor and a ratio of the blood-flow quantity inside tumor to a tumor volume, and the display control unit displays the blood-flow quantity inside tumor and the ratio of the blood-flow quantity inside tumor to the tumor volume. Accordingly, information that is meaningful for determining malignancy of a tumor can be provided. | 08-06-2009 |
20090238425 | DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SUPPORT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SUPPORT PROCESSING PROGRAM PRODUCT - A diagnostic imaging support processing apparatus includes a nodular region determination unit which determines a nodular region included in an image showing the inside of a subject, a polygonal line approximation processing unit which obtains a plurality of nodes constituting a polygonal line that approximates a contour of the nodular region, a reference position determination unit which determines a position of a reference point, and a circularity computation unit which computes the degree of circularity by using areas of a plurality of regions determined based on the plurality of nodes and the reference point. | 09-24-2009 |
20090306511 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ULTRASOUND IMAGE - For a three-dimensional region including a treatment target site of a patient, a puncture needle scanning region R | 12-10-2009 |
20100002839 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS THAT DISPLAYS ANALYSIS IMAGE WITH TAKEN IMAGE, X-RAY IMAGING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Positioning images are created by a projection-image creating unit before imaging, and the positioning images are grouped and stored by a projection-image storage unit for each preset. When imaging is started, a positioning-information calculating unit calculates positioning parameters using the positioning images stored in the projection-image storage unit. An analysis-image-for-synthesis creating unit creates an analysis image using the positioning parameters, and an analysis-image synthesizing and displaying unit synthesizes the analysis image with a live image and displays a synthesized image. When an imaging direction of an X-ray angiography apparatus is changed, a positioning-information updating unit directly updates the positioning parameters based on an amount of change of the imaging direction. | 01-07-2010 |
20100040200 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS, X-RAY CT (COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY) APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF PROCESSING MEDICAL IMAGE - A cardiac cavity region specifying part specifies the position of a cardiac cavity region represented in volume data. An image generation plane determining part determines an image generation plane that includes a rotation axis intersecting the cardiac cavity region. With a direction orthogonal to the image generation plane as a view direction, a first image generator generates three-dimensional image data that three-dimensionally represents a region excluding the cardiac cavity region, based on data excluding data included in the cardiac cavity of the volume data. A second image generator generates two-dimensional image data that two-dimensionally represents a region in the image generation plane, based on the data excluding the data included in the cardiac cavity region of the volume data. An image synthesizer synthesizes the three-dimensional image data with the two-dimensional image data. A display controller causes a display to display the synthesized image. | 02-18-2010 |
20100094118 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, X-RAY CT APPARATUS, MRI APPARATUS, ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A medical image processing apparatus has a parameter calculating unit, a storage unit, and an image generating unit. The parameter calculating unit analyzes data of a plurality of time-series medical images, each containing an image of an organ having a functional blood vessel and a feeding blood vessel, and calculates a parameter based on at least a blood volume in the feeding blood vessel. The storage unit stores in advance a table that associates parameters with degrees of a cancer progression of the organ. The image generating unit refers to the table, obtains a degree of the cancer progression corresponding to the calculated parameter, and generates an image to which the obtained degree is applied on a region-by-region basis. | 04-15-2010 |
20100106002 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - According to an Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) apparatus, a Region Of Interest (ROI) setting unit included in a control unit sets an ROI on each of a T | 04-29-2010 |
20100128963 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A storage unit stores volume data including a blood vessel region. An extracting unit extracts the blood vessel region from the volume data. A specifying unit specifies a position of a region of interest in the blood vessel region and a deflection direction of a blood vessel region included in the region of interest. A determining unit determines a viewing position and a viewing direction based on the position of the region of interest and the deflection direction. A generating unit generates image data concerning the viewing position and the viewing direction based on the volume data. A display unit displays an image represented by the image data. | 05-27-2010 |
20100130860 | MEDICAL IMAGE-PROCESSING DEVICE, MEDICAL IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD, MEDICAL IMAGE-PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND MEDICAL IMAGE-ACQUIRING DEVICE - A medical image-processing device stores the parameters of window level and window width set by a window conversion part. An opacity curve-setting part sets the settings of the OWL and OWW in an opacity curve based on the stored parameters during volume rendering for volume data. In this way, the medical image-processing device sets the opacity of a three-dimensional image. | 05-27-2010 |
20100135555 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND X-RAY CT DEVICE - Normal region with inner wall of a lumen estimated to be normal is searched; in the normal region, a standard depth position is obtained along with the phased depth positions; a determination is made as to whether the pixel values of image data related to the phased depth positions are the pixel values of a tumor region estimated to be a tumor; when the pixel values are those of the tumor region, the deepest depth position of the tumor region is searched at each position of the inner wall of the lumen; the tumor region at each position of the inner wall of the lumen is identified for each of the deepest depth positions of the tumor region based on the tumor region searched at each position of the inner wall of the lumen and on information on the deepest depth positions of the tumor region. | 06-03-2010 |
20100172562 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS - A tumor region setting section sets a liver tumor region for a plurality of ultrasonic image data along a time series acquired by ultrasonically capturing a subject to which a contrast agent has been administered. A TIC generator obtains a time change indicating a time change of the pixel values in the liver tumor region based on the plurality of ultrasonic image data along the time series. A peak-detection section specifies a peak point of the time change and obtains the time and pixel value of that peak point. A first determination section determines the degree of malignancy of the liver tumor based on the time and pixel value of the peak point. A display controller displays the degree of malignancy on a display section. | 07-08-2010 |
20110009732 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes: a functional image generating unit that generates a functional image from a magnetic resonance image generated by collecting a magnetic resonance signal from a subject who executes a task with an intermission of a resting period; an image generation controlling unit that controls the functional image generating unit so that a plurality of functional images along a time series are generated by separating a plurality of magnetic resonance images generated along the time series during a collecting period (in which the resting period and a task-execution period are repeated a plurality of times along the time series) into image groups each corresponding to a predetermined temporal phase and by performing a statistic process on each of the image groups; and a display controlling unit that exercises control so that the functional images are displayed by a predetermined display unit. | 01-13-2011 |
20110140697 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an MRI apparatus includes an imaging unit and an application region calculating unit. The application region calculating unit automatically calculates an application region of a prepulse according to a region of interest of magnetic resonance imaging based on image data including the region of interest that are acquired before the application of the prepulse. The imaging unit performs magnetic resonance imaging of an object involving the application of the prepulse. | 06-16-2011 |
20110166418 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR PROCESSING A MEDICAL IMAGE - The medical image processing device comprises a detection part, a storage part, an image generation part, and a display-control part. The detection part detects positions and directions of an endoscope. The storage part stores medical image data showing tubular tissues generated by a medical imaging device different from the endoscope. The image generation part generates virtual endoscopic image data showing the internal portion of the tubular tissues based on the medical image data having a position that is a predetermined distance away from the position of the endoscope as a viewpoint. The display-control part receives endoscopic image data showing the internal portion of the tubular tissues generated by the endoscope and displays an endoscopic image based on the endoscopic image data and a virtual endoscopic image based on the virtual endoscopic image data on a display part. | 07-07-2011 |
20120141004 | IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image diagnostic processing device includes peripheral region specifying means which specifies a peripheral region connecting to an abnormal candidate region included in an image representing the inside of a subject, and judging means which judges whether the abnormal candidate region is an anatomic abnormal region or not, based on a first feature quantity of the abnormal candidate region and a second feature quantity of the peripheral region. | 06-07-2012 |
20120207371 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - A medical image processing apparatus comprises: an acquiring part configured to acquire a morphological image that is formed by a first apparatus and shows the morphology of an organ of an object, and a functional image that is formed by a second apparatus different from the first apparatus and shows the state of the organ; a display; and a processor configured to cause the display to display a synthetic image based on the morphological image and the functional image. | 08-16-2012 |
20120213451 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The disclosure provides an image processing apparatus and method. The image processing apparatus may include: a filter for performing an iterative filtering on an input image; and an iterative filtering stopping device for determining whether to stop the iterative filtering according to a variation speed of the filtered image obtained from each iteration of the iterative filtering with increasing of iteration times. | 08-23-2012 |
20120233194 | MEDICAL DATA GENERATING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL DATA GENERATING METHOD - A medical data generating apparatus includes a data processing unit, a work-status data generation unit, a display unit and a work-status restoration unit. The data processing unit acquires medical data from a database to perform data processing. The work-status data generation unit generates work-status data as a data record of medical data. The work-status data indicates a work status of the data processing. The display unit acquires medical data including at least one piece of work-status data from the database to list the acquired pieces of the medical data on a display device together with identification information of the acquired piece of the work-status data. The work-status restoration unit restores a work status of a data processing corresponding to a selected piece of work-status data based on the selected piece of the work-status data. | 09-13-2012 |
20120249498 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - In a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) apparatus, a Region Of Interest (ROI) setting unit included in a control unit sets an ROI on each of a T | 10-04-2012 |
20130234710 | PET-MRI APPARATUS - In a PET (Positron Emission Tomography)-MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) apparatus of an embodiment, a transmitting radio frequency coil applies a radio frequency magnetic field on a subject placed in a static magnetic field. A detector is formed in a ring shape, disposed on a side adjacent to an outer circumference of the transmitting radio frequency coil, includes at least two PET detectors disposed with a space therebetween in an axial direction of a bore so as to interpose the magnetic field center of the static magnetic field therebetween, and detects gamma rays emitted from positron emitting radionuclides injected into the subject. Radio frequency shields are each formed in an approximately cylindrical shape, disposed between the transmitting radio frequency coil and the detector, and shield the radio frequency magnetic field generated by the transmitting radio frequency coil. | 09-12-2013 |
20130241555 | PET-MRI APPARATUS - In a PET (Positron Emission Tomography)-MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) apparatus of an embodiment, a magnet that is a seamless structure generates a static magnetic field in a bore having a cylindrical shape. First detectors and second detectors are each formed in a ring shape and detect gamma rays emitted from positron emitting radionuclides injected into a subject. The first detectors and the second detectors are disposed with a space therebetween in an axial direction of the bore so as to interpose the magnetic field center of the static magnetic field therebetween. | 09-19-2013 |
20130296689 | PET-MRI APPARATUS - A PET-MRI apparatus according to an embodiment includes a static magnetic field magnet, a gradient coil, a high-frequency coil, an MR image reconstruction unit, a PET detector, and a PET image reconstruction unit. The high-frequency coil applies a high-frequency magnetic field to a subject placed in the static magnetic field and detects a magnetic resonance signal emitted from the subject in response to application of the high-frequency magnetic field and a gradient magnetic field. The PET detector has a ring shape and detects a gamma ray emitted from a positron-emitting radionuclide injected into the subject. The coil conductor of the high-frequency coil is made up of a first high-frequency shield that covers the outer surface of the PET detector. | 11-07-2013 |
20140276079 | ULTRASOUND MEDICAL DEVICE AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING DEVICE - An ultrasound medical device and an ultrasound diagnostic imaging device are provided that allow orally-fed fluid food, etc. to pass through the esophagus of the subject. The ultrasound medical device of the embodiment comprises a capsule-type main body configured to incorporate ultrasound transducers, so that the ultrasound transducers in the capsule-type main body, which has been inserted in a tubular body part of a subject, send ultrasound waves to the subject's interiors and receive reflected waves. The ultrasound medical device further comprises a support configured to be incorporated in the capsule-type main body and to have a form of tube with a through-hole axially passing through the tube, and the ultrasound transducers are arranged external to the tube. | 09-18-2014 |
20140343400 | MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND PET-MRI APPARATUS - A medical image diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a first image taking unit, a second image taking unit, a position specifying unit, and a moving controlling unit. The first image taking unit performs an image taking process by implementing PET while using a first PET detector and a second PET detector. The position specifying unit specifies positions of the first PET detector and the second PET detector, on the basis of a medical image taken by the second image taking unit. The moving controlling unit controls moving of the first PET detector and the second PET detector in accordance with the specified positions. The first image taking unit and the second image taking unit each perform the image taking process after the first PET detector and the second PET detector have been moved. | 11-20-2014 |