Canon Medical Systems Corporation

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Okayama University

Koichiro Kurita

Tetsuya Kawagishi

Tomohisa Imamura

Satoshi Matsunaga

Shogo Fukuda

Osamu Nakajima

Eiji Goto

Masaki Watanabe

Go Tanaka

Yasuhiko Abe

Yoshitaka Mine

Kazuya Akaki

Yu Igarashi

Jiro Higuchi

Itsuki Kuga

Takayuki Gunji

Masamichi Oyanagi

Masaru Ogasawara

Yasunori Honjo

Hiroyuki Ohuchi

Yuko Kanayama

Hiroki Yoshiara

Fumiyasu Sakaguchi

Hiroyuki Torikai

Yutaka Kobayashi

Takeshi Fukasawa

Fumio Mochizuki

Koji Kuroiwa

Kousuke Namiki

Kazutoshi Sadamitsu

Yukifumi Kobayashi

Keisuke Miyaki

Yoshimi Muto

Norihisa Toh

Junho Cha

An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present embodiment includes an ultrasonic probe, image generation circuitry, acquisition circuitry, calculation circuitry, guide image generation circuitry, and control circuitry. The ultrasonic probe transmits ultrasonic waves, and receives reflected waves. The image generation circuitry generates cross-section image data based on the reflected waves. The acquisition circuitry acquires, from volume data corresponding to three-dimensional region containing a blood vessel inside the subject, cross-section position information corresponding to the cross-section image data. The calculation circuitry calculates collection position information in the volume data based on a running direction of a blood vessel contained in the volume data, the collection position information corresponding to a position from which blood flow velocity information is collected. The guide image generation circuitry generates guide image data based on the cross-section position information and the collection position information. The control circuitry causes the guide image data to be displayed.

Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus

An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry and a display. The processing circuitry is configured to concurrently obtain a plurality of cardiac function indexes for at least two or more cardiac chambers including a left ventricle and a right ventricle among cardiac chambers appearing on an apical 4-chamber moving image of a subject during one or more heartbeats, based on boundary positions of the cardiac chambers appearing on the apical 4-chamber moving image. The display displays at least one or more of the plurality of cardiac function indexes.

Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, medical image analytic apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing medical image analysis program

An ultrasonic diagnostic device according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry estimates a health state on the basis of a measurement value measured using ultrasonic image data. The processing circuitry determines an additional examination used to diagnose the health state, on the basis of the estimated health state. The processing circuitry outputs information indicative of the health state and the additional examination.

Ultrasonic diagnostic device, output method, and recording medium

An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: a transmission and reception circuitry configured to perform, via an ultrasound probe, a first ultrasound scan on a first region in a subject who has a contrast agent injected and a second ultrasound scan on at least a part of a second region in the subject overlapping with the first region, the second ultrasound scan including transmitting and receiving two types of ultrasound waves of which one or both of amplitude levels and phases are different from each other; and processing circuitry configured to generate a blood flow image corresponding to one frame by implementing a Doppler method on the basis of a data sequence including reception data obtained from the first ultrasound scan performed multiple times in mutually the same position within the first region to have the second ultrasound scan performed in-between and to generate a contrast-enhanced image based on a result of the second ultrasound scan performed at least one time.

Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus

A medical system according to an embodiment includes a medical apparatus and a first terminal. The medical apparatus is configured to have medical information therein. The first terminal is configured to be communicably connected to the medical apparatus so as to be able to transmit and receive the medical information thereto and therefrom, to have a function of an access point, and to cause a display to display a first code containing identification information of the access point. The first terminal is configured to be communicably connected to a second terminal having read the first code so as to be able to transmit and receive medical information thereto and therefrom.

Medical system and medical information transfer method

An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to perform a speckle noise reducing process on each of a plurality of images that were acquired by using an ultrasound wave and are in a time series. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate an index value indicating fluttering of image signal intensities in each of multiple positions within a region of interest, on the basis of the plurality of images resulting from the speckle noise reducing process.

Image processing apparatus and ultrasound diagnosis apparatus

An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes a transmission unit, a reception unit, a generator, and a display controller. The transmission unit causes an ultrasonic probe to transmit a displacement-producing ultrasonic wave and causes the probe to transmit a displacement-observing ultrasonic wave. The reception unit generates reflected-wave data based on a reflected wave received by the probe. The generator calculates displacement at each of a plurality of positions in the scan area over a plurality of time phases, based on the reflected-wave data, determines a time phase when the calculated displacement is substantially maximum, for each of the positions, and generates image data representing positions where the determined time phases are substantially the same as each other, among the positions. The display controller superimposes an image based on the image data on a medical image corresponding to an area including the scan area.

Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus, image processing apparatus, and image processing method for tissue displacement caused by a shearwave generated by acoustic radiation force

A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain a measurement value related to the shape of a heart valve in medical image data. The processing circuitry is configured to cause a display to display a numerical value related to the shape of an artificial valve to be placed for the heart valve.

Medical image processing apparatus, medical image processing method, and storage medium

An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to generate ultrasound images in a time series on the basis of data acquired by transmitting and receiving an ultrasound wave. Every time an ultrasound image satisfying a predetermined condition is generated, the processing circuitry is configured to perform a position aligning process between the ultrasound image satisfying the predetermined condition and a reference image obtained in advance. The processing circuitry is configured to identify, within the ultrasound image satisfying the predetermined condition, a region of interest set in the reference image, on the basis of a result of the position aligning process and to track the region of interest in ultrasound images in a time series that are newly generated by the image generating unit during or after the position aligning process.

Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and ultrasound diagnosis apparatus controlling method

A medical image diagnostic apparatus according to the embodiment includes a scanner, image generating circuitry, marker generating circuitry, and control circuitry. The scanner performs scanning to generate an image of the inside of a subject. The image generating circuitry generates an image based on the result of scanning performed by the scanner. The marker generating circuitry generates a marker provided with information at a position serving as a reference for comparison with a certain structure. The control circuitry displays the image and the marker on the same screen of a display.

Medical image diagnostic apparatus and medical image processing apparatus

A method of controlling a portable information terminal comprises causing the portable information terminal to display first operation screen data which is obtained by wireless communication with a medical diagnostic imaging apparatus and includes graphic data for reception of an operation from an operator and second operation screen data which is read to the portable information terminal and includes graphic data for reception of an operation from the operator, and causing the portable information terminal to generate, in accordance with the operations for the displayed first operation screen data and the displayed second operation screen data, a command signal for causing the medical diagnostic imaging apparatus to execute functions corresponding to the operations.

Method of controlling portable information terminal and medical diagnostic imaging apparatus

According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires first echo data in a first mode, and acquires second echo data in a second mode. The processing circuitry sequentially generates a first image including a B-mode image based on the first echo data in the first mode, and sequentially generates a second image not including a B-mode image based on the second echo data in the second mode. The processing circuitry sequentially generates a third image from pre-acquired volume data. The processing circuitry directs a display to sequentially display the first image and the third image in the first mode, and to sequentially display the second image and the third image in the second mode.

Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium

According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a transmission/reception circuit and processing circuitry. The transmission/reception circuit performs a first scan and a second scan, which are different in acoustic field in an elevation direction, by controlling at least one of transducers arranged along an azimuth direction and the elevation direction. The processing circuitry generates a first needle-enhanced image by using data acquired in the first scan, and generates a second needle-enhanced image by using data acquired in the second scan.

Medical image processing apparatus

According to one embodiment, a medical diagnostic apparatus causes first display circuitry to display the medical image, generates a first compressed image by compressing the medical image, and wirelessly transmits the first compressed image. If marker information including position information is generated and wirelessly transmitted from the terminal device, the medical diagnostic apparatus receives the marker information. The medical diagnostic apparatus causes the first display circuitry to display a composite image in which a marker is composited on the medical image, based on the marker information. The medical diagnostic apparatus stores in storage circuitry the medical image which constitutes the composite image in accordance with a storage request.

Medical diagnostic apparatus and medical diagnostic system

According to one embodiment, a position detection unit detects position information of an ultrasonic probe including ultrasonic transducers, with reference to a reference position. A transmission/reception unit supplies a driving signal to each transducer and generates a reception signal based on a reception echo signal generated by the transducer. Based on the reception signal, a three-dimensional data generation unit generates first three-dimensional data, in which a region corresponding to a living body tissue is specified by a specifying unit. A setting unit sets a first viewpoint based on the position information and specified region. An image generation unit generates a rendering image by rendering processing using the first viewpoint and first three-dimensional data.

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Nasushiobara, Japan

Koichiro Kurita