Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation

Canon Medical Systems Corporation

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Takeshi Fukasawa

Fumio Mochizuki

Koji Kuroiwa

Kazuhito Nakata

Kenichi Unayama

Gen Nagano

Shogo Fukuda

Tetsuya Kawagishi

Akihiro Kakee

Nobuyuki Iwama

Koichiro Kurita

Makoto Hirama

Isao Uchiumi

Hironobu Hongou

Satoshi Matsunaga

Masaaki Ishitsuka

Takatoshi Okumura

Satoshi Kamiyama

Takayuki Shiina

Toru Hirano

Tatsuo Ogasawara

According to one embodiment, a medical image diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry configured to acquire first volume data and second volume data relating to a subject, set a first region of interest for the first volume data, set a second region of interest for the second volume data independently from setting of the first region of interest, perform a cropping process on the first volume data and the second volume data based on information representing the first region of interest and the second region of interest, and generate display image data based on the first volume data and the second volume data that have been subjected to the cropping process.

Medical image diagnostic apparatus, medical image processing apparatus, and medical image processing method

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

An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasound probe with transducers, memory storing probe identification information and binary state generation unit generating a binary electrical state corresponding to a probe identifier, probe identifier conversion unit converting the electrical state into the probe identifier, read unit reading the probe identification information from the memory, determination unit determining consistency between the probe identifier after conversion and the probe identification information read from the memory, and warning output unit outputting a predetermined warning if the probe identifier is inconsistent with the probe identification information.

Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and ultrasound probe

A converting circuitry convert position information on at least one of an ultrasonic probe and a scan area, used in a past ultrasonic scan, into first position information based on a predetermined coordinate system. The converting circuitry further convert position information on at least one of ultrasonic probe and a scan position, used in a current ultrasonic scan, into second position information based on the predetermined coordinate system. The display circuitry determine the position of a first marker, which represents at least one of the ultrasonic probe and scanning area used in a past ultrasonic scan, and a second marker, which represents at least one of the ultrasonic probe and scanning area used in a current ultrasonic scan, based on first position information and second position information, and display the first and second markers.

Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus

An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment include a transmitter/receiver, a signal processor, and an image generator. The transmitter/receiver causes an ultrasonic probe to transmit on each scanning line at least three ultrasonic pulses, the three ultrasonic pulses being: a first ultrasonic pulse including at least one frequency component and being transmitted with a first phase; a second ultrasonic pulse including the frequency component and being transmitted with a second phase different from the first phase by 180 degrees; and a third ultrasonic pulse including the frequency component and being transmitted with a third phase different from the first phase and the second phase by 90 degrees and generates a plurality of reception signals corresponding to the respective ultrasonic pulses. The signal processor combines the plurality of the reception signals and generates a composite signal. The image generator generates ultrasonic image data.

Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, image processing apparatus, and image processing method

According to on embodiment, a power supply circuit is provided in a main body and generates operating voltages for various electric circuits in the ultrasonic probe. Signal lines SLconnects the power supply circuit to the electric circuits by way of the probe connector, to supply operating voltages from the power supply circuit to the electric circuits. A voltage monitoring circuit is provided in the main body and monitors voltages supplied to the electric circuits, utilizing the input voltage from the ultrasonic probe. To supply input voltages to the voltage monitoring circuit, signal line SLbranches from signal lines SLin the ultrasonic probe and connects the electric circuits and the voltage monitoring circuit to each other by way of the probe connector.

Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, ultrasonic-diagnositc-apparatus main body, and ultrasonic probe

A bias gate part supplies a bias current to a transmission pulse generator. The transmission pulse generator receives the supply of the bias current, amplifies an input voltage, and supplies an output voltage obtained by the amplification to array transducer elements. In accordance with the timing of transmitting ultrasound waves from the array transducer elements and the level of the output voltage supplied to the array transducer elements, the bias gate part supplies the bias current to the transmission pulse generator while changing the timing of supplying the bias current.

Ultrasound imaging apparatus and method for generating ultrasound image

According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic probe includes a probe unit and cooling unit. The probe unit is obtained by arranging, in a housing, a transducer unit which transmits and receives ultrasonic waves with an object to be examined, an electronic circuit unit which is connected to the transducer unit and performs electrical signal processing, and a heat transfer member which is made of a material having a heat transfer coefficient higher than that of the electronic circuit unit, and transfers heat of the electronic circuit unit to a housing surface. The cooling unit is detachably mounted on the housing of the probe unit, and cools the heat transfer member by passing a coolant in a channel formed inside the cooling unit.

Ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus

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Nasushiobara, Japan

Takeshi Fukasawa